Jessica Soininen-Eddis is a visual artist living and working outside New York City in Northern Westchester County. Soininen-Eddis received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in painting from Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) in Providence, RI. While there, she was selected to study abroad as part of RISD’s European Honors Program, and spent the year living, studying and making art in Rome. Soininen-Eddis also received her Master of Fine Arts in painting and drawing from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY. She has been awarded and subsequently attended two artist residencies at the Museum of Motherhood in St. Petersburg, Florida and one with Atelier Artist in Residence at Chateau Cerisay in Assé-le-Boisne, France.