Jesse Lambert grew up in rural New Hampshire and New York City. He received a BFA from Cooper Union, a MFA in Painting from Hunter College, and attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture.
Jesse has exhibited his work at Pace University Gallery, NYC; Front Room Gallery, NYC; Teckningsmuseet, Laholm, Sweden; Ningyo Editions, Watertown, MA; White Columns, NYC; Joseloff Gallery, Hartford, CT; Matter Gallery, Portland, ME; Klaus Von Nichtssagend Gallery, NYC; Miller Block Gallery, Boston, MA and other venues.
He received a Queens Art Fund New Work Grant in 2024, a Queens Council on the Arts Grant and a NYFA City Artists Corps Grant in 2021. In 2020, he was a finalist for the Creative Capital Awards.
He lives in Jackson Heights, Queens, NY, and has a studio in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn.