Jess X. Snow is a filmmaker, multi-disciplinary artist, and author. Born in Canada, of JiangXi Chinese heritage, through a wide range of mediums and genres and a dream-like lens, their work explores intergenerational healing, migration, surrealism, multispecies justice, and abolitionist futures.
Their forthcoming books include the migrant fantasy children’s book: WE ALWAYS HAD WINGS (Make Me A World/Random House 2025), a full-length poetry collection and a genre-bending memoir: TO BE UNAFRAID OF DYING: An Artists' Search for Chosen Family and the Movement Within. Their poetry can be found in Georgia Review, Indiana Review, Asian American Literary Review, Honey Literary and in anthologies from Haymarket Books and Nightboat Books. A member of the Justseeds Artist Co-operative, they have been creating posters and community murals for social movements since 2015.
Previously, they were the artist in residence at the NYU Asian Pacific American Institute and the Asian American Studies department at UC Santa Barbara where they taught workshops in screenwriting and community arts practice.
