Jing Herman Art

About

Jing Herman is an official America250 artist with her artworks available on the official America250 E-store (store.america250.org).  She is a Sarasota-based mixed-media acrylic painter, educator and speaker whose work explores resilience, identity, and the American Dream through thick, textured American Flag paintings. Born under China’s one-child policy and immigrating to the United States in 1993, Jing’s life and practice are shaped by holding multiple perspectives at once—what she calls “standing the coin on its edge” rather than choosing just one side.

Before dedicating herself to art, Jing built a high-profile career in finance and technology. She graduated magna cum laude from New York University’s Stern School of Business and was recognized in the inaugural Forbes 30 Under 30 list in 2012. She served as Vice President at JPMorgan, focusing on principal investments in fintech, and later became U.S. CEO of Gett, an Israeli taxi-app unicorn, where she launched and led the company’s New York City operations.

Now based on the west coast of Florida, Jing is creating The Beautiful Country: 50 Flags for 250 Years, a long-term series of textured American Flag paintings that incorporate 100% Made in USA materials—coins, shells, cotton, seeds, gemstones, salt, sugar, shark teeth, and other artifacts sourced from across all fifty states. Working with a homemade, non-toxic textured paste made from acrylic paint, baking soda, and glue, she merges her love of nature and love of country with a deep concern for the health and safety of art materials.

Alongside her studio practice, Jing is an experienced educator and workshop leader. As co-founder of 28Muses, she organized more than 100 workshops for corporate clients including Amazon, Google, Adobe, Microsoft, EY, PayPal, and The New York Times. She has personally led over 30 Chinese calligraphy and resilience workshops for clients such as Barclays, LinkedIn, GoDaddy, Bumble, and Travis Mathew. Jing homeschools her three children and speaks on immigrant identity, resilience, creative reinvention, and the layered realities of the American Dream.