Jennifer completed her MFA at OCAD University in the Interdisciplinary Masters of Art and Design program. Jennifer’s emergent practice engages reflexive embodiment through painting, research and teaching. Her current paintings are created in an experiential maximalist approach, rooted in painting, that enables a reflexive topology with material. A trans-disciplinary artist Jennifer has curated multiple exhibitions and regularly shows her work. She is also a founding member of Blunt Collective which exhibits her work internationally.
Jennifer's MFA thesis exhibition and research culminated in a publication entitled, Training Artistic Reflexivity in Visual Artists. It is available to purchase through blurb.ca
The exercises Jennifer developed or adapted for Visual Artists is also available in a handy guide called Training Artistic Reflexivity: Collaborative Drawing Exercises for Visual Artists. It is available to purchase through blurb.ca.
Jennifer's MFA thesis exhibition and research culminated in a publication entitled, Training Artistic Reflexivity in Visual Artists. It is available to purchase through blurb.ca
The exercises Jennifer developed or adapted for Visual Artists is also available in a handy guide called Training Artistic Reflexivity: Collaborative Drawing Exercises for Visual Artists. It is available to purchase through blurb.ca.
UPCOMING SHOWS
My painting Butterscotch Ripple has been selected as a finalist in the Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series Competition. Online voting has begun click the link below to vote for me and my work to go to Miami!
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Toronto finalists will be on display at:
Only One Gallery
Sept. 22nd - Oct. 4th
5 Brock Avenue
Toronto
OPENING: Sept. 22nd, 6 - 9pm
VOTE FOR ME
Toronto finalists will be on display at:
Only One Gallery
Sept. 22nd - Oct. 4th
5 Brock Avenue
Toronto
OPENING: Sept. 22nd, 6 - 9pm
STRETCHED PAINTING
OPENING: Thursday, Sept. 8th, 7 - 10pm OCADU Student Gallery (52 McCaul) Stretched Painting explores contemporary works that push beyond the flat rectangular format to occupy space and new materials. Featuring Toronto artists that are expanding painting’s conventions, the exhibit brings new works that merge painting into the realm of sculpture and installation. Exhibit curated by Emily Harrison. 
The Gladstone Hotel’s Annual Group Painting Show
October 4th – November 28nd, 2016 OPENING RECEPTION October 20, 7-10pm | 2nd floor Gallery Curated by Spencer J Harrison and Lukus Toane. For the 2nd annual #WTFDYP subtitled Go Figure, features 37 figurative paintings with the intention of ‘figuring out’ a reflective dialog about perceptions about the body. |
The Gladstone Hotel’s Annual Group Fibre Art Show August 26 to January 8, 2016 OPENING - Sept, 8th, 19:00-22:00 HARD TWIST 11 – SPIN, the eleventh annual edition of the Gladstone Hotel’s signature show of textile-based art, invites artists to give us their own spin on spin. PAST SHOWS REFLEX April 9 - 16th Opening reception - April 9th, 4 - 8pm 52 McCaul Street, open daily from 12 - 6pm Defence Date: April 11, closed from: 2 - 5pm What does it mean to be artistically reflexive? Jennifer explores the interdisciplinary entanglements of art making, pedagogy and research from within the disciplines of acting and visual art in her thesis exhibition, Reflex. Materials become scene partners in a maximalist process rooted in painting that enables reflexive exploration. Mis-tint house paint is a symbol of our detachment from materiality and of our avaricious consumption habits. Their hides are the skin of consumerism’s tailings. By collaging, sculpting, weaving and draping them, I allow these skins to embody materiality and explore the dimensions we ascribe as painting. Salon III Project Gallery November 19 - Jan. 20th, 2016 Opening Reception Nov. 19th, 6pm - 10pm 1109 Queen St. E. Why the @#&! Do You Paint? Thick & Juicy The Gladstone Hotel’s Annual Group Painting Show October 19 – December 7th, 2015 (12-5 daily) Opening Reception: October 22nd 7-10pm ART TORONTO Oct. 23rd - 26th, 2015 OCAD University Booth, B2 |
Jennifer is a founding member of blunt collective. Established in 2009 blunt exhibits at international art fairs.