 JENNA NORTH
Statement + CV bridgeArtFair NY 2008 ARTIST bridgeArtFair Miami Beach 2008 ARTIST ART NOW FAIR 2007, Art Basel Miami Beach ARTIST Resides: California  “No. 2”, oil and acrylic on panel, 80 x 30 in.
Weather Statement The conversational currency that connects and creates an instant comfort in dialogue is the very same thing that has heated up to such socio-political debate present in the media and in scientific circles that our society has come to fear the weather in similar respect to the recurring anxiety over nuclear war. One also reflects on the mass paranoia present during the cold war, yet with the weather there's a shift from man as the creator/destroyer with primal instincts in defense to control chaos and know the enigmatic. Evidence of human success in controlling weather can be seen through cloud seeding, HAARP; a kind of geo-physical warfare, AWM (artificial weather modification), NASA, and most recently in the Beijing Olympics. By now most would agree that humans have had an impact on the warming of the planet, and that the worst natural disasters have yet to be seen as we watch the wrath of the current hurricanes and the satellite storms creating tornadoes and mass flooding through the Midwest, still, we smile when it's sunny and 78. Having recently lived on a farm in rural Kansas, my personal connection to the weather both extreme and gentle is impassioned. This past spring, the town I lived in was destroyed by a tornado at the very same time I was painting one. As a painter I've discovered a correlation between my process of art-making and the meteorological attempt of predicting the weather. Much as an atmospheric scientist would use charts, graphs and symbols to identify and forecast patterns based on past trends, fluctuations and chaos in the weather, I am systematically attempting to control paint while simultaneously embracing chance and disorder through the process of gravity paint pours/pools, heat, and expressionistic action painting with my hands; pulling from both my earlier modes of painting and objectively contextualizing the work within the framework of the history of painting. -Jenna North. Artist Statement. October 2008 |  “Mornin Sunshine”, oil enamel on panel, 21 x 21 in.
Energy fields of pattern formed by frequency waves in nature is the essence of my current body of work; The Grey-tones. For the last eight years my visual exploration as an abstract painter has been the rich history of ornamental design in many cultures and epochs and the spiritual experience of making and being engrossed in opulent symmetry. The aesthetics of harmonious design and exigent vibrations stimulates physiological and formal seduction of the viewer. The Grey-tones are inspired by the notion that sound vibrations in nature create pattern formations that are reminiscent of specific elements of design. I conduct virtual labs using sound/substance algorithms. The results inform the Grey-tone paintings. Recently color is given some allowance after maintaining a strict constraint of black and white for nearly two years. Red corresponds to the music note C, planet mars, the 1st chakra, the element fire and my checkbook. A recent study revealed that stars hum middle C before death. Perhaps the presence of red in this work is a sign of its transformative state. | Jenna North EducationSan Francisco Art Institute. MFA (current student). Painting. Full Fellowship Kansas City Art Institute. B.F.A. 2000. Painting & Printmaking. Merit Scholarship Munson Williams Proctor Institute of Pratt. A.A. 1997. Fine and Liberal Arts. Merit Scholarship
Solo: "Relative Abstraction", Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, 2007 “Grey-tones; Cymatics” San Mateo City Hall, San Mateo, CA Sept/Oct. 2006 “Good Vibrations” The Retox, San Francisco, CA July/Aug. 2006 New Paintings, Junction City Arts Council, Junction City, KS August 2006 "Greytones; Cymatics" Art Gallery Salina Public Library, November 2005 “Googie” Penn State University November 18th - Dec. 22nd 2004 "The Jetsons" Arts Council of Dickinson County Sept. 1st - October 8th 2004 “Limbo”, Catering By Design, Kansas City, MO 1999
Group and Two Person: Cannon::North::Yun, Micaela Gallery, San Francisco, Jan 2009 "New World Order-Ecology", SFMOMA Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Jan 2009 Bridge Art Fair, Micaela Gallery, Miami Beach, Florida, 2008 "The Weather Reconnaissance", The Garage Biennale, San Francisco, CA, 2008 "External Influences", collaboration with Peter Foucault, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA, 2008 "The Painter's Almanac", Swell Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, 2008 "A-Class", Hang Art Annex Gallery, San Francisco, 2008 Bridge Art Fair, Micaela Gallery, New York, NY, 2008 Chow Fun, Swell Gallery, San Francisco, 2008 "100 Performances For The Hole", The Garage Biennale, San Francisco, 2008 Digital Delay, Micaela Gallery, San Francisco, 2007 Art Now Fair, Micaela Gallery, Miami Beach, Florida, 2007 Off Space Art Auction, San Francisco, 2007 Root Division Art Auction, San Francisco, 2007 San Francisco Foundation, Selections from 2007 Murphy & Cadogan Fellowships in the Fine Arts Exhibition, San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, 2007 "I Often Shoot Myself", Diego Rivera Gallery, 2007 "Continuing MFA", Diego Rivera Gallery, 2007 "Relative Abstraction", Diego Rivera Gallery, 2007 "Salon d'Ete 2007" Micaela Gallery, San Francisco, 2007 “Mechanical Genius”, Artisans Gallery, San Rafael, CA (group) May/June 2007 Cooper Hook LLC, NYC, NY (group) May/June 2007 The Art Mine Gallery, Port Hadlock, WA (group) “TASTE”, Root Division, San Francisco, CA (group) “Grey-tones; Cymatics” The Arc, San Francisco, CA (solo) “Systems and Transmutations” Root Division, San Francisco, CA, February 2007 “The Fortune Show” Swell Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, June 2006 “The Hanging”, Arts Council of Dickinson County, Abilene, KS July 2006 Patrick Henry Community College in Martinsville, VA Oct. 2005 “Stick to Your Guns”, Roanoke, VA, August 12th-Sept. 2005 Artists of Dickinson County, Abilene, KS Aug.-Sept. 2005 (group) "The Jetsons" Arts Council of Dickinson County Sept. 1st - October 8th 2004 (solo) "Artists of Dickinson County", Train Depot in Abilene, KS July 2004 East End Gallery, Appleton, Wisconsin 2002 “Counter North”, The Village Bookshop, Ferndale, CA 2001 (2 person) “North Counter”, Metzger’s Law Firm, Eureka, CA 2001 (2 person) Don’s Art Gallery Fortuna, CA 2001 (2 person) The Portal Gallery, Mount Shasta, CA 2001 Michael Cross Gallery, Kansas City, MO 2000 The Late Show Gallery, Kansas City, MO 2000 Senior Thesis, H&R Block Art Space, Kansas City, MO 2000 Blue Cross Blue Shield, Kansas City, MO 2000 Architectural Contract Furnishing, Kansas City, MO 2000 (group) 2nd Biennial "Light & Space Exhibition" Madison, Wisconsin 1999 "Mapping The Territory" KCAI Student Gallery, KC, MO 1998 Group shows in the KCAI Student Painting Gallery, KC, MO 1997-2000 1st Biennial "Light & Space Exhibition" Madison, Wisconsin 1996 Store Front Installation "Utica Art Walk" Utica, NY 1997 Munson Williams Proctor Institute Museum of Art, Utica, NY 1996/1997 M.W.P.I. Coffee House Sculpture Light Show, Utica, NY 1996/1997 M.V.C.C. Sculpture Light Show, Utica, NY 1997 Three group shows in the M.W.P.I Student Gallery, Utica, NY 1995-1997
Review: Mr. Shape Shifter, Apr 2006 |
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