ARTIST STATEMENT
My multidisciplinary artworks investigate how alternative realities impact truth. The goal is to identify patterns within the natural and manmade world. Mediums become repurposed to alter function and meaning. Inspiration and research dictate the artwork’s final form. An army green infant onesie has been repurposed with the words DEPORT. In President Trump’s first administration, his family separation policy tore apart children from families. His next administration is retribution.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Jenny E. Balisle earned a B.A. in Art and Communication from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point and a M.F.A. from the Academy of Art College in San Francisco. Exhibits include the de Young Museum Artist-in-Residence, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Chicago Cultural Center, Korean Cultural Center, Harvard University, Farmington Museum, Museu Brasileiro São Paulo, and Shanghai Oil Painting & Sculpture Institute Art Museum. Her work has been featured in such publications as The Huffington Post, WOMENCINEMAKERS, A5 Magazine, ZYZZYVA, The Drum Literary Magazine, and Sculptural Pursuits Magazine. Public art includes The Cube Art Project, Hearts in San Francisco, and South San Francisco Utility Box Mural Project. Balisle works as an artist, administrator, curator, and advocate.
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