ARTIST STATEMENT
WOMEN: My art practice investigates disparate experiences by identifying patterns within the natural and manmade world. Extreme climate impacts have magnified exponentially as we grapple with a permanent pandemic relationship. Part of “The Saturday Night” series, I document how remnants of litter become a self-portrait of humanity near the Pacific waters. In WOMEN, citizens continue to disrupt power structures to reclaim equality.
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 Sao 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, advocate, curator, administrator, writer, lecturer, and UC Berkeley Extension instructor.
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