For me painting is the visual equivalent of the evocative language in poetry, in which brief flashes of description and condensed narrative draw the reader through rapid shifts in location and time, effecting emotional transformations through the journey.

The notion of the realm of nature holding the spiritual was introduced to me at the Rudolph Steiner School I attended as a child. The philosophy taught there called Anthroposophy maintained that material science could never comprehend the whole of nature as it excluded the realm of the spirit. Bridging between the physical and spiritual worlds, anthroposophy would show the way towards a true understanding of humanity and it’s relation to the universe.

The Steiner philosophy also incorporated the idea of education through the arts. This early emphasis on the spiritual has led me to explore painting as my life’s practice and transformation through art making.

The paintings link pieces of information in clearly defined 'film strip' like sections horizontal or vertically aligned, or in layered imagery that builds information on an open visual field. The difference is spatial but the information is similarly related.

I employ free hand drawing (through wet paint) for a sharp line quality rendered pictorially or as gestures and movement. Along with this I add painterly blurred images, as well as more sharply rendered images in focus. These different approaches and techniques are employed to evoke a sense of time, memory, and the precision of accurate observation all correlating to different levels of awareness and the fragmented nature of perception.

I use intuition when choosing images and try to allow something to happen without thinking about limits; to attempt to transcend the limitation of ideas and preconceptions, and to trust spontaneous connections to arise in the imagery.

BORN: New York, New York

EDUCATION

1985 San Francisco Art Institute - M.F.A. (with honors)

1982 California College of the Arts - B.F.A. (with distinction)

1975 Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising - A.A.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2008
Studio E Gallery, Palm Beach Gardens, FL
Lisa Kurts Gallery, Memphis, TN
Linked Narratives - G2 Gallery, Scottsdale,AZ.
Rhythm & Resonance - 455 Lobby, San Francisco, CA.

2007 The Nature of Perception - Anne Reed Gallery, Ketchum, Idaho –
Observations in the Flowering Stage (part 2) - Elins Eagles-Smith Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2006 Observations in the Flowering Stage (part 1) - Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, New York, N.Y. (catalogue)

2004 The Poetry of Nature (part 1) - Elins Eagles-Smith Gallery, San Francisco, CA (catalogue)
The Poetry of Nature ( part 2) - Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, New York, N.Y.

2003 Parallels - Erickson Gallery, Healdsburg, CA

2002 Dominican University of California San Marco Gallery, San Rafael, CA

2001 Revelations - Oakland Museum of California Latham Square Building, Oakland, CA
Sanctuary - Erickson & Elins Gallery, San Francisco, CA (catalogue)

1999 Undercurrents - Erickson & Elins Gallery, San Francisco, CA (catalogue)
Napa City - County Library, Napa, CA

1997 Erickson & Elins Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1994 Erickson & Elins Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Joan Roebuck Gallery, Lafayette, CA

1991 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Artist’s Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1987 Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1983 Fiberworks Gallery, Berkeley, CA


SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2007 Holiday Group Show - Lisa Kurts Gallery, Memphis, TN
Awaken! - Jules Place, Boston MA.
Common Ground - Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua, N.Y.
Winter Group Show - Chase Gallery, Boston, MA.

2006 Retrospective / Prospective – Anne Reed Gallery, Ketchum, ID
Our Planet, Our Home – SFMOMA Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
A Rose is A Rose – inspiration from the garden – Erickson Fine Art Gallery, Healdsburg, CA
Alysia Duckler Gallery, Portland, OR
Alone in Nature: Jennifer Bain, Shelley Gardner & June Yokell - Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA2005

2005 Summer in Sonoma - Erickson Gallery, Healdsburg, CA

2004 Essence of Nature: Bedford Gallery at the Dean Lesher Regional Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek, CA
CCA SEE – California College of the Arts Alumni - Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino, CA.
Addison Parks Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

2003 Lisa Kurts Gallery, Memphis, TN
Landscapes Real and Imagined - Susan Street Fine Art, Solano Beach, CA
Landscapes, Seascapes, Vantage Points - CCA Alumni Council, Fort Bragg, CA

2002 Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
The Art of Collecting - Sonoma Museum of Visual Art, Santa Rosa, CA

2001 Susan Street Gallery, Solano Beach, CA
Arco Center, Los Angeles, CA
Sylvia White Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA

2000 Lead Gallery, Seattle, WA
C.C.A.C. Alumni Series 4:101 North - Marin Technologies, San Rafael, CA

1999 Yukiko Lunday Gallery, Houston, TX
Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, LA
Language of Abstraction - Visual Arts Center, Boise State University, Boise, ID

1998 Crocker Kingsley Exhibition - Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA

1997 Takara Gallery, Houston, TX

1996 The Horse Show: Images of the Horse in Contemporary Art - Sylvia White Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA
Gallery Artists from the San Francisco Art Institute - Joan Roebuck Gallery, Lafayette, CA
From the Painter's Hand - Modesto Jr. College, Modesto, CA

1995 Chuck Levitan Gallery, New York, NY
Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, LA

1994 Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
Gallery Viva, Kawasaki City, Japan

1993 Ninth National Exhibition - Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
Botanics - Gallery Ten, Rockford, Ill

1992 New Directions '92 - Dutchess County Art Association, Poughkeepsie, NY
Showcase "92 - Beaverton Arts Commission, Beaverton, OR

1990 The Book as Metaphor for Art - San Francisco Craft & Folk Art Museum, San Francisco, CA
The Book as Metaphor for Art - The California Craft Museum, San Francisco, CA
Dimensions 2 & 3 - Kaiser Convention Center, Oakland, CA

1989 California Small works - California Museum of Art, Santa Rosa, CA
The Big Show: Abstraction to Realism - Lillian Paley Center for the Visual Arts, Oakland, CA
Transcending Confines - Matrix Gallery, Sacramento, CA

1987 Bay Arts '87 - San Mateo Arts Council, San Mateo, CA
Artist Liaison Exhibition - Design Center, Los Angeles, CA
Beyond Power - A Celebration - Art of Northern California Women - Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Koret Gallery, Palo Alto, CA

1985 Crocker Kingsley Exhibition - Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA

1983 California Mystique: Contemporary Women Artists - Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo, CA


AWARDS & PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2007 Art in Embassies Program - United States Department of State Embassy, Yaounde, Cameroon

2005 Art in Embassies Program - United States Department of State Embassy, Yaounde, Cameroon
Visiting Artist lecture Series – The Oxbow School - Copia Auditorium, Napa, CA.

2002 Guest Artist Lecture – Dominican University of San Rafael, San Rafael, CA.

1999 Artist in Residence - Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA.

1984 Art in Public Places Purchase - Washington State Arts Commission

1982 National Endowment for the Arts - Solo Show Award: - Fiberworks Gallery, Berkeley, CA.




BIBLIOGRAPHY

2007 Anthony Bannon - The Chautauqua Daily 8-14-07 - “ Pleasure of Perception”
Frank Cebulski – ARTWEEK 2-07 – ‘Our Planet, Our Home’ at SFMOMA Artists Gallery

2006 Debra Koppman - ARTWEEK 9-06 – ‘Alone in Nature’

2005 ART IN EMBASSIES PROGRAM – UNITED STATES EMBASSY YAOUNDE’- catalogue

2004 Robert Taylor – CONTRA COSTA TIMES 7 -16 Learn about art through the eyes of seven artists
Dave Weinstein – DIABLO ARTS MAGAZINE July – September 2004 - Natural Wonders

1999 17th September Exhibition Interactive Exhibition Catalogue – Alexandria Museum of Art
Chris Schnoor – ARTWEEK 4-99 - “Language of Abstraction” - Boise State University
Steven Jenkins - ARTWEEK 5-99 - “Jennifer Bain – Undercurrents”

1998 Interiors Magazine - April 1998 - Sony West Coast Design Center

1997 New American Painting 1997 - The Open Studios Press, Wellesley, MA.

1994 Randal Davis - ARTWEEK 8-4-94 - "SFADA Introductions '94
Art of California Magazine - Discovery Awards - Silver
14th Annual Exhibition Catalogue - Alexandria Museum of Art
58th National Midyear Exhibition Catalogue - Butler Institute of American Art
Contra Costa Sun 12-29-93" – “Area Painters Featured in New Years Show"

1992 Art of California Magazine -Discovery Awards - Silver

1989 Art Search - The International Catalogue of Contemporary Art
California Art Review - Second Edition

1987 Bay Arts '87 – Catalogue - San Mateo Arts Council, San Mateo, CA
Artists Liaison Exhibition Catalogue - Los Angeles Design Center
Beyond Power: A Celebration Catalogue - Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco, CA


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