Name

Jennifer Weiss

About

Through the use of bright undercoats and layers, I experiment with ways to extract naturalistic subject matter from abstract forms, focusing on the parts I find most interesting. I'm inspired by nature, the repetition of its forms, and the endless possibilities of color.

In recent work, space and abstract landscape lead the way to hidden passages and mysterious places. The Tompkins Square Park dog run is also a fascination; constant movement, color and energy, in all weather-- sun, rain and melting pools of ice under bare trees. This work is an attempt to capture the joy and beauty of dogs at play.

2011- Summer 2012 Memorial Sloan Kettering InFusion Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
2008 "Natural Forms", The Hebrew Home at Riverdale, Bronx, New York
2007 Chrysalis Exhibition, Brooklyn, NY
2007 McCarton Foundation for children with Autism, Annual Fundraising Auction
2007 Saipua, Brooklyn, NY
2006 Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, Transformations, Brooklyn, NY
2006 Kentler International Artist Space, Benefit Show, Brooklyn, NY
2002 The Lion's Den Gallery Group Show, New York, NY
1998 Sierra Vista Art Association, Emerging Artists, Sierra Vista, Arizona
The Riverdale Press, Jan 24 & 31, 2008
2006 Visual Arts Studio Award, Chashama, New York, NY
Private collections throughout United States and London
Collection of Hebrew Home at Riverdale.

Studied Painting at Hunter College and Columbia University; Textile Design at F.I.T. in New York
B.A. from Pennsylvania State University, May 1994

Links:

http://www.artslant.com/la/articles/bloglist/161603-paul-shampine

http://paulshampine.wordpress.com/featured-artists/

http://www.hebrewhome.org/exh_jweiss.asp

http://www.examiner.com/slideshow/derfner-judiaca-museum-and-hebrew-home-at-riverdale-1?slide=7406371#main

http://www.nyc-arts.org/gallery/index/type/organizations/id/387/img_id/670/img_no/5

http://local-artists.org/users/jennifer-weiss

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