jenny e balisle - Contemporary Art Gallery, Memphis, TN

jenny e balisle - Contemporary Art Gallery, Memphis, TN

JENNY E BALISLE
My art begins with a mark or line inspired by patterns found in natural or
manmade environments. In my oil
paintings, I pool, wrinkle, and scrape the
paint, creating chemical reactions with
solvents that mimic occurrences in the
physical world. The painting’s multiple
layers become an intricate surface that
records my process while maintaining a
minimalist composition. My drawings
and installations explore repetitions of
line and organic forms, investigating the
simplicity and complexity of gestures,
marks, lines, and textures. Overall,
my art is an observation of the environment from up close and far away.
Nature and art form my closest relationship to a spiritual experience. Therefore,
my utilitarian titles mark the quantity,
size, and creation date of each art piece.
This leaves free range for
the viewer's imagination and personal
definition of faith.
Education
MFA (Painting), Academy of Art College, San Francisco, CA, 2003
BA (Painting & Communications), University of Wisconsin, Stevens
Point, 1998
Current Gallery Affiliations
Hang Art, San Francisco, CA
Wexler Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
L Ross Gallery, Memphis, TN
SFMOMA Artist Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Solo Exhibitions
Osmosis, L Ross Gallery, Memphis, TN, 2011
Gesture, Hang Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2011
Layers, L Ross Gallery, Memphis, TN, 2008
Solo Exhibition, Laredo Center for the Arts, Laredo, TX, 2008
Water Street, City of Oakland, Port of Oakland, 2007
New Work, Wexler Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, September, 2007
Surface, Brooks Barrows Gallery, Milwaukee, WI, September, 2007
Codes, HANG Gallery, San Francisco, CA, August 2007
Process, L Ross Gallery, Memphis, TN, October 2006
Dark to Light, HANG Gallery, San Francisco, CA, July 2005
Essentia, The Art Gallery, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA, February 2005
Twelve, HANG Gallery, San Francisco, CA, December 2004
Museum Exhibitions
Triton Museum’s Statewide Painting Competition & Exhibition.
Santa Clara, CA. 2012.
Green. Attleboro Arts Museum. Attleboro, MA. 2011.
Factor XX, Art Museum of Los Gatos, Los Gatos, CA, 2010-2011
A Book About Death, Museu Brasileiro Sao Paulo (MUBE), Sao Pauluo, Brasil, 2010
47th Annual Juried Competition, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe,
LA, 2010
Marin Museum of Contemporary Art Paperworks!, Marin MOCA,
Novato, CA, 2008
2008 Gateway to Imagination, Farmington Museum, Farmington,
NM, 2008
Oakland Museum of California Off-Site Exhibition Space (Gallery
555), Oakland, CA, 2008
All-In Juried Art Exhibition, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA,
2007
The Golda Foundation’s First Annual Juried Painting Exhibition, Poetry Compeition & Gala Evening, Fresno Art Museum, Fresno, CA,
2004
Selected Group Exhibitions
2012 Left Coast Annual. Sanchez Art Center. Pacifica, CA. 2012.
The Last Book. Staatsund University’s bibliothek Hamburg Carl von
Ossietzky. Hamburg, Germany. 2012.
Annual Open Small Works Exhibition. National Association of
Women Artists, Inc. New York, New York. 2012.
SHINE. Berkeley Art Center. Berkeley, CA. 2012.
Micro to Macro. JK Gallery. Los Angeles, CA. 2011.
Outlandish: Contemporary Depictions of Nature. Juror: Alison Gass,
SFMOMA Assistant Curator of Painting and Sculpture. Bedford
Gallery at the Lesher Center for the Arts. Walnut Creek, CA. 2011.
The Last Book. Aguilar Branch of the New York Public Library. New
York, New York. 2011.
SF Fine Art Fair. Hang Art Gallery exhibit. San Francisco, CA. 2011.
Two Compasses: Jenny E. Balisle & Erynn Richardson. Downtown
Art Gallery. Los Angeles, CA. 2011.
Holiday Group Exhibition, L Ross Gallery, Memphis, TN, 2011
GREEN. Berkeley Art Center. Berkeley, CA. 2010-2011.
Deconstructed Applications. Department of Cultural Affairs, Los
Angeles Municipal Art Gallery. Los Angeles, CA. 2010-2011.
2010 Bay Area Annual Juried Exhibition. Juror: Betti-Sue Hertz,
Director of Visual Arts, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. Sanchez
Art Center. Pacifica, CA. 2010.
Transitions. The Pen and Brush, Inc. New York, NY. 2010.
The Last Book. Zentral Bibliothek. Zurich, Switzerland. 2010.
New York Affordable Art Fair. New York, NY. 2010, 2008, and 2006.
Holiday Group Show, L Ross Gallery, Memphis, TN, 2010
Ink and Clay 36. Cal Poly University. Pomona, CA. W. Keith and
Janet Kellogg University Art Gallery. 2010.
RED. Berkeley Art Center. Berkeley, CA. 2009-2010.
Paintings/Drawings. Carr Gallery-Willard Arts Center. Idaho Falls,
ID. 2009-2010.
Soapbox. Bherd Studios of the Greenwood Collective. Seattle, WA.
2009.
6x6x2009:Second and Final Year. Rochester Contemporary Art Center. Rochester, NY. 2009.
The Artists of ZYZZYVA. Mina Dresden Gallery. San Francisco, CA.
2009.
Elemental. Thoreau Center for Sustainability. San Francisco, CA.
2009.
Every 1 group exhibition. HANG ART. 567 Sutter St, San Francisco,
CA. 2009.
The Sketchbook Project. art house gallery’s traveling installation.
Atlanta, Washington D.C., Philadelphia, Boston, Chicago, St Louis
and Brooklyn. 2009.
Inagural Art Exhibit, Art Raw Gallery, New York, NY, 2009
ProArts Juried Annual 2009, Oakland, CA
In the Abstract, Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, LA
International Airport (LAX), Southwest Terminal 1, 2008-2009
Holiday Exhibition, L Ross Gallery, Memphis, TN, 2008
Monotype Marathon 2008, Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose,
CA, 2008
Flow, Form and Forces, North First ARTSpace, 2008
New York Affordable Art Fair, New York, NY, 2008
RIC Art Futura 2008, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL, 2008
On, Of and About Paper, Orange County Center for Contemporary
Art, Santa Ana, CA, 2008
Public Collections
Adams, Nye, Sinuhu, Bruni & Becht, San Francisco, CA
Allen, Matkins, Leck, Gamble & Mallory LLP, San Francisco, CA
Bonneville International, San Francisco, CA
Coblentz, Patch, Duffy and Bass, San Francisco, CA
Group Marketing 3, San Francisco, CA
Hilton, Tokyo, Japan
Millman USA, San Francisco, CA
Perigon Wealth Management LLC, San Francisco, CA
Radians Inc., Memphis, TN
Westin, Palo Alto, CA
Awards & Publications
Studio Visit Magazine. Volume 15 & 16. 2011
The Drum Literary Magazine. 2011
2011 American Art Collector
Ethos Art, Weekly Pick, 2011
Who’s Who in World, 27th Edition, 2010
Who’s Who in America, 64th Edition, 2010
Who’s Who in American Art, 30th Edition, 2010
2009 American Art Collector
ZYZZYVA, The Last Word: West Coast Writers & Artists, Issue 75,
Spring 2009
The Noe Valley Voice, San Francisco, CA, May 2008 Issue
Juror’s Choice Award, ArtSpan Benefit Art Show and Aution, San
Francisco, CA, 2008