Inspired by the circus, illusions, dreams and the innocence and playfulness of childhood, these strange beauties are saturated, eye candy explorations in the odd and the beautiful.
This series, explores parts of yourself
hidden and found outside of yourself.
I am fascinated by the subconscious, the soul, identity, and the way they interact to form meaning and beauty, or nonsense
in everything and nothing. I am inspired by existentialism,
history, language, and nature.
In my newest series of works I challenge limitations to acceptable beauty. Limitations are death to creativity. The idea of being wrong is also a sort of death. The idea of wrong is something that intrigues me: wrong, non-sense, things that don’t belong, colors that don’t quite fit together. The idea that something can be wrong makes me want to see what kind of magic lies behind the world of “no” “bad” and “mistake”.
BFA - OCAD - Printmaking - 2009- Toronto
Represented by NSC in Toronto
Upcoming shows
Strange Beauties (solo) - NSC - Toronto - Feb 2013
Animal in Me - Subtext Gallery - San Diego USA - Feb 2013
SOLO SHOWS
Gathering of the Psyche - Communication Gallery- Toronto -2012
Daydream Beleiver - NSC - Toronto - July - 2012
Subconscious Vista - Gallery 1313, Toronto, Sept 2011
SELECT GROUP SHOWS
Second Sight - Trifecta Gallery, USA Dec 2012
MILK - fine grime - Bath U.K. - Nov, 2012
Glass, Cinder & Thorns - 323 East Gallery - USA- Nov 2012
Highly Contageous - Gallery Hijinks, San Francisco Sept 2010
Nature Noir - Mahan Gallery, Columbus OH, US,A March 2010
Alice in Wonderland - Canteen Gallery - Ottawa, March 2010
Art for Chilled Hearts - Whippersnapper Gallery- Feb 2010
OCAD + - Annual Thesis Show, OCAD, May 2009
Prints Are Like That – Gallery 1313, Toronto, April 2009
Summer Solstice - Whippersnapper Gallery, Toronto, July 2008
Blowjobs over Baltimore - our space loft, Toronto, July 2008
Sleep is for dead ppl- Whippersnapper Gallery, Toronto, May 2008
AWARDS
2nd year award for studio excellence - Printmaking - OCAD - 2007
Firefly Book Award - Printmaking - OCAD - 2007
Duncan Macpherson Award - Drawing & Painting OCAD 2008
Sharon Mekur MemorialAward-3rd yr Printmaking OCAD 2008
Best Print in Show – OCAD Annual Juried Figure show 2009
Curries Art Store Prize- Printmaking 4th year – OCAD 2009
Jen Mann is an emerging Canadian artist from Toronto Ontario.
For info about aquiring works or commissions in Toronto contact Neubacher Shor Contemporary (NSC)
info@neubachershor.com
To contact Jen about interviews shows, and other fun - email
jen@jenmann.com
Jen Mann- Speed Painting from Wolf & Sparrow on Vimeo.
Empty Wild - Jen Mann artist profile. from Wolf & Sparrow on Vimeo.