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2017 'Things with Wings' Installation
Tiny Treasures XII Cactus Gallery, Los Angeles



2015-18 Cactus Gallery



2015 Forward Motion, UCLA
Solo exhibit, UCLA Geffen School of Medicine Learning Resource Center, Los Angeles, Ca
Curator Ted Meyer.  Part of my exhibition included giving a talk to the students, in the
Gallery at the Learning Resource Center. 


2011 - 2017 All U Can Eat with Bunny Gunner Gallery

10th annual 'All You Can Eat' small works exhibit
Bunny Gunner Gallery at The Garner House, Claremont, CA
curator Juan Thorp

2011 - 2016 gallery exhibits


2011 Dine-In, Take-Out

solo exhibit, The Foundry Gallery, Bakersfield, Ca
curator Christina Sweet 


2011 Dine-In, Take-Out video

 produced and edited by Tony Armbrust.


artist's statement, take-out series - 2011
Picture

Abstract art at The Foundry

by Camille Gavin, contributing columnist to
The Bakersfield Californian


At first glance I had a sense of the simplicity and emptiness in most of the paintings in Jen Raven's current exhibit at The Foundry. By that I mean there's no excess detail, merely straight lines, some of them elongated into skull shapes, and stick-like figures rising from rectangular boxes.

Yet a closer look helped me to see the intense emotion exhibited in many figures, such as the ones in "Reared to Anger," or "Sins of the Fathers," that rise like flames, their cheeks bearing tears and their mouths open wide as if crying out to an unseen presence.

Images similar to the little cardboard cartons you get with a take-out order at a Chinese restaurant are prominent in many of the paintings. Thus the title: "Dine In - Take Out." But the overall message -- inspired by quotes from playwright Eugene O'Neill, poet Emily Dickinson, the Bible and even a nod to Karl Marx by way of Calvin and Hobbes cartoon strip -- is a commentary on the dislocation of today's society, especially the breakdown of tried-and-true values that once helped family members connect with each other.

The artist will be present to talk about her work and a group called Breckenridge Road will provide acoustic music.

'Gaslight shoot-out at Ethel's'
sub-heading 'Abstract Art at The Foundry'
The Bakersfield Californian
Eye Street (page 22) Thursday Jan. 20, 2011
Camille Gavin, contributing columnist


2008 burn the witch III

annual all-women group arts exhibit and workshops
at the empty space gallery, bakersfield, ca.
voted 'best gallery exhibit 2008'
event produced and curated by jen raven.

2007 burn the witch II

annual all-women group arts exhibit and workshops
at the empty space gallery, bakersfield, ca.
voted 'best gallery exhibit 2007'
event produced and curated by jen raven.

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