exhibitions gallery
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.
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
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10th annual 'All You Can Eat' small works exhibit
Bunny Gunner Gallery at The Garner House, Claremont, CA
curator Juan Thorp
Bunny Gunner Gallery at The Garner House, Claremont, CA
curator Juan Thorp
2011 - 2016 gallery exhibits
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2011 Dine-In, Take-Out
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solo exhibit, The Foundry Gallery, Bakersfield, Ca
curator Christina Sweet
curator Christina Sweet
2011 Dine-In, Take-Out video
produced and edited by Tony Armbrust.
artist's statement, take-out series - 2011
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
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
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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.
at the empty space gallery, bakersfield, ca.
voted 'best gallery exhibit 2008'
event produced and curated by jen raven.
2007 burn the witch II
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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.
at the empty space gallery, bakersfield, ca.
voted 'best gallery exhibit 2007'
event produced and curated by jen raven.