JENNIFER BERKOWITZ
EDUCATION Bachelor of Arts, University of California at Berkeley
AWARDS LA Open: Excellence in MultimediaEmmy nomination, Broadcast: Gold, Silver & Bronze
RESIDENCIES 2022 Wonzimer Artist Residency Program
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 Moving Pictures, Keystone Gallery
2010 Galerie du Montparnasse (Paris)
1980 UC Berkeley Kroeber Hall
EXHIBITIONS
2024 Adjacencies, Durden and Ray, Juried by Steven Wolkoff
L.A. Open, TAG Gallery, Juried by Kristine Schomaker
2023 Open Show, Gallery 825, Los Angeles Art Association
2022 Telling Stories, Shoebox Projects, Juried by Michelle Robinson
2021 The Left Coast Annual Sanchez Art Center, by Christine Koppes
2020 The de Young Open Exhibition
Women in Exile, SFMOMA Artists Gallery, Juried by Asana
Art for AIDS Live Auction
2019 Diaspora Voiced, Rhythmix Cultural Works and K Gallery
2018 Artspan Selections, Heron Arts
2017 Who is she? Pop-up Portrait Exhibition, 111 Minna Gallery
Cutting Ball Theater, 2017-2018 Season Campaign
Tiny, Studio Gallery, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2011
Inter-Youth International Painting Exhibition, China
Zellerbach Foundation, Fall 2016-Winter 2017
2016 UCSF Women’s Health Center
Cityscapes, Studio Gallery
2014 Salon: 2D Competition & Exhibition, Triton Museum of Art
50/50 Exhibition, Sanchez Art Center, curator Jack Fischer
Traditions, Linus Gallery
Contemporary Woman, Chico Art Center
2013 Fireworks, Diego Rivera Gallery, curator Mads Lynnerup
Diego Rivera Gallery, Spring
2012 Eminent Design, Sonoma, July
Mission Artists United, Workspace Gallery, April
Delicious, Studio Gallery, March 2012
San Francisco Travel Association, February
2011 Delicious, Studio Gallery, November
Under One Roof, Workspace Gallery, October
Workspace Gallery, April
EMPLOYMENT Creative director (film and television), designer, filmmaker, teacher-UCLA Motion Graphics for Film and Television
ARTIST STATEMENT
Life’s psychological, emotional, and political challenges fuel my work. My series-based paintings and animations are thoughtful and introspective, and build on archetypal themes: dislocation, loss, rites of passage, and coming of age.
My work bridges abstraction and representation. The subjects of my varied series incorporate the human figure, forms found in nature, and decaying architectural elements. I use a process of deconstructing and rebuilding subjects, while revealing and concealing forms. Each image emerges from layers of paint that are applied in techniques ranging from thin, dripping washes to thick, impasto strokes. Motion -- an essential force in my work -- results from a dialogue among brush strokes, layers, and explorations.