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

Belonging, Visionary Art Collective, Juried by Victoria J. Fry

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.