Jessica
Drenk - Artist Statement
My work is a response to, and experimentation with, materials. My inspiration comes from nature; I am constantly amazed by the diversity and beauty of the forms and patterns in nature. We often think of our immediate surroundings as being "man-made", but everything around us was originally a part of nature. Through simple manipulations, I bring out the organic and earthy side of the man-made.
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Education
2007
MFA, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
2002
BA, Art Major, Cum Laude, Pomona College, Claremont,
CA
Exhibitions
Solo and Two-Person:
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2009 Archaeologica, Mesa Arts Center, Mesa, AZ
- 2008 Compelling Matter, Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ
- 2008 Semi-permanent wall-installation, Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ
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2007 Beard Arts Center, Indiana Wesleyan University, Marion, IN
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2007 MFA Exhibition, University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
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2006 The Turning World, Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ
- 2006 Imprints, Lionel Rombach Gallery, Tucson, AZ
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2005
Reading our Remains, University of Arizona Library, Tucson, AZ
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2004
Curious Objects: An Installation by Jessica Drenk, The Forum Gallery, Claremont, CA
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2002
Thesis Exhibition, Pomona College Museum of Art, Claremont, CA
- 2001
Remnants, POSA Gallery, Pomona College, Claremont, CA
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2009 Catherine Person Gallery, Seattle, WA
- 2009 The Book: Wide Open, Business of Art Center, Manitou Springs, CO
- 2009 Continuum, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
- 2008 Penumbra, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
- 2008 Book-Art Object 08, Belgrade, Serbia
- 2008 Lana Santorelli Gallery, New York, NY
- 2008 The Book Show, Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ
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2007 She Objects! II: Women Who Make Objects, Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ
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2006
Biennial Southwest, The Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, NM
Juror: Neal Benezra, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
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2006
Turning World, Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ
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2006
Sheldon Swope Art Museum, Terre Haute, IN
- 2006
Art One Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
- 2006 Casa Libre, Tucson, AZ
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2005
8th International Book Fair of Contemporary Creative Books, Marseille, France
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2005
Arizona Biennial, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ, Curator: Siri Engberg, Walker Arts Center, Minneapolis, MN
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2005
Residual Pull, Dinnerware Contemporary Arts, Tucson, AZ
- 2005
Bound and Unbound: Artist Books and Other Paper Constructions, Tohono Chul Gallery, Tucson, AZ
- 2005
Hayward Area Forum of the Arts, Hayward, CA
- 2005
Re-Visions III, Tohono Chul Gallery, Tucson, AZ
- 2005
Contents Interiors, Tucson, AZ
- 2004 Pomona College Alumni Symposium, Pomona College, Claremont, CA
- 2001 Pomona College Student Exhibition, Pomona College Museum of Art, Claremont, CA
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2006
International Sculpture Center's Outstanding Student Achievement in
Contemporary Sculpture Awards
- 2006
Arizona Artist’s Guild Scholarship
- 2006
Creative Achievement Award for graduate work in Art, University of Arizona
- 2006 Coris Family Trust Fine Arts Award, University of Arizona
- 2006 Albert Haldeman Scholarship, University of Arizona
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2005
Centennial Sculpture Award, University of Arizona
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2005
Medici Scholars Award, University of Arizona
- 2004 Graduate College Fellowship, University of Arizona
- 2002 Phi Beta Kappa, Pomona College, Claremont, CA
- 2002 Louisa Moseley Fine Arts Prize, Pomona College, Claremont, CA
- 2001 Rembrandt Junior Prize in Art, Pomona College, Claremont, CA
- 2001 Matthew Klopfleisch Memorial Prize in Art, Pomona College, Claremont, CA
Publications
- 2008 Tucson Weekly, July 24: review of Conrad Wilde Gallery
- 2007 University of Arizona MFA Thesis Exhibition Catalog
- 2006 Sculpture Magazine, October
- 2006 The Albuquerque Tribune, October 5
- 2005 Transformations, University of Arizona College of Fine Arts publication
- 2005 “Arizona Illustrated”, KUAT-TV, PBS, Residual Pull
- 2005 “Arizona Illustrated”, KUAT-TV, PBS, Arizona Biennial
- 2003 Pomona College Magazine
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