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Bedrock, 1841 Columbia Rd (Adams Morgan) Washington, DC- 17 piece solo exhibition
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jennifer.droblyen@gmail.com
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My Art
Meant to be "transformable art" ,
I encourage the viewer to display the paintings in any way that is meaningful to them. It is designed so that the picture plane can be flipped in any direction.
Currently, I am taking photographs and manipulating them into mixed media pieces- and I'm taking a break from canvas paintings unless I am commissioned. I feel another evolution on its way and will return to larger acrylic works soon- just want to wrap my head around the immediacy of snapshots and embracing the image.
Art Exhibitions and Commissions
Ronald Reagan National Airport Historic Terminal A. May-June 2011. Ego, 2010
Piola 1550 Wilson Boulevard Arlington, VA December- February 2011, 26 piece solo exhibition
Planet Connections Festival, 440 Studios, 440 Lafayette St NY, NY- June 1- June 27, 2010-3 piece group exhibition
"Casa De Canvas" Columbia Heights Salon Series, Washington DC- May, 2010- 6 piece group exhibition
Gallery 788, Baltimore, MD- May, 2010- 10 piece exhibition
Fairlington Community Center, Arlington, VA-January- February 2010
Gallery 788, December 2009, Baltimore, MD- 13 piece exhibition.
Artomatic, May 2009- July 2009, Washington, DC. 16 piece exhibition.
Dejabel Cafe, November 2008, Silver Spring Maryland.
Group exhibition 15 pieces.
Kramerbooks, May 2004, Washington, DC-
Twelve piece solo exhibition
Port City Java, November 2003, Baltimore, Maryland- Twelve piece solo exhibition
Center Stage Theatre, May 2002, New York, New York- Nine piece solo exhibition
Malealea Lodge, 1999, Malealea, Lesotho- Four panel mural on side of barn approximately sixty feet in length, acrylic.
Short North Tavern, April, 1998, January, November 1997Columbus, Ohio- Three six piece solo exhibitions.
Vault 328/ Purgatory, October, 1996, Akron, Ohio- 10' x 10' mural.
My Experience
After receiving a scholarship to attend the Columbus College of Art and Design in Ohio, I was awarded a BFA in Painting and Art Therapy in 1996. Since then I have had many commissions and solo exhibitions in the US. While serving as a Peace Corps volunteer in Lesotho, Southern Africa , I created a sixty foot mural permanently displayed at a major tourist center.
In 2007, I started an organization called Art/Engage LLC which provides art appreciation programs for adults with cognitive disabilities, especially seniors with Alzheimer's disease and dementia. Currently, my contractors and I work in group homes in DC, Maryland, and Virginia. The website is www.artengage.org. Outside of work, I paint commissions upon request.