“I’m a flower and like all women am a part of mother nature.We have the power to heal everything in society. We can make the world a better place with our love and care.” -Blond Jenny
Blond Jenny is a painter, photographer, and filmmaker. Her work is a mix of storytelling through her alter ego, cartoon character Blond Jenny, her self-portraits, found objects from nature, 360-degree photos and videos.
Her recent work is focused on nature, women’s rights, and American politics. She uses video and self-photography with mix media to expand the range of expression in her photography. She continues to develop techniques so she can challenge the boundaries of her expression. She likes to explore new media and play with it as part of her overall story. Her intent is to show that with nature or flowers we can be more connected and happy. She has found freedom in nature and continues to explore the path between life, death, and beyond.
Recent exhibits include Pow(h)er, Benjamin J. Dineen III and Dennis C. Hull Gallery, New Jersey; Video Art Department for Splice Film Fest Finalist Award Winner (2nd Place), New York City ; MiraBan Video Art Showcase, Official Selection, Milan, Italy ;Geumgang Nature Art Biennale, South Korea ; Block 2 Video Exhibition Artist Honorarium Raleigh, NC; Feminism Media Artivist Biennale Short Film Exhibit, South Korea and Photography Department for Kathryn Markel Fine Arts. Her work has also been selected by the following shows Hipster & Otaku Photography Exhibition CICA Museum; Trending: Contemporary Art Now Exhibition Target Gallery for the Women’s Caucus for Art; and Duality of Feminine and Feminist Exhibition Gallery 66.
“Blond Jenny’s relationship to nature is intimate, even erotic, in her self-portrait with purple freesias. Floral images have long been a stand-in for sexuality, but in Blond Jenny’s decoupaged panels are more explicit.” – Marilla Palmer
Blond Jenny Origin In 2006 I adopted the alias Blond Jenny (no “e”). It came from a cartoon character I watched as a child. The character’s name was Blonde Jenny (with an “e”) but when I decide on my name, I wanted it to have a different meaning. In French blond and blonde correspond to masculine and feminine forms. This distinction is not consistently made in English. My Blond Jenny mask has one form but it can be worn by a woman or man. When I use my mask with long hair and a dress, people perceive me as a woman doll. If I wore a man’s outfit and short hair, people would see a man. I wanted to use my mask and my artistic experience to remove the limits of gender and increase my freedom of expression so I made my name blond (no “e”).
BLOND JENNY
EDUCATION Gachon University, Fine Arts, BFA & MFA, South Korea
BIENNALE
2020 The 10th Geumgang Nature Art Biennale, Video Exhibit, South Korea
2018 The 8th Geumgang Nature Art Biennale,Video Exhibit, South Korea
2016 Feminism Media Artivist Biennale Short Film Exhibition, South Korea
ART FAIRS
2020 Art Fair 14C Juried Show, NJ
2016 Hong Kong Affordable Art Fair, Hong Kong
2015 Padova Art Fair, Padova Italy
Clio Art Fair, NY
2014 Spectrum Miami Art Show, Miami, FL
AWARD EXHIBITIONS
2020 Splice Film Fest Video Art, Finalist Award Winner (2nd Place), Brooklyn, New York
2019 MiraBan Video Art Showcase, Official Selection, Milan, Italy
Block 2, Video Exhibition – Artist Honorarium, Raleigh, NC
2018 MiraBan Art Showcase, Circolo Aternino, Italy
MiraBan Art Showcase, Via Latina, Rome Italy
RISE: Empower, Change, and Action, Whitney Modern Gallery, CA
2017 Loss & Lucidity, Santora Space 205, Santa Ana, CA
Luminous, Arc Gallery, SF
Bushwick’s Seeking Space Show, Beyond Studios, NY
Me, My Selfie and I, Hudson Guild Gallery, NY
SuperWoman, 107 Bowers Gallery, NJ
Duality of Feminine and Feminist,Gallery66, NY
2016 NCWCA-sponsored “F*ck U! In the Most Loving Way”, Arc Gallery,SF
Call For Bushwick, The Internet, Brooklyn, NY
Vision: An Artist’s Perspective, Kaleid Gallery, San Jose, CA
A Curious Reality: Union Street Gallery, Chicago, IL
Hipster & Otaku Photography Exhibition, CICA Museum, South Korea
Trending: Contemporary Art Now, Target Gallery, VA
2015 Contemporary Photography Exhibition,CICA Museum, South Korea
Transforming: Street Objects from Your Street to Main Street, Site:Brooklyn Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Dreamers Collection Exposure Award, Louvre Museum, Paris France
Working Artists Show, Academic Gallery, NY
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020 Women Artist Group Exhibition, Dacia Gallery, NY
2019 Loss & Lucidity Show, Fabrica Braco de Prata, Lisbon, Portugal
Pow(h)er show, The Hudson County Community College, NJ
National WCA – Bridge the gap, A.I.R. Gallery, NY
Woman’s Show, 107 Bowery Gallery, NJ
2018 The Hot House, Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, NY
Power Ts, Pierogi Gallery, NY
Eight – Year Anniversary Exhibition, Dacia Gallery, NY
WCA NYC’s Pleasures of the Earth, Callahan Center Art Gallery, NY
Loss & Lucidity, Santora Space 205, CA
Kapow! Heroic Women Exhibition, The Pacific Pinball Museum, CA
2017 Multi-Lane II, Demouzy Contemporary Gallery, NY
Heroes Last Waltz International Group Show, Charaple Gallery, NY
Nasty Women, Knockdown Gallery, NY
2016 Love Exhibition, Karas Gallery, Seoul Korea
Potluck Art Party “Eat, Drink and Celebrate Art”, Charaple, NY
Six Years Anniversary Exhibition, Dacia Gallery, NY
Pop up show, K&P Gallery, NY
Engagement & Entrapment exhibition, Gaia Gallery, South Korea
Landscapes & Cityscapes, Dacia Gallery, NY
2015 Salonukah, Trestle Gallery, NY
Artists Donate in record numbers for AIDS , Compass, Miami, FL
Prize Mantovart-star 2015, Mantova Italy
Digital display, Dreamers Collection Spectrum Miami Art Show, FL
Open Call, Lorimoto, NY
ARTichoke, Townhall, NY
MOCA Gallery Night at Yellow Rose Gallery, Madison, WI
LoveWins show RCB Gallery, Miami, FL
Last Dance at the Old Gem, NY
The beautiful foundation USA Gala, Marriott At Glenpointe, NJ
Luhring Augustine, Postcards from The Edge, NY
SIA Gallery, The Artists, NY
2014 Who are you Famalicão?, The Town hall of Vila Nova de Famalicão, Portugal
ARTichoke, Townhall, NY
8 Holes, Studio 481 Gallery, Piermont, NY
8 Holes, Townhall, NY
Sainte Chapelle Online workshop, Italy
Making a Mark, Oms Gallery, BBCN Bank, NY
Green Point Gallery group exhibit, NY
2013 Group exhibit, Yegam Gallery, NY
2011 Pop Seiren, Ben James, South Korea
Character Replay, Anthracite, South Korea
2008 Final cross energy wave, Charaple, South Korea
Benefit Show_ Brain Factory, South Korea
2006 Street art Festival, South Korea
Kyoungwon University Gallery, South Korea
2005 The 7th Seoul Fringe Festival, South Korea
Survival, Pool Gallery, South Korea
2003 Sicaf, South Korea
Seoul Animation Center, South Korea
A4 Art for No War, Cafe Siwol, South Korea
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2013 Berkeley Gallery, Manhattan, NY
2009 Charaple, South Korea
2008 Charaple, South Korea
2003 Brainfactory, South Korea
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