Mission College Vargas Gallery
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Jenny Balisle
March 15 - April 20, 2022
Reception: March 17 from 2 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Artist Statement
My multidisciplinary artworks investigate how disparate experiences and alternative realities impact truth. The goal is to identify patterns within the natural and manmade world. Mediums are repurposed by altering function to explore inequality within ideology. Inspiration and research dictate the final form.
Artist Biography
Jenny E. Balisle earned a B.A. in Art and Communication from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point and a M.F.A. from the Academy of Art College in San Francisco.
Exhibits include the de Young Museum Artist-in-Residence, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Chicago Cultural Center, Korean Cultural Center, Harvard University, Farmington Museum, Museu Brasileiro Sao Paulo, and Shanghai Oil Painting & Sculpture Institute Art Museum.
Her work has been featured in such publications as The Huffington Post, WOMENCINEMAKERS, A5 Magazine, ZYZZYVA, The Drum Literary Magazine, and Sculptural Pursuits Magazine. Public art includes The Cube Art Project, Hearts in San Francisco, and South San Francisco Utility Box
Mural Project.
Balisle works as an artist, advocate, curator, administrator, writer, lecturer, and
instructor at UC Berkeley Extension.
Virtual Exhibits
#Art #activism
The artists in this exhibition, Jenny Balisle, Kristine Mays, Maria de Los Angeles, Priscilla Otani, and Robin Bernstein observe contemporary events and use art, writing and social media to bring awareness to issues that they are passionate about.
Driven to Distraction
"Driven To Abstraction"
Alumni Art Show
Previous Exhibits