BORN: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Selected Exhibitions
- 2010
- "Portrait Challenge," Bumbershoot Arts Festival, Seattle, WA; curated by Ryan Molenkamp
- "Pregnanacy vs Ritalin," SOIL Backspace Gallery, Seattle WA
- "Then/Now," Jacob Lawrence Gallery, Seattle, WA
- "SOIL In Residence," Seattle Design Center, Seattle WA
- 2009
- "PUNCH International Juried Exhibition," PUNCH Gallery, Seattle WA; juror: Marisa C. Sánchez, Assistant Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Seattle Art Museum.
- "Bilaterography," SOIL Backspace Gallery, Seattle WA
- "I Know I Know with Jenny and Joe," Two-person exhibition with Joseph Park, Henry Art Gallery, Seattle WA
- "Expo," SOIL Art Gallery, Seattle WA
- 2009 Seattle Erotic Art Festival, Seattle WA
- 2008
- "Teddy Roosevelt: The Musical!" Written and directed by Jennifer Zwick, performed at The Rendezvous, Seattle WA
- "SAM Gallery 35th Anniversary Celebration," SAM Gallery, Seattle WA
- "Coupling," Ouch My Eye, Seattle WA
- 2007
- "The Seed," Port Angeles Fine Arts Center, Port Angeles WA
- "I'm So Scared/It's All So Hard," SOIL Art Gallery, Seattle WA
This work funded in part by an Artist Trust GAP Grant and a 4Culture Special Projects Grant - "We Are Nature," Lakewold Gardens, Lakewood WA
- "Constructed Narratives," SOIL Backspace Gallery, Seattle WA
This work funded in part by a Mayor's Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs CityArtists Projects Grant - "In Focus: SOIL," Seattle Art Museum Gallery, Seattle, WA
- 2006
- Aqua Art Miami, Miami Beach, FL (Corresponding with Art Basel Miami Beach)
- "Facade," SOIL Art Gallery, Seattle WA; curated by Chris Engman
- "Bugs, Beer & Art," Vanderbrink Room, Tashiro Kaplan, Seattle WA
- "Art XS: Works in Miniature," Artist Trust Auction, Seattle, WA
- 2005
- CoCA Annual, Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle WA; juror: Ernesto Pujol
- Aqua Art Miami, Miami Beach, FL (Corresponding with Art Basel Miami Beach)
- 7th Annual Art Port Townsend Juried Art Show, Northwest Arts Center, Port Townsend, WA; juror: Esther Luttikhuizen
- SOIL Art Auction, 10th Anniversary party and book release, Western Bridge, Seattle, WA
- "Girls Growing," Soil Art Gallery, Seattle, WA; curated by Jess Van Nostrand
- "Bashville," Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA
- KUOW Presents: "The Persistence of Frankenstein: Art, Science, and Creation"
- Reading, "The Sound and the Fury," Cranky Literary Journal, Richard Hugo House, Seattle, WA.
- "Selected Works," Bill Fellows Landscape and Design, Los Angeles, CA
- Seattle Erotic Art Festival, Consolidated Works, Seattle, WA
- "Seeing Green," Soil Art Gallery, Seattle, WA; curated by Tracey Fugami and Randy Wood
- 2004
- Pull & Sway (collaboration with Dan Dean), "Presence," Fidalgo Room, Bumbershoot Arts Festival, Seattle, WA; curated by Juniper Shuey
- "School of Art Open," Jacob Lawrence Gallery, Seattle, WA; Juror's 2nd Award; Juror: Michael Sweney, Director of Charles Cowles Gallery
- "Flashpoint," Soil Art Gallery, Seattle, WA
- ArtWorks First Annual Spring Benefit Auction, Seattle, WA
- The Act of Looking (collaboration with Dan Dean), "Recent Acquisitions: Soil New Member's Show," Soil Art Gallery, Seattle, WA
- "Contra Naturum," Secluded Alley Works, Seattle, WA; curated by Mandy Greer and Kamala Dolphin-Kingsley
- 2003
- "Works on Paper + Small 3-D," Jacob Lawrence Gallery, Seattle, WA; Juror: Greg Kucera
- "The Art of Control," Richard Hugo House, Seattle, WA; curated by Pate Gonzalez
- A Humble Attempt to Take Over the World, Senior Thesis Exhibition, Jacob Lawrence Gallery, Seattle, WA
- Pull & Sway (collaboration with Dan Dean), Senior Thesis Exhibition, Jacob Lawrence?allery, Seattle, WA
- "School of Art Open," Jacob Lawrence Gallery, Seattle, WA; juror, Esther Luttikhuizen of Esther Claypool Gallery
- SOIL Annual Art Auction, Tashiro Kaplan Building, Seattle, WA
- Tacoma Contemporary "Cakewalk," Tacoma, WA
- 2002
- Continue: An Interactive Video Installation (collaboration with Dan Dean and Chen-je Huang), "Responsive Environments – Towards the Deviant Use of Technology," Fisher Gallery, Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle, WA
- "Site Specific," University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA
- 2001
- MoNA Art Auction, Museum of Northwest Art, La Conner, Washington
Honors
- 2010
- PUNCH International Juried Exhibition People's Choice Award
- 2008
- Artist Trust Fellowship
- 2007
- Artist Trust GAP Grant
- 4Culture Arts Special Projects Grant
- King County 4Culture Portable Arts Collection
- 2006
- City Artist Projects Grant
- 2005
- Merit Award, 7th Annual Art Port Townsend Juried Art Show; juror: Esther Luttikhuizen
- 2004
- Juror's 2nd Award, "School of Art Open"; juror: Michael Sweney
- Skagit Valley Medical Center Permanent Collection
Education
- 2004
- Bachelor of Fine Arts — Photography, University of Washington
- 1999
- Photography, University of New Mexico
PROFESSIONAL AND RELATED EXPERIENCE
- 2010
- Two-day workshop, Creating Constructed Narrative Photographs, Advanced Acting class, Mount Vernon High School, Mount Vernon, Washington
- 2009
- Visiting lecturer, personal work with focus on sculpture and installation, DigiPen Institute of Technology
- 2008
- Visiting lecturer, "Working Artist: Career Advice for Students in the Visual Arts," University of Washington
- Visiting lecturer, focus on personal work, DigiPen Institute of Technology
- 2007
- Visiting lecturer, focus on personal work, Photography 400, University of Washington
- Visiting lecturer, focus on grant applications, Photography 400, University of Washington
- 2006
- Video / Installation Art Juror: 2006 Seattle Erotic Art Festival
- 2005
- Discussion Panelist, "The Persistence of Frankenstein: Art, Science, and Creation," hosted by PRI/Studio 360's Kurt Andersen, Microsoft Auditorium, Seattle Public Library Downtown Branch
- 2004
- Juror, Richard Hugo House Curatorial Committee (through 2006)
- 2003
- Member, Soil Arts Cooperative (ongoing)
Bibliography
- 2010
- Martinez, Humberto. "Bumbershoot art exhibits are decidedly Northwest." The Seattle PI Blog. June 9, 2010.
- Graves, Jen. "Boobquake, Art Edition." The Stranger SLOG. April 26, 2010.
- Arnold, Sharon. "& The Art You Make: As It Should Be." CityArts Magazine. April 2010. P. 22-24.
- Short story about Mozart / drawings of Bjork and also Mozart with a modern haircut. La Norda Specialo. Ed. Matthew Offenbacher. Special Issue. Printed in Seattle, Washington, USA, April 1, 2010. P. 3.
- Hamada, Jeff. "Jennifer Zwick." Booooooom. March 18, 2010.
- 2009
- Graves, Jen. "The Stranger Suggests: Jennifer Zwick." The Stranger. December 10 - 16, 2009, Vol. 19, No. 14.
- Pothast, Emily. "Bilaterography." Translinguistic Other. December 31, 2009.
- "The Reader," Main image for "Visual Studies Reader," edited by James Elkins, Chair of the Department of Art History, Theory, and Criticism at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago
- Hackett, Regina. "Museum shop failure - A Henry Gallery solution." Another Bouncing Ball. November 2009.
- Blum, Stephen. "Ephemeral Art at the Henry Gift Shop." Seattle Metblogs. November 2009.
- Graves, Jen. "Get Your Souvenirs at the Henry's New Gift Shop." The Stranger. Vol 19, No. 8. October 2009.
- Graves, Jen. "Currently Hanging." The Stranger Slog. October 26, 2009.
- 2008
- Graves, Jen. "The Madness of STRIKETHROUGH." The Stranger. September 2008.
- 2007
- Graves, Jen. "Seen At First Thursday." The Stranger Slog. October 5, 2007.
- Cover Image: "The Explorers," The Stranger. Vol. 16, No. 31. April 2007.
- Grant, Adriana. "Books: Jennifer Borges Foster." Seattle Weekly. 10 Jan. 2007.
- 2006
- Ayers, Robert. "Art Basel Miami: Aqua Adds Depth, Variety in Second Outing." ARTINFO. 11 Dec. 2006.
- Zwick, Jennifer. "In/Visible: SOIL Goes to Miami." Interview by Jen Graves. The Stranger Slog. 7 Dec. 2006.
- "The Explorers," Weekly Reader: Writing, Vol. 29 (October 2006): 2.
- Yi, Liang. "SOIL." China: Vision. Sept., 2006, p. 190-194; personal 1 page spread: p. 192.
- Article and portfolio spread, SOIL 2006. Portland, OR: MediaFreQ, 2006. P. 46-47.
- Graves, Jen. "Seduced: The Lying, Cheating Heart of Photography." The Stranger. 19 Oct. 2006: Seattle's Only Arts Section.
- 2005
- Hackett, Regina. "'Crime Scene' investigates noir fantasies." Seattle Post-Intelligencer. 25 Nov. 2005: What's Happening 31.
- Image: "The Explorers," "More Art Less Walk." Seattlest. 4 November 2005: Art Events.
- Pujol, Ernesto. "Meditating America." 2005 CoCA Annual. New York: October 2005.
- Engelson, Andrew. "Girls Growing." Seattle Weekly. 17 August 2005: Visual Arts Pick.
- Worssam, Nancy. "What do girls want?" Queen Anne News. 17 August, 2005: Vol. 86, No. 33, p. 12.
- Potterf, Tina. "Bashville Event Tonight." Seattle Times. 7 July 2005: Digs.
- Hackett, Regina. "Seattle Erotic Art Festival just keeps growing." Seattle Post-Intelligencer. 15 Apr. 2005, final ed.: C1.
- "Kurt Andersen, Greg Bear, Janelle Taylor, Jennifer Zwick." The Stranger. 3 Mar. 2005: Recommended Readings Listings.
- Engelson, Andrew. "Seeing Green." Seattle Weekly. 5 January 2005: Visual Arts p. 51.
- Article by Fionn Mead and portfolio spread, SOIL Artist-Run Gallery 1995-->2005. Vancouver, BC, Canada: Metropolitan Fine Printers, 2005. P. 64-65.
- One-page portfolio spread, 3rd Floor, 2005: Issue 2, p. 40.
- Short story: "The Sound and the Fury." Cranky Literary Journal. Ed. Amber Curtis. Issue 4. Seattle: Failed Promise Press, 2005. P. 17.
- 2004
- Engelson, Andrew. "Secluded Alley Works." Seattle Weekly. 5 December 2004: SW Pick.
- Hall, Emily. "Contra Naturum." The Stranger. 1 January 2004: The Stranger Suggests p. 15.
- 2002
- Image: "Repaired Leaf," University Week. 28 Feb. 2002: Vol. 19, No. 18.