A selection of work dating from various solo exhbitions including “Roleplay”, Gallery Sonne, Norway, “The Thin line”, Gallery Dix, Finland and SIM residency Iceland.

Artist Statement

“ Children are much closer to the unconscious than are adults; fantasy and reality are less clearly separated for them.”

The Sociology of Childhood, Essential Readings edited by Chris Jenks.

Childhood and leaving it, is about the move from the imaginary to social ! spaces and learning how to perform in the latter. Jennifer uses the media of painting, print and film to explore the inner psychological struggle of her subjects. Central to her work is an ongoing exploration of identity, liminal space and personal subjectivity. Significant in these processes is a creation of an anxious narrative which foregrounds issues of longing and belonging to the contemporary world and the loss of innocence and youth. The attraction of childhood is that it is often seen as a time of security, protected by the parents and in particular, with the love of the mother. It is a time without the complex responsibilities of adulthood, things which are often at odds with the creative mindset, so it can therefore be seen that it would have a particular attraction to such an individual seeking peace.