Jen Merrill

born in Columbus, Ohio,1977
living and working in Oakland, California

Education

2006 MFA, specialization in painting, San Francisco Art Institute
2000 BFA, specializations in painting and sculpture, Michigan State University, East Lansing

Upcoming Exhibitions

Iceberger Gallery
New Work / solo exhibition
July 5 - August 1, 2008

Exhibitions (*solo shows)

2008 12th Annual Art Sale and Live Auction, The Lab, San Franisco
2007 Artists Go Lightly, The Temporary Autonomous Museum(s), San Francisco
2007 Head Trip, Barbara Anderson Gallery, Berkeley, CA
2007 Ripples, Oakland Art Gallery
2006 * San Francisco Art Institute Master of Fine Arts Graduate Exhibition, Fort Mason, San Francisco
2006 Contemplating Inappropriateness, Crucible Steel Gallery in Cell Space, San Francisco
2005 * Brains and Disembodied Heads, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute
2005 Figure Caster Figure Head, Cachi Art Studio, San Francisco
2004 Energy: e=(matter) art2, Swissnex, San Francisco
2004 The Chicken Show, Crucible Steel Gallery in Cell Space, San Francisco
2004 The Postcard Show 8, The Lab, San Francisco
2003 Minneapolis 55408, Intermedia Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2003 Festival of Appropriation Retrospective Preview, Theater de la Jeune Lune, Minneapolis
2001 Festival of Appropriation, Espresso Royal, Minneapolis
2000 * The Highway to Fortune, Happiness and Heaven, Gallery 114, Kresge Art Center, MSU
1999 Otherwise Originals Juried All Media Exhibit, The Otherwise Gallery, Lansing, Michigan

Honors

2000 Louis Sudler Prize for excellence and potential for success in the visual or performing arts, MSU
1999 Grand Prize Award, Otherwise Originals Juried All Media Exhibit, The Otherwise Gallery, Juror: Norbert Freese
1999 Calder Scholarship for outstanding junior, Department of Art, MSU