Jen Merrill
born in Columbus, Ohio,1977
living and working in Oakland, California
Education
2006 MFA, painting, San Francisco Art Institute
2000 BFA, painting and sculpture, Michigan State University, East Lansing
Exhibitions (*solo shows)
2009 Tomorrow, Steven Wolf Fine Arts, San Francisco
2009 Pop Noir, SoEx's Annual Art Auction, Southern Exposure, San Francisco
2009 The Lab's Annual Art Sale, The Lab, San Francisco
2008 *Demikhov's Hands of Glory, Iceberger Gallery, San Francisco
2008 12th Annual Art Sale and Live Auction, The Lab, San Francisco
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
Bibliography
2008 SF Bay Guardian/Pixel Vision – Local Artist of the Week2008 FlavorPill.com – review of “Demikhov’s Hands of Glory” by Dale Tegman
2008 FecalFace.com – Opening Photos by Kara Bratcher
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