Artist Information:
Jennifer Hughes
Arlington, MA
United States
Member Since: Aug 2001
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Artist Statement:
I hunt and gather: in my
mother’s basement storage of
lace curtains, eBay for
weathered fabrics or old wood
type, old books and magazines
for words or phrases or images
that strike meaning or
discord. I find these things
and often feel a connection
but may not be initially sure
what to do with them. Will
this yellow tea colored book
fit in with my monoprint
Travellar series? This lace
squirreled away by my mother
has a lovely texture but is it
appropriate for the large
woodcuts? The act of finding,
saving and incorporating these
objects into prints makes them
precious. I have been working
on a series of large woodcut
monoprints for several years
now, incorporating these found
texts and textures. The
textural elements of found
fabric materials are inspired
by my grandmother's use of
found fabrics for quilting and
by my mother's obsession with
lace curtains, doilies and
table runners. Additionally,
the figurative imagery
represents women's hands (my
hands, my mother's hand...)
and the acts of welcoming,
compassion and nurturing that
is expressed through different
hand gestures.
While not a reference to
“women’s work” or to
domesticity, my prints are
instead in ...
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Artist Exhibitions:
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS [*DENOTES
SOLO]
2009
Body Re-Public, Resnikoff
Gallery, Boston, MA
Women in Printmaking, Bunker
Hill Community College, Boston
MA
2008
Figured: Women’s History Month
Exhibition, Scollay Square
Gallery, Boston City Hall,
Boston MA
Wooden Dialogues Towne Art
Gallery at Wheelock College,
Boston MA
Printmaking NOW
Grimshaw-Gudewicz ...
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Artist Galleries:
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Artist Reviews:
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Collections:
University of Iowa Hospitals
and Clinics, Iowa City IA
Kohler Art Library, University
of Wisconsin, Madison WI
Tama Art University Museum,
Tokyo Japan
Special Collections,
University of Iowa Libraries,
Iowa City IA
Print Archive, School of Art
and Art History, University of
Iowa, Iowa City IA
Amity Art Foundation, New ...
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Commissions:
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Jennifer Hughes's Free Artist Portfolio
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Untitled 3 Travellar, 2009
Woodcut,
10 x 8 inches
Price: US$ 200
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Whole Faith, 2007
Woodcut,
42 x 28 inches
Price: US$ 500
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Untitled 3 Night Series, 2009
Woodcut,
10 x 14 inches
Price: US$ 250
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Gemini, 2008
Woodcut,
42 x 28 inches
Price: US$ 500
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Untitled 2 Night Series, 2009
Woodcut,
14 x 10 inches
Price: US$ 250
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Visitation, 2008
Woodcut,
42 x 28 inches
Price: US$ 500
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