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Artist Statement:
A native of Indianapolis,
Indiana, Jennifer Strange
earned her Bachelor of Art
degree from Indiana University
in 1982 in painting and
drawing. During her
undergraduate studies, she
studied in Florence, Italy.
In 1985, Ms. Strange returned
to Italy, as a scholarship
recipient during graduate
studies in fine arts. She
spent three months in Cortona,
a medieval hilltown in central
Italy. In 1986, she received
her Master of Fine Arts Degree
from the University of
Georgia. She has taught fine
arts courses for Butler
University and Indiana
University.
Jennifer enjoys both landscape
and figurative painting,
particularly work inspired by
her travels. Along with her
studio work, she has taught
fine arts courses for Indiana
University and does freelance
illustration and mural
painting. Clients have
included The Children’s Museum
of Indianapolis, The Indiana
State Museum, and the
Indianapolis Zoo.
For the last nine years, she
has been involved in creating
drawings and sculptures
inspired from Dante
Alighieri’s medieval poem The
Divine Comedy. Although the
work is ongoing, portions of
the collection have been
displayed in various
exhibitions including, the
Indianapolis Museum of Art and
the National Academy of Design
in New York. In recent years,
she has been invited to ...
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Artist Galleries:
Peter Grants, An American
Gallery
3917 East 82nd Street
Indianapolis, IN USA
317-598-0788...
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Collections:
Indianapolis Museum of Art,
Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
National City Bank,
Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Holliday Fenoglio & Fowler LP,
Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
The McDonalds Corporation
St. Vincents Hospital, Carmel,
Indiana, USA
The Children's Museum of
Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Indianapolis International
Airport, Indiana, USA...
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Commissions:
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Exhibitions for Jennifer Strange:
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Coming to Italy in 2006! Inspired by Dante; Rome & Cortona
Spirit In Place Festival; Exhibition and Festival participant 9/01
University of Indianapolis; “Inspired by Dante” one artist show, drawings & Sculpture 9/99
Columbia University; Digital Dante, an internet exhibition of “Inspired by Dante” internet address: www.ilt.columbia.edu/projects/dante/images
The Art Source; Sculpture Invitational exhibition, Indianapolis, IN USA 5/98-7/98
Indianapolis Artsgarden; “A Celebration of Women in the Arts” Invitational exhibit 11/96
National Academy of Design; New York, NY, intl’ juried exhibition 5/96-9/96
Indianapolis Museum of Art; “In Indiana” featured artist 6/96
Indiana University Kokomo; “Inspired by Dante” one artist show, drawings & sculpture 4/96
The Whitewater Valley Annual Competition; Indiana University East. Juried Exhibition; 11/95
Indiana University East; one artist show, Richmond, In; 10/95-11/95
Directions: The first All-Campus Fine Arts Faculty Exhibition of Indiana University; Invitational show, Indpls.; 8/95-9/95
Van Riper Gallery, Indianapolis, IN, Group Show; 9/92
Greater Lafayette Museum of Art, Lafayette, IN. Juried Exhibition; 6/90
Honeywell Foundation, Wabash, IN. One artist show; 7/89
Hoosier Salon, Indianapolis, IN Juried Exhibition; 5/98, 5/87, 5/86
Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, GA. Masters Candidates exhibition; 5/86 to 6/86
Palazzo Casali, Cortona, Italy. Group Exhibit; 11/85
Winthrop Art Gallery, Indianapolis, IN. One artist show; 10/84
Hoosier Salon, Indianapolis, IN. Juried exhibition & purchase award; 5/83
Merchants National Gallery, Indpls, IN. One artist show; 8/83
New Artists at Madison Square Gardens, New York, NY. Juried international exhibition. 10/82
Internet Exhibitions & Television and Print Media:
Columbia University Digital Dante website: http://dante.ilt.columbia.edu/images.html
“Inspired by Dante” website: http://inspiredbydante.home.att.net
Religion & EthicsNewsweekly; PBS program aired in 2000. Interview with Robert Pinskey,
Poet Laureate, regarding his translation of Inferno; used images from Inspired by Dante
exhibit for visuals.
Arts Indiana Magazine, Volume 18, No. 5, Summer 1996; Featured Artist
Public Art:
The Indianapolis Children’s Museum. Lilly Garden of Play Mural 90’x 20’ 8/2000
The Indianapolis Zoo. Amazon Jungle Mural in the Waters building. Assistant to project director Charles Jones 12/87-2/88
Indianapolis International Airport, International Arrivals building. Fiber Art wall display. 6/87
Lectures:
North Central High School, Indianapolis 10/2003
Boston College Honors Program 4/2003
University of Kentucky Foreign Lanuage Conference Plenary Lecture 4/25/2003
International School of Indianapolis; 11/2001
Spirit In Place Festival, 11/2001
University of Notre Dame, Devers Program in Dante Studies Guest Speaker 4/99
Purdue University; Italian Department, 3/98
Indiana University at Kokomo, 4/96
Indiana University East, Richmond 10/95
Guest Lecturer for National Art Honor Society Meeting at Ben Davis High School, Indpls; 10/16/96
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