The Artist
Jennifer Jones grew up in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. This quiet suburban hamlet coupled with its proximity to New York City provided fertile ground for the young woman’s imagination. Jennifer started studying ballet at the age of 3. Competitive figure skating followed shortly. In addition to these physical pursuits, she began sculpting in her early teens earning a scholarship to continue her fine art studies. A formally trained ballet dancer en pointe, and an award winning tap dancer, she toured with a national dance troupe until an auto accident at 17 cut both her dance and skating careers short. Injury may have limited her prospects but didn’t stop her quest for kinetic self-expression.
Shifting her focus to fine art painting, Jennifer was able to combine her training and passion into a seamless marriage of inspiration and technique. By combining dance and fine art, Jennifer creates not only art, but a tangible, visual recording of movement, a dance upon canvas. This allows her to combine performance with visual art. The making of the piece is as much the expression as the piece itself.
Self-taught, Jennifer’s education in the arts is multi-layered and eclectic. With a past career in Visual Effects, she brings a cinematic eye to the performances that create her works. Likewise, she has been mentored by an array of prominent artists in New York and Los Angeles.
Jennifer recently opened a studio in the San Juan islands of Washington State. She and her partner, writer and executive producer, currently split their time between there and Los Angeles.
“The goal, every time I face a blank canvas, that daunting dance floor, is to use the traditions and history of dance and break them apart into a unique and kinetic piece of visual art. To bring the two together into something much more than the sum of their parts.”