{art resume}
upcoming exhibitions
| 2012 | March, Wally Workman Gallery, Austin, TX: solo exhibition | |
| 2011 | October, Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha, NE: juried art auction |
selected exhibitions
| 2010 | December, Principle Gallery, Alexandria, VA: group show | |
| November, East Austin Studio Tour, Austin, TX | ||
| November, Robert Lange Studios, Charleston, SC: juried show “Women Painting Women” | ||
| October, Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha, NE: juried art auction | ||
| September, Principle Gallery, Alexandria, VA: Drawing exhibit | ||
| August, Wally Workman Gallery, Austin, TX: Anniversary group show | ||
| March, Wally Workman Gallery, Austin, TX: solo exhibition |
| 2009 | November, East Austin Studio Tour, Austin, TX | |
| October, Principle Gallery, Alexandria, VA: Artists’ Choice Show | ||
| October, Bass Concert Music Hall, Austin, TX: solo show | ||
| September, Austin, TX: Austin Visual Arts Association: juried exhibition | ||
| July, Showings Fine Art Gallery, Denver, CO: curated Women Artists’ Show | ||
| January, Wally Workman Gallery, Austin, TX: “A Grand Affair” group show |
| 2008 | December, Wally Workman Gallery, Austin, TX: group show | |
| November, East Austin Studio Tour, Austin, TX | ||
| October, Austin Visual Arts Association, Austin, TX: juried life drawing show | ||
| October, USArtist’s Show, Philadelphia, PA: invited by the Principle Gallery | ||
| May, Wally Workman Gallery, Austin, TX: Solo Painter show | ||
| January, Wally Workman Gallery, Austin, TX: “A Grand Affair,” group exhibition |
| 2007 | December, Principle Gallery, Alexandria, VA: “Small Works Show,” group exhibition | |
| December, Wally Workman Gallery, Austin, TX: “Alice in Wonderland,” group exhibition | ||
| November, Davis Gallery, Austin, TX: group exhibition | ||
| June-July, Winston-Wachter Gallery, Seattle, WA: group exhibition | ||
| April, Wally Workman Gallery, Austin, TX: Solo Painter show |
| 2006 | December, Principle Gallery, Alexandria, VA: “Small Works Show,” group exhibition | |
| November, Art Amici Fine Art Gallery, Austin, TX: East Austin Studio Tour, group exhibition | ||
| November, Principle Gallery, Alexandria, VA: “The Artist’s Process,” group exhibition | ||
| September, Art in Embassy Program, Republic of Cyprus: Painting selected to be part of program | ||
| September, Texas Freedom Network Art Auction, silent art auction benefit | ||
| August, Galerie Dalray, New Orleans, LA: group exhibition | ||
| July, Hespe Gallery, San Francisco, CA: group figurative exhibition | ||
| July, Bella Creo Fine Art Gallery, Boerne, TX: group exhibition | ||
| April, F8 Fine Art Gallery, Austin, TX: two-painter/two-photographer show | ||
| March, Austin Visual Arts Association: juried figurative art exhibition | ||
| February, ArtErotica, Austin, silent auction benefiting AIDS Services of Austin |
| 2005 | November, Principle Gallery, Alexandria, VA: group exhibition | |
| November, Art Amici Fine Art Gallery, Austin, TX: East Austin Studio Tour, group exhibition | ||
| November, Texas Freedom Network Art Auction, silent art auction benefit | ||
| August, 39th Annual Juried Salado Art Fair, Salado, TX | ||
| April, F8 Fine Art Gallery, Austin, TX: solo painter exhibition | ||
| February, ArtErotica, Austin, TX: silent auction benefiting AIDS Services of Austin |
| 2004 | November, Art Amici Fine Art Gallery, Austin, TX: East Austin Studio Tour, group exhibition | |
| November, Texas Freedom Network Art Auction, silent art auction benefit | ||
| November, Women Who Paint Women, Little City Coffeehouse, Austin, curator & participant of 6-woman show | ||
| November, F8 Fine Art Gallery, Austin, TX: “Art Wide Shut,” group show | ||
| October, Texas Hill Country Invitational Art Show, Boerne, TX: a featured artist | ||
| September, Women and their Work Gallery, Austin, TX: “Red Hot Red Dot”, art show & silent auction | ||
| August, Art Amici Fine Art Gallery, Austin, TX: “Home Is Where the Art Is,” organizer & participant | ||
| August, F8 Fine Art Gallery, Austin, TX: “Retro Show” group exhibition | ||
| July, Spirit Echoes Inc. Fine Arts Festival, Austin, TX: juried show | ||
| June, F8 Fine Art Gallery, Austin, TX: two-painter exhibition, sold-out show | ||
| April, Guerrilla Gallery Ladyfest Art Show, Austin, TX: juried art exhibition | ||
| April, Art Amici Fine Art Gallery, Austin, TX: East Austin Studio Tour, group exhibition | ||
| April, Austin Fine Arts Festival, Austin, TX: displayed artwork & gave painting portrait demos | ||
| February, ArtErotica, Blue Genie Art Industries, Austin, silent auction benefiting AIDS Services of Austin | ||
| January, Zandoozi Gallery, Austin, TX: solo exhibition |
| 2003 | December, Art Amici Fine Art Gallery, Austin, TX: “Salon des RefusŽs,” group exhibition | |
| November, Art Amici Fine Art Gallery, Austin, TX: East Austin Studio Tour, group exhibition | ||
| November, Texas Freedom Network Art Auction, silent art auction benefit | ||
| April, Blue Genie Art Industries, Austin, TX: “Spring Art Show,” group exhibition | ||
| March, ArtErotica, Blue Genie Art Industries, Austin, TX: silent auction benefiting AIDS Services of Austin |
teaching experience
2009, Private classes, figure painting
2008, Private classes, figure painting and portraiture instruction
2007, Private classes, figure painting and still-life instruction
2007, Austin Waldorf School, 12th Grade oil painting and drawing self-portraiture instructor
2006, Austin Waldorf School, 11th Grade oil painting and drawing still-life instructor
2006, Sculpture Academy of Austin, figurative painting educator
2005, Sculpture Academy of Austin, figurative drawing
2004, Austin Fine Arts Festival, gave portrait demonstrations
presentations & radio
2008, 90.5 KUT Radio, Austin, TX: interviewed for “Arts Eclectic” show
2008, 91.7 KOOP Radio, Austin, TX: interviewed for “Visual Aid” show
2008, University of Texas, Austin, TX: guest instructor for figure painting class in Theatre Department
2006, Women and their Work Gallery, Austin, TX: “Show and Tell Digital Slide Jam,” discussed artwork
2004, Ff8 Fine Art Gallery, Austin, TX: “Lunch Brake for Art,” discussed perspective and technique
curator/juror experience
2006, Judged finalists for Rising Star program from Blackland Prairie Elementary School in Round Rock, TX
2004, Women Who Paint Women, Little City Coffeehouse, Austin, curator & participant of 6-woman show
published
Austin Visual Arts Awards, 2009, nominated for Artist of the Year in 2-Dimensional Art
Austin Chronicle, November, 2008, “Welcome to My Studio”
Austin Woman, September, 2008, “Keep Austin Artistic: Jennifer Balkan, Painter”
Austin Chronicle, May, 2008, “Jennifer Balkan: Hidden Meaning”
Southwest Art, May, 2008, “Seriously Funny: six artists view life with imagination and wit”
Falls Church News, January, 2008, review published
New American Paintings, October, 2007, artwork published
Austin Chronicle, May, 2007, “Jennifer Balkan: Her New Work”
Farfelu Magazine, Summer 2006, artwork published
Edifice Wrecked, Spring, 2006, artwork and interview published
Southwest Art Magazine, December 2005, “Artist to Watch”
West Austin News, May 2005
Southwest Art, December 2004
Austin Monthly, October 2004, “Jennifer Balkan, Painting With a Passion”
Austin American Statesman Xlent, April, July 2004
Austin Chronicle, February 2004, January 2004
education
2005, May, Art Student League of Denver, Colorado
2003, Austin Fine Arts School, Austin, TX
2002, Laguna Gloria Art School, Austin, TX
2001, University of Texas at Austin, Ph.D. in sociology
1992, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, B.A. in behavioral neuroscience