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JENNA FAYE POWELL


The Rusty Toque | Issue 8 | Visual Art | June 30,  2015

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BLACKHOLE. 12 x 12 inches (framed). Pencil Crayon on Paper.
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I'm Okay. 25 x 25 inches (framed). Pencil Crayon on Paper.
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I'm Okay II. 25 x 25 inches (framed). Pencil Crayon on Paper.
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I'm Okay III. 25 x 25 inches (framed). Pencil Crayon on Paper.
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I'm Okay. Installation View. DNA Artspace. London On.
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Quagmire I. 18 x 10 inches (framed). Pencil Crayon on Paper.
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Quagmire II. 18 x 10 inches (framed). Pencil Crayon on Paper.
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I'm Okay. Installation View. DNA Artspace. London ON.
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Sinkers and Watchers. 25 x 25 inches (framed).Pencil Crayon on Paper.
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Tubular. 25 x 25 inches (framed). Pencil Crayon on Paper.
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I'm Okay. Installation View. DNA Artspace. London ON.
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JENNA FAYE POWELL is a self-proclaimed optimist, miniature enthusiast and emerging artist. Powell's art practice looks to the fantastical to, not escape reality, but to be further engaged with it; finding the extraordinary in the ordinary. Her current project, I'm okay, uses imagery of sinkholes, black holes, and quicksand as metaphors for the unpredictability of life from the perspective of an optimist. Powell states "these drawings investigate where humor, storytelling and naivety fits into the somewhat cynical climate of art-making and contemporary living in general. The sinkholes in I'm okay aren't as threatening as the ones we see on the Tampa Bay News: they aren’t sinister, messy or jagged. Rather, these sinkholes, blackholes and quagmires are smooth, tubular, and colourful. Beckoning you to jump in, these voids appear more as amusement park attractions or diagrams from high-school textbooks. Disaster with rose-colored glasses".

Powell has attained a MFA degree from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University, as well as a BFA degree from the University of Western Ontario. Powell has participated in various solo and group shows including Brave New Worlds at Museum London, the Windsor- Essex Triennial at the Art Gallery of Windsor and the 2012 RBC Painting Competition at the Power Plant Gallery. Powell particularly enjoys books with full-bleed colorful photographs, building miniature dioramas of any sort and anything that involves the words ‘utopic,’ or ‘light-hearted’. Powell practices and resides London, Ontario, working as the Gallery Director of the Forest City Gallery. Website: 
http://www.jennafayepowell.com
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