Jenny Bloomfield – Twinning: Recent Diptychs
Jun 1 — Jul 16, 2016
George Lawson Gallery will present a solo exhibition of eight new paintings in diptych format by Bay Area painter Jenny Bloomfield, works in oil on canvas she groups under the working title, “Twinning.” The exhibition will be on view from June 1 – July 16, 2016. An opening reception will be held at the gallery on Saturday, June 4, from 4 – 6 pm.
Born in London, Bloomfield now lives and works in Canyon and West Oakland, California. She has a long-standing presence in San Francisco including previous exhibitions at Gwen Terpstra’s Gallery 60SIX and Don Soker’s gallery. In 2014 she had a mini retrospective at Stanford University curated by DeWitt Chang. Bloomfield received her BA from the Central School of Art and Design, and studied at Hornsey College of Art, both in London. She is extensively represented in several prominent Bay Area collections.
For these new works, in addition to exploring the extension to her vernacular afforded by pairing panels and canvases, Bloomfield has increased the saturation of her color, moving away from her characteristic earths and tertiaries to higher-keyed primaries and secondaries. Previously her image leveraged the serendipity of process; in the new works she introduces a purposeful drawing with broad, arcing marks. Her strokes loop, and while something of their scale engages a dialogue with David Row, and something of their intertwining with Brice Marden, in her sensibility and balance, she manages to furrow out territory quite all her own in the much plowed field of all-over painting.
A catalog will be produced for the exhibition and available mid-run, with commentary by London-based art historian Alison Cole, author of the recently published “Italian Renaissance Courts: Art, Pleasure and Power.”
About Jenny Bloomfield
Jenny Bloomfield was born in London, England in 1958 and now lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. In 1980, she received a BA from the Central School of Art and Design London. Bloomfield has been included in numerous exhibitions including: Under Water at the University Art Gallery at Sonoma State University, Transform Motion at Stanford Art Spaces, curated by DeWitt Chang at Stanford University, CA, and Paintings at the Berkeley Art Center in Berkeley, CA.
About George Lawson Gallery
George Lawson Gallery represents a stable of artists who paint or work in disciplines with conceptual ties to painting. In addition the gallery mounts group exhibitions, special projects and guest solos that showcase trends in contemporary painting. Lawson exhibits an international roster of artists, and produces limited edition books for many of their exhibitions. The gallery opened in San Francisco in 2008 at 49 Geary. From 2011 to 2013 they maintained an exhibition space at 8564 Washington Boulevard in Los Angeles along with a satellite space at 780 Sutter in San Francisco before consolidating the current location at 315 Potrero in San Francisco’s new DoReMi arts district. https://www.georgelawsongallery.com
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Jun 1 — Jul 16, 2016
George Lawson Gallery will present a solo exhibition of eight new paintings in diptych format by Bay Area painter Jenny Bloomfield, works in oil on canvas she groups under the working title, “Twinning.” The exhibition will be on view from June 1 – July 16, 2016. An opening reception will be held at the gallery on Saturday, June 4, from 4 – 6 pm.
Born in London, Bloomfield now lives and works in Canyon and West Oakland, California. She has a long-standing presence in San Francisco including previous exhibitions at Gwen Terpstra’s Gallery 60SIX and Don Soker’s gallery. In 2014 she had a mini retrospective at Stanford University curated by DeWitt Chang. Bloomfield received her BA from the Central School of Art and Design, and studied at Hornsey College of Art, both in London. She is extensively represented in several prominent Bay Area collections.
For these new works, in addition to exploring the extension to her vernacular afforded by pairing panels and canvases, Bloomfield has increased the saturation of her color, moving away from her characteristic earths and tertiaries to higher-keyed primaries and secondaries. Previously her image leveraged the serendipity of process; in the new works she introduces a purposeful drawing with broad, arcing marks. Her strokes loop, and while something of their scale engages a dialogue with David Row, and something of their intertwining with Brice Marden, in her sensibility and balance, she manages to furrow out territory quite all her own in the much plowed field of all-over painting.
A catalog will be produced for the exhibition and available mid-run, with commentary by London-based art historian Alison Cole, author of the recently published “Italian Renaissance Courts: Art, Pleasure and Power.”
About Jenny Bloomfield
Jenny Bloomfield was born in London, England in 1958 and now lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. In 1980, she received a BA from the Central School of Art and Design London. Bloomfield has been included in numerous exhibitions including: Under Water at the University Art Gallery at Sonoma State University, Transform Motion at Stanford Art Spaces, curated by DeWitt Chang at Stanford University, CA, and Paintings at the Berkeley Art Center in Berkeley, CA.
About George Lawson Gallery
George Lawson Gallery represents a stable of artists who paint or work in disciplines with conceptual ties to painting. In addition the gallery mounts group exhibitions, special projects and guest solos that showcase trends in contemporary painting. Lawson exhibits an international roster of artists, and produces limited edition books for many of their exhibitions. The gallery opened in San Francisco in 2008 at 49 Geary. From 2011 to 2013 they maintained an exhibition space at 8564 Washington Boulevard in Los Angeles along with a satellite space at 780 Sutter in San Francisco before consolidating the current location at 315 Potrero in San Francisco’s new DoReMi arts district. https://www.georgelawsongallery.com
Jenny Bloomfield – Twinning: Recent Diptychs
Jun 1 — Jul 16, 2016
George Lawson Gallery will present a solo exhibition of eight new paintings in diptych format by Bay Area painter Jenny Bloomfield, works in oil on canvas she groups under the working title, “Twinning.” The exhibition will be on view from June 1 – July 16, 2016. An opening reception will be held at the gallery on Saturday, June 4, from 4 – 6 pm.
Born in London, Bloomfield now lives and works in Canyon and West Oakland, California. She has a long-standing presence in San Francisco including previous exhibitions at Gwen Terpstra’s Gallery 60SIX and Don Soker’s gallery. In 2014 she had a mini retrospective at Stanford University curated by DeWitt Chang. Bloomfield received her BA from the Central School of Art and Design, and studied at Hornsey College of Art, both in London. She is extensively represented in several prominent Bay Area collections.
For these new works, in addition to exploring the extension to her vernacular afforded by pairing panels and canvases, Bloomfield has increased the saturation of her color, moving away from her characteristic earths and tertiaries to higher-keyed primaries and secondaries. Previously her image leveraged the serendipity of process; in the new works she introduces a purposeful drawing with broad, arcing marks. Her strokes loop, and while something of their scale engages a dialogue with David Row, and something of their intertwining with Brice Marden, in her sensibility and balance, she manages to furrow out territory quite all her own in the much plowed field of all-over painting.
A catalog will be produced for the exhibition and available mid-run, with commentary by London-based art historian Alison Cole, author of the recently published “Italian Renaissance Courts: Art, Pleasure and Power.”
About Jenny Bloomfield
Jenny Bloomfield was born in London, England in 1958 and now lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. In 1980, she received a BA from the Central School of Art and Design London. Bloomfield has been included in numerous exhibitions including: Under Water at the University Art Gallery at Sonoma State University, Transform Motion at Stanford Art Spaces, curated by DeWitt Chang at Stanford University, CA, and Paintings at the Berkeley Art Center in Berkeley, CA.
About George Lawson Gallery
George Lawson Gallery represents a stable of artists who paint or work in disciplines with conceptual ties to painting. In addition the gallery mounts group exhibitions, special projects and guest solos that showcase trends in contemporary painting. Lawson exhibits an international roster of artists, and produces limited edition books for many of their exhibitions. The gallery opened in San Francisco in 2008 at 49 Geary. From 2011 to 2013 they maintained an exhibition space at 8564 Washington Boulevard in Los Angeles along with a satellite space at 780 Sutter in San Francisco before consolidating the current location at 315 Potrero in San Francisco’s new DoReMi arts district. https://www.georgelawsongallery.com
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Jun 1 — Jul 16, 2016
George Lawson Gallery will present a solo exhibition of eight new paintings in diptych format by Bay Area painter Jenny Bloomfield, works in oil on canvas she groups under the working title, “Twinning.” The exhibition will be on view from June 1 – July 16, 2016. An opening reception will be held at the gallery on Saturday, June 4, from 4 – 6 pm.
Born in London, Bloomfield now lives and works in Canyon and West Oakland, California. She has a long-standing presence in San Francisco including previous exhibitions at Gwen Terpstra’s Gallery 60SIX and Don Soker’s gallery. In 2014 she had a mini retrospective at Stanford University curated by DeWitt Chang. Bloomfield received her BA from the Central School of Art and Design, and studied at Hornsey College of Art, both in London. She is extensively represented in several prominent Bay Area collections.
For these new works, in addition to exploring the extension to her vernacular afforded by pairing panels and canvases, Bloomfield has increased the saturation of her color, moving away from her characteristic earths and tertiaries to higher-keyed primaries and secondaries. Previously her image leveraged the serendipity of process; in the new works she introduces a purposeful drawing with broad, arcing marks. Her strokes loop, and while something of their scale engages a dialogue with David Row, and something of their intertwining with Brice Marden, in her sensibility and balance, she manages to furrow out territory quite all her own in the much plowed field of all-over painting.
A catalog will be produced for the exhibition and available mid-run, with commentary by London-based art historian Alison Cole, author of the recently published “Italian Renaissance Courts: Art, Pleasure and Power.”
About Jenny Bloomfield
Jenny Bloomfield was born in London, England in 1958 and now lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. In 1980, she received a BA from the Central School of Art and Design London. Bloomfield has been included in numerous exhibitions including: Under Water at the University Art Gallery at Sonoma State University, Transform Motion at Stanford Art Spaces, curated by DeWitt Chang at Stanford University, CA, and Paintings at the Berkeley Art Center in Berkeley, CA.
About George Lawson Gallery
George Lawson Gallery represents a stable of artists who paint or work in disciplines with conceptual ties to painting. In addition the gallery mounts group exhibitions, special projects and guest solos that showcase trends in contemporary painting. Lawson exhibits an international roster of artists, and produces limited edition books for many of their exhibitions. The gallery opened in San Francisco in 2008 at 49 Geary. From 2011 to 2013 they maintained an exhibition space at 8564 Washington Boulevard in Los Angeles along with a satellite space at 780 Sutter in San Francisco before consolidating the current location at 315 Potrero in San Francisco’s new DoReMi arts district. https://www.georgelawsongallery.com
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