Drawing for me has always been an escape from reality. During quarantine times anything goes, just getting my vision out felt appropriate. These drawings document a feeling of unknowing while embracing a weaving pattern of calmness.
Jenna Ransom lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. She received her MFA from Pratt Institute in 2005 and her BA from Roanoke College in Salem, VA in 2002 where she received the Fine Arts Prize. In 2015, she was awarded a New York Foundation of the Arts painting fellowship. She has been awarded artist residencies at the Sharpe-Walentas Studio Program 2014, the Bronx Museum of the Arts, and Abrons Art Center in New York City, Vermont Studio Center in Johnson, VT, Jentel Foundation in Banner, WY. She has exhibited in galleries in New York City, Brooklyn, Maine, Philadelphia, Virginia, Michigan, Seattle and Hawaii.
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