Catalysts for Creativity

News, inspirations, stories and creative process of visual artist Jenny Zeller.

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Work in Cincinnati's Manifest Gallery ARCHIVE (photo) exhibition

Work created from my Bernheim residency is featured in Manifest's ARCHIVE (photo) exhibition celebrating Cincinnati's FotoFocus Biennial 2018.

Hey Cincinnati!  Join me tonight at Manifest Gallery tonight for their Preview and Season 15 Kickoff event.  Work created from my Bernheim residency is featured in Manifest’s  ARCHIVE (photo) exhibition celebrating Cincinnati’s FotoFocus Biennial 2018.  Show will be on view until October 26th. Check it out if you can.

    gallery map 2727 woodburn avenue cincinnati, ohio 45206

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Altered Perceptions at Metro Hall extended through March

'Altered Perceptions' at Metro Hall extended through March 2018

One of the longest running Louisville Photo Biennial exhibitions just got extended and I’m happy to say that you can continue to see my work at Mayor Greg Fischers Gallery at Louisville Metro Hall through March 2018. “Altered Perceptions”, is a Louisville Visual Arts exhibition and curated by the amazing Keith Waits. From left to right: Citron, Sepia, Verde, Indigo, Digital Image Transfers on…

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Foto Forest: Photographic Selections by Bernheim Artists in Residence

Louisville Photo Biennial 2017 is officially over, but there are great LPB exhibits on view. Check out Bernheim's!

  JIMMY FIKE Mock Strawberry   The Louisville Photo Biennial may officially be over, but there are still some great LPB exhibits up in and around town.  You can see my work in LVA’s Louisville Photo Biennial exhibit ‘Altered Perceptions‘ at Mayor Greg Fischer’s gallery at Metro Hall until January 18th, 2018. from my latest series phyto- + -graphy, Collected@Bernheim, multi paneled, aluminum aged…

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Out of Frame--Student Exhibition at StudioWorks by ZoomGroup

Taught a photo class at StudioWorks. See the results at their "Out of Frame" exhibition until November 18th!

Out of Frame: October 13th – November 18th: Studio Works by Zoom Group 1503 Bardstown Road, Louisville, 40204  This past summer I had the pleasure of teaching a 12-week photography class with StudioWorks artists at Zoom Group.  There was nothing more thrilling than showing up to an attentive and excited crowd ready for another photographic adventure. The class was rooted in the fundamentals of…

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ALUMINATURE at Swanson Contemporary

ALUMINATURE at Swanson Contemporary. Opening Reception September 29th from 6-9pm #savethedate

Excited to announce my upcoming solo exhibition, ALUMINATURE at Swanson Contemporary from September 27TH – October 28TH 2017!   #savethedate   #ALUMINATURE  #onehelluvayear CELEBRATE WITH ME AT THE OPENING RECEPTION — FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 29TH, 2017,  from 6 – 9 PM ALUMINATURE references not only to the variety of aluminum surfaces to which images are presented onto but also to the phenomena of the…

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ALTERED PERCEPTION - An LVA Louisville Photo Biennial Exhibit at Metro Hall

ALTERED PERCEPTION at Metro Hall. One of several shows I am part of in this years Louisville Photo Biennial.

This is an undeniably big year for me!  It’s as if all the things I have been cultivating in my life of late is coming to fruition at once.  It’s a biennial year for the Louisville Photo Biennial and I have quite the presence in it this year!  Not only am I still teaching with the Biennial, I am also part of several exhibitions…this being one of them.  And let’s face it, this isn’t just any…

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CONTACT PHOTOGRAPHY FESTIVAL OVERVIEW

A broad overview of my experience at CONTACT photography festival in Toronto this past May.

 ***Warning…lost blog post…but how could it NOT BE when you attend the WORLD’S LARGEST photography festival???!!!*** Yep, supposedly CONTACT, is the world’s largest photography festival.  Gotta say, how can you argue with 20 exhibitions in major museums and galleries, 17 site specific installations in urban spaces, 40 selected exhibitions in galleries around the city AND 110 exhibitions in venues…

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Bernheim Regional Artist In Residence

Click on the link to learn more about my residency at Bernheim, which has a long history of art in the landscape!

Lots of long deep breaths taken in front of this tree.   So thrilled to announce that I have been awarded the first Regional Artist in Residence at Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest in Clermont, Kentucky.  This prestigious and highly competitive Artist in Residence program has been established for over 30 years and have hosted the likes of national and international artists Ray Metzker, Lynn…

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GRIDWORKS REVISITED EXHIBITION IN LEXINGTON

Hey Lexington! I will see you this Friday night at the GRIDWORKS REVISITED Exhibition at New Editions Gallery. Click the link to learn more.

When I saw the call for entries for a show at New Editions Gallery in Lexington I couldn’t help but get excited…a lot of great artists in Louisville show their work there.  Some artists I know personally and some I do not…but all whom I admire…among that list are Teri Dryden, Joyce Garner, Cheryl Chapman and Joshua Jenkins.  When I saw the show was only asking for work sized 12″ x 12″, I was…

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Why I Marched

Click the link below to read my experience and see some of the photos I captured during the Women's March in Washington, D.C.

“Every woman’s success is all of our success.” Marcia Tucker Last Friday night, I boarded a bus in Louisville, Kentucky, en route to the Women’s March in Washington D.C.  After arriving Saturday morning, I participated in the largest national mass demonstration in history.  Later that evening, I got back on the bus headed home.  I returned Sunday morning, totally wrecked, but ready to do it all…

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Haleakalā National Park Artist Residency Submission Video

As a visual artist, you can be asked to submit a number of things when applying for grants, fellowships and artist residencies.   It goes without saying that you need to have strong photographs that represent your work.  If the images are weak, its a good chance that your submission is passed on looking into any further…simply because the competition is fierce and there needs to be some kind of…

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2017 Great Meadows Foundation Artist Professional Development Grant Recipient

Happy to announce that I am a 2017 Great Meadows Foundation Artist Professional Development Grant Recipient

2017 has already started off on the right foot!!  It brings me great pleasure to announce that I have been awarded an Artist Professional Development Grant from Great Meadows Foundation! Great Meadows Foundation is a grant giving foundation, launched in 2016 by contemporary art collector and philanthropist Al Shands.  The vision and purpose of Great Meadows Foundation is to strengthen and support…

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Artists4Artists: A Retrospective of Anne McKee Grant Recipients

Honored to be exhibiting in Artists4Artists: A Retrospective of Anne McKee Grant Recipients! Opening reception tonight at TSKW from 6-8pm.

  Frida Rebel, (Digital Photograph, encaustic wax, oil pastel and digital image transfer on board, 2015), featured in the Artists4Artists Exhibition at TSKW. The first artist grant I ever received was from the Anne McKee Artist Fund in Key West.  The year was 2000 and just the beginning of my artist career.  The awarding of this grant not only funded a photo project, but it solidified the belief…

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"Ways of Seeing", a statewide traveling exhibition

A current show that I am in: "Ways of Seeing", a statewide traveling exhibition...check it out!

Artwork that depicts an alternate reality is the feature of the Kentucky Arts Council’s traveling exhibit titled “Ways of Seeing.”  The work is abstract, conceptual, fantasy-based and experimental.  Some pieces imagine an alternate reality by exploring the unknown or by re-envisioning the known world.  Each work is by an artist in the Kentucky Crafted program or a recipient of the Al Smith…

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A look back at my recent photo workshop with the Louisville Photo Biennial

A look back at my recent photo workshop with the Louisville Photo Biennial.

This past fall I had the opportunity to teach an 8 week digital photography course, geared to 10-15 years olds at Baxter Community Center in downtown Louisville with the Louisville Photo Biennial.  This photo course was taken from, and expanded upon, the original 1-day, 5-hour workshop, I led for the Louisville Photo Biennial at 5 different community centers last fall. Oh look…my favorite thing…

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In the Studio: 'Cooking Metal'

Just a little taste of what I've been 'cooking' up in the studio recently.

Most of my work in the past few years has involved a metal substrate for which my images are printed or transferred onto.  In the case of Attempting Utopia, images were dye sublimation printed onto milled aluminum.  In my recent series, Luminiferous: Adventures in Metal, I transferred images onto large metal substrates, custom made from heavy duty aluminum foil, distressed in the dishwasher.…

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A look back at the RAA InkSplash 2016 exhibition, 'Printmaking in a Changing World'

A Look Back at the RAA InkSplash 2016's exhibition, 'Printmaking in a Changing World'

My recent work. (from left to right, ‘Tent City’, ‘Woodlands’, ‘Bewilderbeast’, ‘Back with Butterfly Wings’)   This past Sunday, the Rockaway Artists Alliance InkSplash 2016 exhibition ‘Printmaking in a Changing World’ came to a close.  I was fortunate to attend the opening reception, see the work in person and meet most of the artists who exhibited.   And. I. Was. Impressed!!…by both the caliber…

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