Jennifer Wynne Reeves American, 1963-2014

The work of Jennifer Wynne Reeves presents viewers with a savvy, satirical world. Her robust paintings combine abstraction and representation with a graceful awkwardness, deliberately echoing the discomfort of first-time encounters, and the wobbling efforts of first steps. Through her use of language, Reeves creates humorous and biting dialogues, monologues that are highly intriguing and thought-provoking.

Jennifer Wynne Reeves received her training in the arts at Principia College in Illinois and Vermont Studio School. Reeves has been in over 40 exhibitions all over the world. Her solo exhibitions include Worcester Art Museum (2008); Max Protech Gallery (2001); Gorney, Bravin + Lee (2000); Littlejohn Contemporary Art and, Ramis Barquet Gallery. She was a recipient of a Guggenheim fellowship (2012); Adelaide Carroll Johnson Award. Her work is included in the collection of the Seattle Art Museum. Reeves was an accomplished writer and has produced many statement pieces over the course of her artistic career including writing reviews for NY Arts Magazine and Indie reviews on Facebook. Jennifer Wynne Reeves died from a brain tumor on June 22, 2014, at the age of 51.