Jennifer Formica


Seaweed Study #2
 1998 
38" x 30"
Mussel, Coral, Seaweed and Flowers
 1998 
38" x 30"
Horseshoe Crab, Seaweed and Coral
 1998 
38" x 30"
Octopus with feathers
 1998 
38" x 30"
In Search of the Aquatic "See" Nymph #6
1996 
38" x 30"

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I construct my photographs in the studio, where I use plant and animal life forms or the constituent parts to reveal beauty from repulsiveness and order from chaos. My photographs explore the struggle of life, and the inevitability of death and decay. Yet in this exploration, I seek the sublime transcendence of vibrant, vital worlds within worlds, whose beauty reminds us that life will always endure.


Jennifer Formica
Lives in Brooklyn, New York
718.302.5773
formicajen@aol.com

Education
1995 M.F.A. State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York
1993 B.F.A. University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT

Selected Solo and Two Person Exhibitions
1998 DTW Gallery,New York, NY
1996 Hewlett Gallery,Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
1995 Impact Gallery,Buffalo, NY
Campos Photography Center,Buffalo, NY

Selected Group Exhibitions
1998 Recent Acquisitions, Burchfield Penny Art Center, Buffalo, NY
Inanimate: 12 Artists on Still Life, Burchfield Penny Art Center, Buffalo, NY (catalogue)
1997 Ensemble, Williamsburg Art and Historical Center, Brooklyn, NY
New Landscape Photography, Art Space, New Haven, CT
1996 Photography 1996,Northampton Center for the Arts, Northampton, Mass
3rd Biennial Photography Art Auction,Cepa Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Selected Books and Catalogues
1998 Gerald C. Mead Jr., The Inanimate Still Life, Burchfield Penny Art Center, (Buffalo N.Y.)1998 (catalogue)
1997 Robert Hirsch, Exploring Color Photography, 3rd Edition, Brown and Benchmark Publishers, Madison, WI.1997,Color Reproductions p.202, 255
The William and Mary Review, Volume 35, 1997, Color Reproduction, p.36