Gallery4Culture
2008-2009 Season

Jennifer Towner
has been:becoming
July 2 - 31, 2009

reception July 2, 2009, 6 – 8 p.m.

Gallery4Culture is pleased to present an exhibition of new work by Seattle-based installation artist Jennifer Towner. Towner's mixed media works are narratives that traverse her personal history and explore what it's like to be an "almost" middle-aged, single (childless) woman in contemporary society. Memory, body image, relationship, and the reproductive timeclock are central themes in Towner's art.

Her work demonstrates a bent toward obsessive production. Sometimes funny, sometimes sad, Towner's unyielding introspection and penchant to produce are integral to her studio practice. Multiples play a significant role in her creative process and aesthetic. In the artist's words, "I take objects and incidents from my personal history and transform them through obsessive ritual into installations and events for everyone to see. I tell stories of my obsession through my work."

Jennifer Towner grew up in Seattle. She earned a BFA degree from the University of Washington's School of Art in 2004 with a concentration in ceramics. Towner earned an MFA degree from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2007. Following a short stint in New York City after graduate school, Jennifer Towner returned to her native Seattle to live and work.

Gallery4Culture is located within 4Culture offices at 101 Prefontaine PL S, Seattle WA 98104 at the corner of Third and Prefontaine, in the Tashiro/Kaplan Building. Gallery hours are Monday through Friday, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm, closed government holidays; the gallery is open and free to the public. For more information about this program call 206 296.8674.