Jennyfer Stratman — Biography & CV

Biography

Artist Statement

Transforming my experience and interpretation of the world into the visual language of sculpture is what inspires me to create. I aim to construct artwork rich with emotion, content and form.

My work reveals a personal journey by exploring the interior landscape of the psyche and how that resonates with my experience of the exterior world. My work is a continued exploration of interconnections between everything from the subatomic to the galactic, expressed primarily through figuration and natural elements.

The narrative qualities in my work evoke an emotional response that speaks broadly about the experience of being human. All of us have a primordial knowledge of the universe locked inside our bodies that is manifest in our varied ways of viewing our world and beyond. For me, expressed through my sculpture, it is my way of understanding the cosmos and my small part in it.

There is a metaphorical interplay between the natural imagery I use and it’s multiple meanings. While the human figure features strongly, it is the essence of the body that is important to me, not the representation. Particularly, I imagine trees and branches as a figurative link between the natural environment and our physical presence. The implied internal landscape of the body can also be reflected in how our surroundings from birth affect our sense of identity. By exploring landscapes of the body and mind, I also hope to comment on the larger picture of our impact on the natural world.

Artist Bio

Jennyfer Stratman grew up in Phoenix, Arizona. In 1992 she commenced her studies at Arizona State University majoring in visual arts and art education. Stratman had entered academia as a ceramicist. With each passing semester the scale of her creations expanded and the material limitations of working with clay ultimately led her to the university foundry. This opened a door into another world of creative possibilities, profoundly changing her artistic direction. She replaced fired clay with larger scale bronze, steel and mixed media sculptures yet retained a delicacy, intimacy and intricacy imbued from the ceramic process.

In 1997, Stratman completed her studies for a career as an emerging metal sculptor. Today she is a full time established artist with studios operating in Phoenix, Arizona and Melbourne, Australia. Her time is divided between the two countries with each location informing and influencing the creative process. She has exhibited in 28 solo exhibitions and over 100 group exhibitions nationally and internationally.

Stratman is represented by galleries in the United States, England and Australia. She is a regularly featured artist in Art Fairs across the United States, Asia and the United Kingdom. Her indoor and outdoor sculptures are held in public and private collections in countries including the United States, Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, Israel, England and Europe.

Curriculum Vitae

Jennyfer Stratman Stratmanstudio.com j@stratmanstudio.com

b. 1972, USA; Migrated to Australia 2001; Lives and works in both countries

Education

1997 Bachelor of Fine Arts and Art Education (Specialization: Sculpture), summa cum laude Arizona State University, Arizona

Solo Exhibitions

Selected Group Exhibitions

2023 Nature Art Soiree, Manyung Gallery, Melbourne, Australia

Affordable Art Fair Sydney, Manyung Gallery, Sydney, Australia

2022 Affordable Art Fair Melbourne, Manyung Gallery, Melbourne, Australia

CHAOS Theory 22, Legend City Studios, Phoenix, Arizona Endings And Beginnings, Modified Arts, Phoenix, Arizona Skies of Fruitful Nights, Artplex Gallery, Los Angeles, California

2021 Every Artist Ever Ten Year Anniversary Show, Stockroom Gallery, Melbourne, Australia

CHAOS Theory 21, Legend City Studios, Phoenix, Arizona

2020 Affordable Online Art Fair, Manyung Gallery, Worldwide

2019 Portland on the Park Collection Exhibition, Phoenix, Arizona CHAOS Theory 20, Legend City Studios, Phoenix, Arizona Loreto Spring Art 2019 Group Exhibition, Adelaide, Australia Toorak Village Festival of Sculpture 2019, Melbourne, Australia

2018 Carmody Foundation Grant Recipient Group Exhibition, Phoenix, Arizona

CHAOS Theory 19, Legend City Studios, Phoenix, Arizona Affordable Art Fair Hong Kong, with TAG Fine Arts, Hong Kong Toorak Village Festival of Sculpture 2018, Toorak, Victoria Affordable Art Fair New York, with TAG Fine Arts, New York Battersea Art Fair, with TAG Fine Arts, London, England

2017 Affordable Art Fair Singapore, with TAG Fine Arts, Singapore

Choice Cuts, The Lodge Art Studio, Phoenix, Arizona

CHAOS Theory 18, Legend City Studios, Phoenix, Arizona

INFLUX 2017, Public Sculpture Outdoor Installation, City of Gilbert, Arizona

Affordable Art Fair Hong Kong, with TAG Fine Arts, Hong Kong Affordable Art Fair Hampstead, with TAG Fine Arts, London, England Calm In The Storm, Mirada Fine Art, Denver, Colorado

Battersea Art Fair, with TAG Fine Arts, London, England

London Art Fair, with TAG Fine Arts, London, England

2016 Expatriates, & Gallery, Melbourne, Australia

Affordable Art Fair London, with Mark Jason Gallery, London Affordable Art Fair Singapore, with Mark Jason Gallery, Singapore Affordable Art Fair Hong Kong, with Mark Jason Gallery, Hong Kong Affordable Art Fair New York, with Michele Mariaud Gallery, New York

2015 Solidity, Calvin Charles Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona

littleSCULPTURE Show, Int’l Sculpture Conference, Bentley Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona Distilled In The Desert, Grant Street Studios, Arizona State University, Phoenix Manyung Gallery Group Exhibition, Manyung Gallery, Mt Eliza, Victoria

Connecting With Nature, Calvin Charles Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona

Affordable Art Fair Hong Kong, with Mark Jason Gallery, Hong Kong

2014 Affordable Art Fair Singapore, with Mark Jason Gallery, Singapore Affordable Art Fair Hong Kong, with Michele Mariaud Gallery, Hong Kong Art Palm Beach 2014, with Michele Mariaud Gallery, Palm Beach, Florida Darebin Art Show, Bundoora Homestead Art Centre, Bundoora, Victoria

2013 Affordable Art Fair New York City, with Living With Art, New York City Affordable Art Fair Hong Kong, with Living With Art, Hong Kong Northern Lights, Bundoora Homestead Art Centre, Bundoora, Victoria Art Palm Beach 2013, with Living With Art, Palm Beach, Florida

2012 Affordable Art Fair Seattle, with GF Contemporary, Seattle, Washington

Petite, Calvin Charles Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona

Affordable Art Fair New York City, with Living With Art, New York City

Ladies Night, Contemporary Fine Arts Gallery, La Jolla, California

AD 20/21- Art and Design of the 20th & 21st Centuries, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, Massachusetts

Montalto Acquisitive Sculpture Prize 2012, Montalto Vineyard, Red Hill, Victoria

2011 You Are Here, Stockroom, Kyneton, Victoria, awarded “Fundere Fine Art Prize” Transformation, Box Hill Community Arts Centre 4th Biennial Art Competition, Box Hill, Victoria Darebin Art Show, Bundoora Homestead Art Centre, Bundoora, Victoria

San Francisco Art Fair, with GF Contemporary, San Francisco, California

AD 20/21- Art and Design of the 20th & 21st Centuries, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, Massachusetts

2010 Alive, Shemer Art Center and Museum, Phoenix, Arizona

Williamstown Contemporary Art Prize 2010, The Substation Arts Centre, Williamstown, Victoria

Bonanza, Yarra Sculpture Gallery, Abbotsford, Victoria

Montalto Acquisitive Sculpture Prize 2010, Montalto Vineyard, Red Hill, Victoria

2009 2009 Toyota Sculpture Exhibition, Toyota Community Spirit Gallery, Port Melbourne Sanctuary Resort, outdoor sculpture displayed on grounds of resort, Scottsdale, Arizona Toorak Village Sculpture Exhibition 2009, Toorak, Victoria

Williamstown Contemporary Art Prize 2009, The Substation Arts Centre, Williamstown, Victoria

Montalto Acquisitive Sculpture Prize 2009, Montalto Vineyard, Red Hill, Victoria

2008 Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, Tennessee

Northern Exposure 08, High Street Northcote Visual Arts Showcase, Northcote, Victoria

2007 Affordable Art Fair New York City, with 707 Contemporary, New York City

2007 Toyota Sculpture Exhibition, Toyota Community Spirit Gallery, Port Melbourne, Victoria

Posted, Yarra Sculpture Gallery, Abbotsford, Victoria

Tattersall’s Contemporary Art Prize 2007, The Substation Arts Centre, Williamstown, Victoria

Montalto Acquisitive Sculpture Prize 2007, Montalto Vineyard, Red Hill, Victoria

2006Contemporary Landscape (4 woman show), Contemporary Fine Art Gallery, La Jolla, California

Melbourne Art Fair, with Über Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria

Affordable Art Fair New York City, with 707 Contemporary, New York City Contemporary Forum Art Auction, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, Arizona Art Scottsdale, West World Exhibition Center, Phoenix, Arizona

Toorak Village Festival of Sculpture 2006, Toorak, Victoria

Montalto Acquisitive Sculpture Prize 2006, Montalto Vineyard, Red Hill, Victoria

2005 Toorak Village Festival of Sculpture 2005, Toorak, Victoria

Neo Millennium, Toyota Community Spirit Gallery, Port Melbourne, Victoria

Montalto Acquisitive Sculpture Prize 2005, Montalto Vineyard, Red Hill, Victoria

2004 The Collectors’ Show, Über Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria

Group exhibition, Contemporary Fine Arts Gallery, La Jolla, California

I am Woman: Courage, Spirit, & Strength, Calvin Charles Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona

Toorak Village Festival of Sculpture 2004, Toorak, Victoria

Affordable Art Fair, Melbourne Exhibition Centre, Melbourne, Victoria

Threadbo ‘Art with Altitude” competition, Threadbo Alpine Hotel, Threadbo, NSW

Montalto Acquisitive Sculpture Prize 2004, Montalto Vineyard, Red Hill, Victoria

2003 A4 Art, West Space, Melbourne, Victoria

Summer Spectacular, Calvin Charles Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona

Bonanza, Yarra Sculpture Gallery, Abbotsford, Victoria

Hermanns Art Award, Christine Abrahams Gallery, Richmond, Victoria, Toured Shepparton Regional Art Gallery, Quadrivium Sydney and Grafton Regional Art Gallery CONstruct, Dante’s Upstairs Gallery, Fitzroy, Victoria

Montalto Acquisitive Sculpture Prize 2003, Montalto Vineyard and Olive Grove, Red Hill, Victoria, awarded “People’s Choice Award”

2002 Summer Spectacular, L’Asietique Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona

The Darebin Art Show, Federation Centre for the Arts, Bundoora, Victoria shopfronts/ARTFRONTS, Coburg Public Art Project, Coburg, Victoria Toorak Village Festival of Sculpture 2002, Repliqué, Toorak, Victoria

Central Goldfields Sculpture Prize and Exhibition, Central Goldfields Art Gallery, Maryborough, Victoria

Emerging Artist Program, Mirá Fine Art Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria

Linden Postcard Show, Linden Centre for Contemporary Art, St Kilda, Victoria

2001 Bonanza, Yarra Sculpture Gallery, Abbotsford, Victoria

The Yering Station Sculpture Exhibition 2001, Yering Station Winery, Yarra Glen, Victoria

Fundêre Sculpture Prize, Yarra Sculpture Gallery, Abbotsford, Victoria

Darebin~La Trobe Acquisitive Art Prize, Federation Centre for the Arts, Bundoora, Victoria

Thursday Plantation East Coast Sculpture Show, Ballina, New South Wales

171- II, Mansour & Hill Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria

Phoenix First Fridays, The Lofts at Filmore, Phoenix Arizona

2000 Blue-Lite Invitational, MARS Artspace, Phoenix, Arizona

Presence in Metal, Tempe Center Sculpture Gallery, Tempe, Arizona

Drawings for Sculpture, Harry Wood Annex, Tempe Arizona

Roots: Environmental Issues of Interconnectedness, GOCAIA: Gallery of Contemporary and Indigenous Art, Tucson, Arizona, awarded “Best of Show”

Solarlobotomy, MARS Artspace, Phoenix, Arizona

Sites Around the City- Art and the Environment, Tempe Beach Park, Arizona

Hot Off the Ladle, Tempe Center Sculpture Gallery, Tempe, Arizona 3 Person Show, Modified Arts, Phoenix, Arizona

1999 Cleavage: an exhibition on the breast, Jonson Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico

In Flux, Harry Wood Gallery, Tempe, Arizona

Yoni, Ice House and Step Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona

1998 Milieu: of art and space, Spine Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona

SCULPTURE: New Works, Harry Wood Gallery, Tempe, Arizona

An Altogether Different Self Portrait, Step Gallery, Tempe, Arizona

Fahrenheit 2150, Contemporary Cast Metal, Step Gallery, Tempe, Arizona

1997 Clay Doh: a show of ceramic works, Step Gallery, Tempe, Arizona

(skulp’Cher), Harry Wood Gallery, Tempe, Arizona

1/4 Inch, Tempe Center for the Arts, Tempe, Arizona

The Fifth Dimension, Sculpture Exhibition, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona

Public and Corporate Collections

Valley Metro, Phoenix, AZ Public Sculpture, “Standing Between Desert And Stars” City of Tempe, AZ Public Sculpture, “Connection Points”

Western New Mexico University, NM Public Sculpture, “Interlocking Horizons” Willsmere Community Garden, Australia Public Sculpture, “Regeneration”

City of Phoenix, AZ Public Sculpture, “Bike Hives”

City of Cardinia, Australia Public Sculpture, “Segmented Landscape”

Jewish Community Centre, Omaha, NE Public Sculpture, “Connection Point”

ASU Biomedical Campus, Phoenix, AZ Public Sculpture, “Hybrid Forms”

AC Marriott San Jose, California

Idaho College of Osteopathic Medicine Meridian, Idaho Palos Verde Golf Club South Bay, California

Coushatta Grand Hotel Kinder, Louisiana

Marriott Hotel Atlanta, Georgia

Rangely Hospital Chicago, Illinois

The Patrón Spirits Company Schaffhausen, Switzerland and Las Vegas, Nevada Pinpoint HRM Melbourne, Australia

Dial Corporation Phoenix, Arizona

Healthpoint Ltd Fort Worth, Texas

Hermanns Group Melbourne, Australia

Dreams: Melbourne Central Melbourne, Australia

Duo Design Phoenix, Arizona

Phoenix Downtown Magazine Phoenix, Arizona

In addition to hundreds of private collections

Media Appearances, Publications

2021 Thrive: Arizona State University Magazine, ‘Champion The Arts’, Arizona (Volume 24)

2020 The Jewish Press, ‘Art On Our Campus: Connection Point’, Omaha (November)

2019 Arizona Images Magazine, ‘Forging Connections’, Arizona (March)

2018 Voyage Phoenix Magazine, ‘Thought Provokers Series’, Arizona (September) Java Magazine, ‘Jennyfer Stratman: Casting Connections’, Arizona (May)

Phoenix Home and Garden Magazine, ‘The World Within’, Arizona (March)

Downtown Phoenix Journal, ‘Locally Designed Bike Racks Unveiled Mar 17, 2018’, Arizona (March)

YabYum Music and Arts, Arizona (March)

2015 Sculpture Magazine, ‘You Can’t Contain A Wildflower’, (November)

Denver Post, YourHub, ‘Artists share an affinity in nature, emotion’, (July)

The Arizona Republic, ‘Scottsdale gallery presents 3 artists who are “Connecting with Nature”’

(June)

2014 ABC 15 television news interview, ‘Tues Afternoon News’, Arizona (March) ABC 15 television news interview, ‘Sunday Mornings’, Arizona (March)

2012 303 Magazine, ‘Internal Landscapes at Mirada Fine Art Gallery’, Denver CO (June) Denver Post, YourHub, ‘Stratman’s First CO Show Debuts June 22’, (June) Television Segment/ Interview ‘Sonoran Living ABC15’, Arizona (March)

Phoenix Home & Garden Magazine (March)

2011 Luxe Magazine (Jan-April)

2010 American Art Collector (August) Australian Financial Review (May) Trouble Magazine, Australia (May)

2007 The Age Newspaper, ‘A2’, Meagan Backhouse, Australia (September) The Age Newspaper, ‘Upfront’, Brigitte Barta, Australia (September) The Age Newspaper, Australia (August)

Emerald Hill Weekly: ‘Statuesque Showing’, Sharon Green (August) Pakenham Journal, ‘Loving The Land’, Diana Wells, Australia (June) Berwick Gazette and Pakenham Gazette, Australia (June)

Delicious Magazine, Australia (February)

2006 Berwick Gazette and Pakenham Gazette, Australia (November) Northcote Leader, Australia (May)

First Mondays, monthly art salons (public art lecture), Phoenix Public Library (January) The New Times, Arizona (January)

2005 The Phoenix Gazette, Arizona (December)

Sunday Arts, television program on the ABC (Australian Public Broadcast) (October) The Age Newspaper, Australia (October)

Australian Art Collector (October-December)

Art Almanac: The Essential Guide to Australian Galleries (October)

Radio Interview: Fiona Gruber’s ‘The Opening’ Arts Program- PBS Radio, Melbourne (October) Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies, Vol. 27, University of Nebraska Press (September)

Pre 2004

Arizona Foothills Magazine (March, 2004)

The Age Newspaper, Australia (February, 2004)

Contemporary Sculptors Association News, Australia (July, 2003)

Radio Interview: Roger Taylor’s ‘Hi and Lo’ Arts Program- 3 Triple R, Melbourne (March, 2003) Herald Sun Newspaper, Australia (April, 2003)

The Age Newspaper, Australia (April, 2003)

Java-Phoenix Arts and Culture Magazine, Arizona (January 2001) Tucson Weekly, Arizona (August 2000)

The Sunday Journal, Albuquerque, New Mexico (September 1999)

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