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About Me

Some time ago, jenn moved from the edges of the real world to the edges of the underground. From the outside of the inside they look suspiciously similar. In her other life she walked the straight and narrow, and built this avatar picture pixel by pixel, appropriating images and ideas, dr. frankensteining them together inch by agonizing inch. Every minute she can be, she is here, dancing with cartoon characters and elves and sientists and graffiti-writing apostles and astronauts and experimental musicians. Voraciously looking from behind beneath her netted hat and twiggy eyelashes. She likes this better. In cities worldwide, the eyes of the voyeurs are as ersatz as her identity. By popular demand, jenn's eerie works of urban folklore have been exhibited in both galleries and museums in Los Angeles, Montreal, Toronto, New York, and San Francisco.a img{}a:hover

My Interests

Confronting myself as part of the process but not making the confrontation the purpose. Painting, making things, finding things, eating chocolate, walking in the woods, walking in the city, music, the essence of things. Old hat boxes, perfume bottles, and hats with nets on em, puffy skirts and heels, takaya miou, andy goldsworthy, mike boo, and mixing paint for hours upon hours upon hours.

Please visit friends at: 111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco
Gelaskins
Headquarters Gallery, Montreal
Gelaskins
ISM Quarterly
Juxtapoz Magazine
The Muse Cru
Gray Area Gallery,SF
ARTLESNYC, NY
Fabric 8
Pacific Art Collective
Space Gallery, San Francisco
Art Head SF
Alphacult
Dorks United, SF, AZ
The Antagonist Movement, Worldwide
The Hidden 12 Project, Worldwide

I'd like to meet:

www.jennporreca.com for available works, bio, and info. Sign up to get updates

Movies:

Kill Bill, A nightmare before christmas, The Punisher, Elf, Amelie, Pan's Labyrinth, Kung Fu Hustle, River's and Tides with Andy Goldsworthy, Children of Men, Fight Club

Television:

poker network, Emeril and food network. Top Chef is my favorite. I'm a foodie.

Books:

ISM Quarterly mag, Juxtapoz Magazine, McSweeney's, Maeve Binchy novels, Letters written between friends, the 20 journals i have stashed away in storage, anything Anais Nin and Henry Miller....oh and the Queen of Hearts and her blog. I am a fan.

Heroes:

mike boo, my mom, and my close friends. And artists i look up to...Cornelia Parker, Andy Goldsworthy, the late Margaret Kilgallen, the late E.C. Segar,..

My Blog

Ipod Skins from www.gelaskins.com

Hi All,The new ipod skin is almost here....here's a sneak peek. I'm so excited. Big thanks to Jamie at Gelaskins.comJust got the mock-up today.Not sure if i was all that vocal about it. Sorry, i'm ...
Posted by jenn on Thu, 04 Jan 2007 06:17:00 PST

Delicious Burdens

March 3rdHeadquarters Galerie, MontrealA duo show with Jessica McCourt.with 30 of my newest all unreleased paintings, sketches and wood block prints i have been working on. I'll be doing a sneak...
Posted by jenn on Wed, 10 Jan 2007 09:16:00 PST

Available Artwork and Merchandise

I just finished making some deconstructed messenger bags i'm really excited about. Two colors are available. Be sure and get them quick, i didn't make too many this time around....
Posted by jenn on Tue, 14 Nov 2006 06:23:00 PST

111 Minna Gallery and Juxtapoz Online

It's been another long day today. It's Sunday night, 10:45, Thanksgiving weekend. Everything and nothing went down these past few days. Sometimes hearing the things Mike Boo has reco...
Posted by jenn on Mon, 27 Nov 2006 11:44:00 PST