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Photographs of Jenna Waldren and her studio space in the Mutual Co-Op (Edinburgh), taken by photographer Julia McKenzie, 2023.
ABOUT
Jenna Waldren's artistic practice is deeply rooted in the act of looking. Through observing her immediate surroundings her work acts as an almost autobiography: documenting glimmers of her daily life. These snapshots frequently capture friends and loved ones, celebrating the beauty of human connection. Those depicted are often caught mid-gesture, performing everyday activities, often engrossed in a moment of contemplation or thought.
In other works, Waldren turns the lens on herself, in an attempt to process particular emotions or changes in her life. Using drawing, painting and printmaking in a careful and tender manner, her work experiments with the balance of the graphic versus the painterly, juxtaposing bold lines against delicate, detailed areas of focus.
Waldren graduated from the BA (Hons) Painting programme at the University of Edinburgh with a First-Class Honours. She is now based in North London, where she continues to develop her professional practice.
AWARDS
2018
Winner of the London First Prize Arts Depot Open
EDUCATION
2017 - 2021
BA (Hons) Painting, University of Edinburgh / Edinburgh College of Art
FEATURES
2023
Interview on 'None of yer Business' Podcast- https://open.spotify.com/episode/59vkL9E16VP0xtnHpUtsot?si=49fb386ec86a4f29
Triptych Magazine, Issue 2-
https://triptychmag.files.wordpress.com/2023/01/triptych-issue-2-january-2023-7.pdf
2022
Interview on 'Local Supporting Local' Podcast-
https://open.spotify.com/episode/7Bm5PbdGL2ZaBWTJws9I8U?si=adfb718b2570412c
Interview for Solo Exhibition with The Hen Collective- https://youtu.be/Hz27BpTJz18
Artist of the Week, The Edi Mag-
https://www.theedimagazine.com/post/artist-of-the-week-jenna-waldren
2021
Interview with Cass Art Blog-
https://www.cassart.co.uk/blog/jenna-waldren-discusses-lockdown-and-returning-to-university.htm
Video with Elizabeth Lawrence and Jane Hyslop discussing the 'Art and Playfair Library' Project-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JUaxZHp8FQ
2018
Articles about Arts Depot Open 2018-
https://www.times-series.co.uk/news/16411003.artsdepot-open-four-artists-honoured-exhibition/
https://www.insight-art.co.uk/news/more-success-at-the-artsdepot-open/
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023
- 'The Art of Living', Cass Art Islington, London
2022
- 'The Hen Collective Presents: Jenna Waldren', Babka Cafe, Edinburgh
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
- 'Group Portrait', Whitespace Gallery, Edinburgh
- 'The Feelings Mutual', Sett Studios, Edinburgh
2022
- 'SSA 130 YEARS', Society of Scottish Arts at the Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
- 'GUT', Whitespace Gallery, Edinburgh
- 'Differing Parallels', Insight School of Art, London
- 'Closing Exhibition by We are Sweet Art', The Bypass Gallery, London
- 'Book Project', Tebbs Gallery, Virtual Exhibition
- 'Tenderfoot', St Margret's House, Edinburgh
- 'The grass is always greener on the Sa-Lawn', Embassy Gallery, Edinburgh
- 'Border Art Fair', SSA, Jedburgh
- 'The Hen Collective Retrospective', Blunt Knife Gallery, Edinburgh
- 'RE-KNEW'ED' Dundas Street Gallery, Edinburgh
2021​
- 'Young Artists Summer Exhibition', Arts Depot, London​
- 'Youth in Lockdown', Brink Art Gallery Virtual Exhibition
- 'Degree Show', Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh
- 'Graduate Show', Edinburgh College of Art, Virtual Exhibition​
- 'Collective Creation', GUM Magazine in collaboration with Glasgow University Student Representation Council (SRC), Virtual Exhibition
- 'Printmaking Volume 1', Rafiki Gallery, Virtual Exhibition
- 'Carbon Copies', Virtual Exhibition - @carbon.copies2021
2020
- 'The Rattlecap: Pop up Exhibition', Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh
- 'New Becoming Normal', Portobello- @newbecomingnormal
- 'Art and the Playfair Library/Speaking to Absent Voices', University of Edinburgh’s Centre for Research Collections (CRC), Virtual Exhibition- https://www.art-playfair-library.is.ed.ac.uk/jenna-waldren/
2019
- 'Filling Voids', Main Building at Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh
- 'Bookmarks', ECA Fire Station, Edinburgh
- 'E.01' Whitespace Gallery, Edinburgh
- 'She_Exhibition', Virtual Exhibition
2018
- 'Arts Depot Open', Arts Depot, London
- 'untitled DOKument', DOK Artist Space, Edinburgh
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