American ArtistJennifer Balkan
Education
2005 Art Student League of Denver, Colorado
2003 Austin Fine Arts School, Austin, TX
2002 Laguna Gloria Art School, Austin, TX
2001 University of Texas at Austin, Ph.D. in sociology
1992 Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, B.A. in behavioral neuroscience
Selected Exhibitions
2019 June, Chimera Gallery, Mullingar, Ireland: First International Solo show.
2016 September, Davis Gallery, Austin, TX: Painters Painting Painters exhibit
June, Principle Gallery, Charleston, SC: Five-woman show at the Vendue Inn
May, Abend Gallery, Denver, CO: invited into Contemporary Configuration
April, Abend Gallery, Denver, CO: invited into Nexus
March, Art Room.Space Gallery, Fort Worth, TX: group exhibition
2015 October, Abend Gallery, Denver, CO: Urban exhibit
September, Austin, TX: invited into Vessel, a 2D and 3D exhibit
Teaching Experience
2016 Private classes, figure painting and portraiture instruction
2016 Georgetown Art Center, Portrait Oil Painting Workshop
2015 Private classes, figure painting and portraiture instruction
2015 Georgetown Art Center, Portrait Oil Painting Workshop
2014 Private classes, figure painting and portraiture instruction
2014 Georgetown Art Center, Figurative Oil Painting Workshop
2013 Private classes, figure painting and portraiture instruction
2012 Private classes, figure painting
2011 Private classes, figure painting
2009 Private classes, figure painting
2008 Private classes, figure painting and portraiture instruction
2007 Private classes, figure painting and still-life instruction
2007 Austin Waldorf School, 12th Grade oil painting and drawing self-portraiture instructor
2006 Austin Waldorf School, 11th Grade oil painting and drawing still-life instructor
2006 Sculpture Academy of Austin, figurative painting educator
2005 Sculpture Academy of Austin, figurative drawing
2004 Austin Fine Arts Festival, gave portrait demonstrations
Publications
Fine Art Connoisseur, January 2017, Go Figure
Poets and Artists Magazine, 2017, interviewed by Walt Morton for Artist of the Week
Savvy Painter interview for podcast, November 2016
American Art Collector, June 2015 “Unfurl at Gallery 1261”
Austin Woman Magazine, November 2014
Combustus, September 2014
The New York Optimist, September, 2014
American Art Collector, May, 2013, “Jennifer Balkan & John McCarthy: Disguises and Disappearances”
Sacramento Bee, January, 2013, “About Face” self-portrait show at the Elliot Fouts Gallery”
Austin Chronicle, January, 2013, “Top Ten from Visual Art in 2012″
Austin Chronicle, March, 2012, “Jennifer Balkan: Peep Holes”
American Art Collector, March, 2012, “Peep Holes: Jennifer Balkan”
Austin Chronicle, November, 2010, “East Austin Studio Tour”
American Art Collector, November, 2010, “Women Painting Women”
Austin Visual Arts Awards, 2009, nominated for Artist of the Year in 2-Dimensional Art
Austin Chronicle, November, 2008, “Welcome to My Studio”
Austin Woman, September, 2008, “Keep Austin Artistic: Jennifer Balkan, Painter”
Austin Chronicle, May, 2008, “Jennifer Balkan: Hidden Meaning”
Southwest Art, May, 2008, “Seriously Funny: six artists view life with imagination and wit”
Falls Church News, January, 2008, review published
New American Paintings, October, 2007, artwork published
Austin Chronicle, May, 2007, “Jennifer Balkan: Her New Work”
Farfelu Magazine, Summer 2006, artwork published
Edifice Wrecked, Spring, 2006, artwork and interview published
Southwest Art Magazine, December 2005, “Artist to Watch”
West Austin News, May 2005
Southwest Art, December 2004
Jennifer’s first international exhibition took place in July, a huge success with pieces been bought by collectors in Ireland , Europe and back home in the States
