Jen Lewis
Denver, CO, United States
Jen Lewis was born in Flint, Michigan in 1979. She received her B.A. in the History of Art from the ...
About the artist
Jen Lewis
Joined In 2014
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About the artist
Jen Lewis
Joined In 2014
(5 Followers)
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Jen Lewis was born in Flint, Michigan in 1979. She received her B.A. in the History of Art from the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) in 2001. Lewis works exclusively with menstrual fluid to create bold, transformative macrophotography and video art that confronts social taboos pertaining to the menstruation and the female body. Beauty in Blood is her debut project and is created in collaboration with her husband Rob Lewis. Her work has been displayed in group exhibitions internationally, such as Women at the Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit (Michigan, United States), the Feminist Art Conference at OCAD University (Toronto, Canada), Period Pieces at the Urban Artroom (Gothenburg and Stockholm, Sweden), and The Kinsey Institute Juried Art Show at Indiana University (Indiana, United States). Beauty in Blood video art has been included in three independent documentaries about the menstruating body. Lewis is an active member of the Society for Menstrual Cycle Research with monthly contributions to the re:Cycling blog and is curating a menstrual art exhibit entitled “Widening the Cycle” for the biennial conference in 2015. She lives and works in Denver, Colorado.
2001 Bachelors of Art (History of Art)
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Curatorial Projects
2015
June 4 – 6 Widening the Cycle: A Menstrual Art Show
21st Biennial Conference
Society for Menstrual Cycle Research
Boston, MA
Solo Exhibitions
2014
February 1 – 28 Bloody Valentine
Rooster & Moon Public House
Denver, CO
Group Exhibitions
2014
September 24 – October 12 Art to Change the World:
Inspiring Social Justice
Fountain Street Church
ArtPrize® 2014
Grand Rapids, MI
July 11 – 27 Unleashed
Women’s Caucus for Art
Annex by Core Gallery
Denver, CO
June 6 – July 26 Redhanded 7 :: Red Square
T Gallery
Denver, CO
May 16 – July 15 The Kinsey Institute Juried Art Show
Grunwald Gallery of Art, Indiana
University
Bloomington, IN
April 26 – 27 Period Pieces Pop-Up
Urban Artroom
Stockholm, Sweden
April 1 – 2 UpstART Festival
Michigan League, University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI
March 29 Social Justice Art Festival
School of Social Work
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI
March 3 – 8 Feminist Art Co...