Jenny Siegel

My art making practice is an exploration, allowing curiosity and spaciousness to inform my process. Forms found in nature, humanity, and interconnectedness inspire me. This creative impulse is a meditation, a weaving of invocations honoring our planet Earth. I explore with a variety of mediums; including acrylic paint, watercolor, pastel, wax, graphite, charcoal, ink, fabric, paper, thread, wood, and found objects. I am drawn to the mystery of things unseen and the dance between chaos and order. I work with layers, textures, and negative space to create and invite the viewer into a world of curiosity and contemplation. Born in California, I have lived in different parts of Western USA and feel deeply connected to the landscape of the West.

Oregon College of Art and Craft, intensives in painting, collage, etching, book arts, 2011-2018
Sitka Center for Art and Ecology, painting workshops, 2014-2015
Pacific Northwest College of Art, painting and design studies, 2010
Multnomah Arts Center, monotype printmaking, encaustic, 2010-2011
Lauren Mantecon, painting studies, 2013, 2014, 2020
Ron Pokrasso, monotype printmaking, 2012
Laura Summer, watercolor painting, 2013

May 2023, Hoffman Center of the Arts, Manzanita, Oregon, Fluid Bodies, mixed media paintings.

May 2023, Exquisite Community, collaborative collage group show, Milwaukie, Oregon

April 2023, Art Hall Alumni Artist Group Show, Cedarwood, Portland, Oregon

Winter 2023, Transformative Power of Art Journal, Volume 1, Issue 2, individual transformation through the arts, Root Story and Fluid Inquiry artwork series

November 2022 to Spring 2023, Her Current, an exhibition of paintings and monotype prints, Lajja Community Space, Milwaukie, Oregon

Summer 2022, First Thursday Street Gallery, Urban Art Network artist, Portland, Oregon

July 2022, Root Story, solo exhibition, Alberta Abbey, Portland, Oregon

May 2022, Exquisite Community, collaborative collage group show, New Zone Gallery, Eugene, Oregon

December 2021, Instagram Artist Takeover, @landartcollective, https://www.instagram.com/landartcollective/

September to December 2021, For the Love of Trees and Other Works of Art, The New Five Collective, Cedarwood, Portland, Oregon

August 2021 to May 2022, Watercolor in the time of quarantine, Tumbleweed, Portland, Oregon


Spring/Summer 2021 issue no. 2, Humana Obscura, an independent nature-focused literary magazine, ‘fluid slice’, ...