Jackie Battenfield Art

Done in an Asian calligraphy style Jackie Battenfield was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1950, received her MFA in Visual Art from Syracuse University (1978) and a BS from Pennsylvania State University (1971). She currently lives in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. A survey of her graphic works, Moments of Change, was presented at the Joel and Lila Harnett Museum of Art at the University of Richmond (2009), and will travel to the University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson in 2011. Galleries throughout the United States represent her work including: Addison-Ripley, Washington, D.C.; Addington Gallery, Chicago, Illinois; Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Larchmont, New York; Michele Mosko Fine Art, Denver, Colorado; and DM Contemporary, New York. Battenfield has been greatly influenced by Asian art and culture. This is evident in the prints, monotypes, works on paper, and paintings on canvas created by the artist, which are often described as musical, gestural, and spontaneous. Jackie Battenfield is an artist known for her luminous paintings and prints of natural forces. Her works explore her fascination with the most abstract qualities of landscape--storms, clouds, brush fires, and water ripples. She has been working with handmade papers from Asia for over twenty years. She relates her mark making to the array of expressive materials and textures imbedded in the paper, such as bamboo leaves, horsehair, and gold leaf, or the rippled edge of a handmade paper. This work is somewhat reminiscent of the Abstract Expressionist work of Sam Francis. She is the recipient of a Pollock-Krasner Award (1991) and the Warren Tanner Award (1996). Her work is represented in many collections worldwide including the New York Public Library, NY; The Zimmerli Art Museum, Montclair Art Museum, NJ; Palmer Museum, University Park, PA; Museum of Art at the University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and the United States Embassy Collections in Brazil, Cambodia, Croatia, Jamaica, and Peru E X H I B I T I O N S Solo & Two Artist Shows 2018 Chasing the Sky: Jackie Battenfield & Jennifer Falck Linssen Chicago Art Source, Chicago, IL 2017 Branched, Jackie Battenfield & Julia Bloom, Addison/Ripley Fine Art, Washington, D.C. 2015 Mirage, Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Larchmont, NY 2014 Another Garden, Wave Hill, Bronx, New York 2013 Town & Country, Allyn Gallup Contemporary Art, Sarasota, FL (with Deborah Brown) 2012 Field Notes, Addison/Ripley Fine Art, Washington, D.C. 2011 Moments of Change, University of Arizona Museum, Tucson, AZ P E R M A N E N T A R T C O...

Done in an Asian calligraphy style Jackie Battenfield was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1950, received her MFA in Visual Art from Syracuse University (1978) and a BS from Pennsylvania State University (1971). She currently lives in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. A survey of her graphic works, Moments of Change, was presented at the Joel and Lila Harnett Museum of Art at the University of Richmond (2009), and will travel to the University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson in 2011. Galleries throughout the United States represent her work including: Addison-Ripley, Washington, D.C.; Addington Gallery, Chicago, Illinois; Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Larchmont, New York; Michele Mosko Fine Art, Denver, Colorado; and DM Contemporary, New York. Battenfield has been greatly influenced by Asian art and culture. This is evident in the prints, monotypes, works on paper, and paintings on canvas created by the artist, which are often described as musical, gestural, and spontaneous. Jackie Battenfield is an artist known for her luminous paintings and prints of natural forces. Her works explore her fascination with the most abstract qualities of landscape--storms, clouds, brush fires, and water ripples. She has been working with handmade papers from Asia for over twenty years. She relates her mark making to the array of expressive materials and textures imbedded in the paper, such as bamboo leaves, horsehair, and gold leaf, or the rippled edge of a handmade paper. This work is somewhat reminiscent of the Abstract Expressionist work of Sam Francis. She is the recipient of a Pollock-Krasner Award (1991) and the Warren Tanner Award (1996). Her work is represented in many collections worldwide including the New York Public Library, NY; The Zimmerli Art Museum, Montclair Art Museum, NJ; Palmer Museum, University Park, PA; Museum of Art at the University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and the United States Embassy Collections in Brazil, Cambodia, Croatia, Jamaica, and Peru E X H I B I T I O N S Solo & Two Artist Shows 2018 Chasing the Sky: Jackie Battenfield & Jennifer Falck Linssen Chicago Art Source, Chicago, IL 2017 Branched, Jackie Battenfield & Julia Bloom, Addison/Ripley Fine Art, Washington, D.C. 2015 Mirage, Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Larchmont, NY 2014 Another Garden, Wave Hill, Bronx, New York 2013 Town & Country, Allyn Gallup Contemporary Art, Sarasota, FL (with Deborah Brown) 2012 Field Notes, Addison/Ripley Fine Art, Washington, D.C. 2011 Moments of Change, University of Arizona Museum, Tucson, AZ P E R M A N E N T A R T C O...

Layers of foliage in shades of blue and teal grace dark cobalt blue branches on the pristine white background of this vertical painting in acrylic on Mylar. Battenfield's works on M...

Layers of foliage in shades of light blue and dark teal and navy grace delicate dark umber brown branches on the pristine white background of this horizontal painting in acrylic on M...

Gumball tree leaves in shades of blue, green and teal grace delicate dark brown branches on the pristine white background of this horizontal painting in acrylic on DuraLar mounted on...

Pale peach foliage graces delicate dark brown branches on the pristine white background of this large horizontal painting in acrylic on mylar mounted on acrylic panel. Framed in a so...

Layers of foliage in shades of green from sage to olive grace delicate dark brown branches with blue highlights on the pristine white background of this large horizontal painting in ...

Layers of foliage in luminous hues of bright, vibrant purple grace dark teal green and brown branches against the pristine white background of this horizontal painting in acrylic on ...

Gumball tree leaves in shades of blue, green and teal grace delicate dark brown branches on the pristine white background of this horizontal painting in acrylic on DuraLar mounted on...

Layers of foliage in shades of dark pink and dusty rose grace dark umber branches with hints of deep blue on the pristine white background of this vertical painting in acrylic on Myl...

Layers of foliage in shades of teal green grace delicate, bright electric blue branches with smaller leaves in deep cobalt blue on the pristine white background of this horizontal pa...

Layers of foliage in pale lavender purple and dark midnight blue grace delicate burgundy and dark brown branches on the pristine white background of this vertical painting in acrylic...