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Jenny Core
Other (Fine Art: Drawing & Painting / 2009)
  • Book Fight Allegation Part 2
    Size (H x L x W): 44 x 0.3 x 32 cm
    £420.00
  • I Sting Good Part 2
    Size (H x L x W): 21 x 0 x 29.7 cm
    £330.40
  • Listen And Common Up
    Size (H x L x W): 72 x 0 x 56 cm
    £805.00
  • Sketch - Identifying Drawing
    Size (H x L x W): 10 x 0 x 7.5 cm
    £20.00
  • Sketch: Glove Swing
    Size (H x L x W): 7.5 x 0 x 10 cm
    £20.00
  • All Things Under You
    Size (H x L x W): 32 x 0.3 x 44 cm
    £420.00
  • Greatest Cup I Night Happiness
    Size (H x L x W): 21.5 x 0 x 30 cm
    £220.00
  • Do Not Sit On The Fence
    Size (H x L x W): 42 x 0 x 29.7 cm
    £490.00
  • Quietly Seeking
    Size (H x L x W): 30 x 0 x 22 cm
    £255.00
  • John dreaming Sofa identifying drawing
    Size (H x L x W): 29.7 x 0 x 21 cm
    £295.00
  • Bananas
    Size (H x L x W): 29.7 x 0 x 42 cm
    £490.00
  • Mother King
    Size (H x L x W): 30 x 0 x 42 cm
    £310.00
  • Emergency Chairs
    Size (H x L x W): 42 x 0 x 29.7 cm
    £630.00
  • Phantom Space Muncher
    Size (H x L x W): 45 x 0 x 60 cm
    £300.00
  • Sketch - Self Portrait
    Size (H x L x W): 7.5 x 0 x 10 cm
    £20.00
  • Sketch - Glove
    Size (H x L x W): 7.5 x 0 x 10 cm
    Sold
  • Self Portrait
    Size (H x L x W): 21 x 0 x 29.7 cm
    £85.00
  • Ambitions Dream Nothing
    Size (H x L x W): 30 x 0 x 42 cm
    £310.00
  • hay For / art. short sharpie. :D
    Size (H x L x W): 29.7 x 0 x 21 cm
    £280.00
  • Love on Paper
    Size (H x L x W): 41 x 0 x 24 cm
    £265.00
  • Light Through Void
    Size (H x L x W): 35.5 x 0 x 35.5 cm
    £400.00
  • Trampoline
    Size (H x L x W): 29.7 x 0 x 42 cm
    £588.00

Profile

 Jenny Core graduated in 2009 from The University of Huddersfield with a BA Hons in Fine Art: Drawing and Painting. Core now lives and works in Manchester and exhibits her drawing, installations and new media works internationally. Narrative, chance and play. These three ingredients contribute to the formation of Core's alternate reality/utopia. This utopia is created to give the audience a space dedicated to play. The space can be seen as a form of escapism; this is not the artists intention. It is a reminder of how to play, displaying an opportunity for the viewer. It introduces alternate ways of seeing the world.  

 

"Jenny Core's drawings, suggestive as they are of an almost cloistered reverie. Core takes functional objects and imagines their dysfunctional use as props and animated protagonists in her own private dream world. Here the proper conventions of domesticity and the simple laws of physics no longer hold sway: an angle-poise lamp shoots out a beam of blackness; hairdryers pose in animated mid-performance; an office fan emits an ectoplasmic cloud. It's unashamed graphic escapism: in one past drawing a wooden enclosure is labelled with the slogan "Do Not Sit On The Fence – You Will Get A Sore Arse"."

-Robert Clarke, The Guardian (2011). 

 

 

 

 

Exhibitions

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

2011

Ambitions Dream Nothing. Untitled Gallery. Manchester.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

2012

Show Your Face, VV Art Collective, Cultivate Vyner Street, London. 

Drawing Exhibition, Bank Street Arts, Sheffield. 

2011

Abort, Retry, Fail?, South Square Gallery, Bradford.

RNIB Exhibition, Lowry Outlet Mall, Salford Quays.

Contemporary Experimental Art Exhibition, Studio 1D, Clapton. London.

Drawing Connections. Siena Art Institute. Italy.

Salon Des Refuses. Surface Gallery. Nottingham.

Failure Project. Online project/showcase curated by Bryan Eccleshall and Philip Northcott.

An Evening of Action. South Square Centre. Bradford.

Art Auction. Islington Arts Factory. London.

Temporary Art Show 3. Westgate Studios Project Space. Yorkshire.

Workhouse. The Hive. Manchester.

2010

NEoN Party in the Car Park. Guerilla Gallery. Dundee.

Free For All. Free For Arts Festival. Manchester.

Cross My Art. 210 Pentonville. London.

Art & Escape Awards. Group Show. Hertfordshire.

Castefield Contemporaries. Noise Lab. Manchester.

Lost & Found Film Screening. MK4U Festival, in collaboration with Milton Keynes Gallery, Milton Keynes.

Islington Summer Art Open. Metamorphosis Gallery, London.

Summer Open 2010. Tea Leaf Arts, London.

2009

The Castlefield Contemporaries. Group Exhibition. EasaHQ. Manchester.

Buy Art Fair. Urbis. Manchester.

Capture Manchester. Group Photography Exhibition. Cube Gallery, Manchester.

Homunculi. BA Hons Degree Show. The University of Huddersfield, Yorkshire.

Overnight. Collaborative Interactive Installation. The University of Huddersfield, Yorkshire.

Interview

What is your favourite film of all time?

 My favourite ‘cult film’ will have to be Pulp Fiction. I do have a weakness for cheesy B-movie horrors.

What music are you currently listening to and why?

I am currently listening to Jack Johnson, his music is very relaxing and great background music.

 

Which living artists do you most admire and why?

I admire these artists:


Francis Alys

Angela De La Cruz

Leo Fitzmaurice

Rachel Goodyear

Andrew Bracey


All these artists have invited us to look at the world differently. They alter small components of everyday life to draw our attention to something beautiful and inspiring. 

 

Which deceased artist do you most admire and why?

 I admire Da Vinci’s work, my favourite being his imaginative drawings, he was an incredible inventor.

Which exhibition that you have visited made the greatest impact on you and why?

I have been to many influential exhibitions but the highlight for last year would have to be Francis Alys at Tate Modern. A Story of Deception, is a collection of Alys’ observations of social and political conditions. What I appreciate most about Alys’ work is his playful delivery that insinuate a ‘tragedy’ through his suggestion of ‘failures’ . It is like he strives for the ‘impossible’.

 

What is the question you get asked most frequently about your work and how do you answer it?

Most frequently asked question:


[Viewer] “Jen, what’s all this about then?” 


 [me] “I’m exploring drawing in its broadest sense, which I consider as mark making, through ideas of chance and play. (this leads to a specific description about the artwork in question!)”.

What / who inspired you to be an artist?

 I don’t have a moment that I can call an ‘epiphany’; a realisation of when I wanted to become an artist. I have always found making art therapeutic and from a young age I can remember wanting to be a “professional colourer-inner”. It is a great feeling producing works which contributes to the art world. I love being an artist and I am passionate about making art. 

Can you tell us about where you make your art and what if any the significance of this location is?

I make my work at Mirabel studios in Manchester. It is a stones throw away from my home and I have 24 hours access to be creative. Manchester has a fantastic art scene, which I am proud to be a part of! 

 

What do you like most about being an artist?

 Making art.

What is your greatest achievement as an artist to date?

 My greatest achievement as an artist to date would have to be my first solo show, Ambitions Dream Nothing at Untitled Gallery, Manchester (April 2011). I got a positive review in the Guardian by Robert Clarke, which added to this great experience.

What are your plans for the coming year?

 I have a couple of exhibitions lined up for early next year in Sheffield and London, with applications pending for international exhibits. My biggest plans for 2012 , alongside wanting to build an international presence, are to develop my practice by delving deeper into the concept of drawing.