Jen Workman Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
I'm a self taught artist based in Cambridgeshire, whose work began in 2021. The art I create explores the ubiquity of emotional connection and loss, drawing upon imagery from the natural world and symbolistic objects - at times channelling these through lenses of human spirituality and magical realism.
The art I create explores the ubiquity of emotional connection and loss, drawing upon imagery from the natural world and symbolistic objects - at times channelling these through lenses of human spirituality and magical realism.
The art I produce offers reflections on the secrecies & intimacies of life - shifting its focus from motherhood to more sombre themes of grief and longing. My work provides a powerful catharsis and charts the changes that were evoked -through allegorical landscapes and psychological observations of every day objects.
I primarily work with oils but have also produced work with watercolours, soft pastels and mixed media. Across each of the mediums I use, I attentively realise the variety of colours present in the world around us, drawing out the transitory hues of colour that are revealed with the movement of light.
My work speaks to the past and the present, incorporating the immediacy of the experience and the mind’s subsequent reflections in art that manifests how our view on life subtly shifts with time.
Artwork
Are You Out There, Somewhere, Oil on panel, 2024
Unearthing, Oil on panel, 2024
Dreaming of Sleep, Oil on panel, 2024
The Galvanising House, Oil on panel, 2024
The Gloaming, Oil on panel, 2024
Will Wait For You, Oil on panel, 2024
Whisper My Name, So Gently, Oil on panel, 2024
Pressure, Soft pastel on pastelmat, 2022, £100
Pulse , Soft pastel on pastelmat, 2022, £100
Respire , Soft pastel on pastelmat, 2022, £100
Sinew , Watercolour on paper, 2022, £100
January Blues , Oil on canvas, 2022, £200
Thinning Of The Veil , Oil on canvas, 2021, £200
You Lit This Candle For You , Oil on canvas, 2021, £250
Last Cigarette With You , Oil on canvas, 2021, £250
(Un)natural Disaster , Mixed media on canvas, 2022, £400
Come Walk With Me , Oil on canvas, 2023, £400
Phantom Cry , Oil on canvas, 2022, £300
Projects and exhibitions
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Artizan Women's Open18/05/2024 — 30/06/2024 Description of exhibition: '2023 saw us curate our first Women's Open Exhibition, reflecting on some of the National Gallery's analysis of its collections which revealed that in a vast 2,300 paintings spanning the 13th to early 20th century, only 21 are by women. In doing so, we participated in the ongoing conversation around the... [Read more] |
Artizan Gallery, Torquay | Details |
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Do You Hear Us...Are You Listening24/11/2023 — 13/01/2024 Description of exhibition: 'Bringing together the diverse voices of the Spilt Milk artist community, our latest online exhibition delves into themes of home, care, labour, and family, and how these intertwine with a sense of self as artist, as (m)other. The work featured in this exhibition implores us to not only stop and listen closely to... [Read more] |
Spilt Milk Online Exhibition, Online | Details |
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The Grand Old Opening11/11/2023 Work featured: 'The Blue Where You Grow' |
Redcar Palace, Tees Valley | Details |
Art From The Heart - creative art showcase28/10/2023 — 29/10/2023 Work featured: 'Phantom Cry' |
Bromsgrove School, Bromsgrove | Details | |
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Echoes Within: A Chronicle of Self & Memory01/10/2023 Online exhibition & publication - Cista arts 'Echoes Within: a Chronicle of Self & Memory' Work featured: 'January Blues' 'Last Cigarette With You' |
Cista Arts online gallery, Online gallery & publication | Details |
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We Are The Witches30/09/2023 — 29/06/2023 Work featured in Phantasmal online gallery: 'Come Walk With Me, 'Thinning Of The Veil' 'You Lit This Candle For You' |
Phantasmal Online Gallery, Online | Details |
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Secret Salon: Shine09/09/2023 Work featured: 'You Lit This Candle For You', 2021, oil on canvas, 10x10in |
Dalston pop up gallery, London | Details |
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Shades of Red11/08/2023 — 31/08/2023 Description of exhibition: Red is bold and vibrant. It is a powerful and exciting colour with deep meanings. Rich in symbolism, red represents warmth, passion and love. On the other hand, it is also commonly associated with anger, danger and violence. Its associations and meanings across the centuries and in many cultures are endless.... [Read more] |
Foxyard studio, Stowmarket | Details |
Metaspace Opening26/05/2023 — 26/06/2023 Online exhibition of the very first metaspace show, which featured four of my oil painting works: 'Phantom Cry' 'Come Walk With Me' '(Un)natural Disaster' 'What Remains, The Bones I.' |
Metaspace online gallery, Online | Details | |
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Nature's Endurance: group exhibition10/03/2023 — ongoing ' Held as part of Artworks' The Joy of Nature 2023 events season, this exhibition is designed to create space for taking notice of the natural world around us. ‘Nature’s Endurance’ both celebrates the prevailing beauty of nature and considers the impact of humans upon it'. Exhibiting my oil painting 'The Blue Where You Grow' from my... [Read more] |
The Everybody Gallery, Artworks, Halifax | Details |
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Unconsumed: group exhibition by East Anglian artists04/03/2023 — 10/03/2023 'A cross-generational, multi-disciplinary, post pandemic exhibition by East Anglian artists'. Two of my works from my Square series, which explores grief & loneliness. |
The Shoe Factory, St Mary's Works, Norfolk | Details |
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Winter Solstice group exhibition19/12/2022 — 23/12/2022 January Blues oil painting ( from my square series which explores my experience of grief & loneliness) selected for group exhibition. |
Fronteer Gallery, Sheffield | Details |
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Commission for single artwork 'Close the Coalhouse door'20/07/2022 Commission for single artwork 'Close the Coalhouse door' for Frankie Archer - Northumbrian folk musician. |
n/a | Details |
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Spirituality - virtual online group exhibition15/02/2022 — 14/03/2022 Group exhibition showing two of works from the 'Squares' series which explores my experience of grief & loneliness. |
Tebbs Contemporary Gallery, Online | Details |
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The Holy Art Gallery Festive art market group exhibition31/12/2021 — 06/01/2022 First group exhibition showcasing three of my oil paintings from my 'Squares' series, which documents my experience of grief & loneliness. |
The Holy Art gallery, London | Details |