Jennifer Packer was born on 1984 and is a contemporary American painter and educator based in New York City.
10 Facts About Jennifer Packer
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Jennifer Packer attended Tyler School of Art at Temple University where she earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts in 2007.
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Jennifer Packer is currently an assistant professor at Cooper Union.
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Jennifer Packer has been inspired by social justice movements, which can be seen through her floral work representing institutional violence against Black Americans and the resulting grief.
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Jennifer Packer's subjects are African Americans, and her themes center around oneness.
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Jennifer Packer's art is political, recognizing the social discord all people witness or are affected by in this generation.
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Jennifer Packer tends to draw most human figures with realistic details.
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Jennifer Packer is interested in authenticity, encounters, and exchanges in relation to her painting practice.
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Jennifer Packer was included in the 2019 traveling exhibition Young, Gifted, and Black: The Lumpkin-Boccuzzi Family Collection of Contemporary Art.
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In 2013, Jennifer Packer was awarded the Rema Hort Mann Grant.