Jennifer West was born on 1966 and is an American artist.
10 Facts About Jennifer West
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Jennifer West is known for her digitized films that are made by hand manipulating film celluloid.
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Jennifer West serves as faculty at the University of Southern California at the Roski School of Art and Design.
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Jennifer West received her BA degree from the Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington with an emphasis in film and video.
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Jennifer West later obtained her MFA degree from Art Center College of Design in 2004, where studied with Jeremy Gilbert-Rolfe, Mike Kelley, and Diana Thater.
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Jennifer West serves as faculty at the University of Southern California at the Roski School of Art and Design.
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Jennifer West makes 16mm, 35mm and 70mm films by manipulating the film celluloid to a level of performance.
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Jennifer West is known for the Zine booklets that she produces featuring the production stills showing the making of the films.
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Jennifer West is best known for the live performance, "Skate the Sky", staged at the Tate Modern in London where she invited skateboarders to skate over filmstrips taped to the floor of the Turbine Hall.
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Jennifer West has made commissioned projects for Institute of Contemporary Arts London's Art Night Aspen Art Museum and as an Artist in Residence at EMPAC at RPI in Troy, NY and at MIT List Visual Arts Center.