Jen DeNike is an American contemporary artist who works with video, photographer, installation and performance.
The
Kunst-Werke Institute for Contemporary Art
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held an exhibition of her work in 2006. In 2010, her piece "Twirl" involved a
marching band
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passing through the
Brooklyn Museum
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.
In January 2010, "Scrying", "a non-narrative performance ballet conceived and directed by New York-based artist Jen DeNike" received its world premiere at the
Museum of Modern Art
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It plays a major role in developing and collecting modern art, ...
(MOMA).
[ MOMA also has two of her photographs in its collection: ''Wrestling'' (2003) and ''Dunking'' (2004).]
Exhibitions
* “JEN”. Central Fine, January 9th-February 16th, 2022
* ''Being Like Water'', January 13 – March 10, 2018
* ''If She Hollers'', November 14 – December 19, 2015
* ''The Star Card'', November 10, 2012 – January 26, 2013
* ''The Scrying Trilogy'', September 17 – October 23, 2010
References
External links
Biography
from the Anat Ebgi Art Gallery, Los Angeles
Biography
at smith-stewart.com
*Anat Ebgi at Ocula