"My art is born from a sense of blanket disenfranchisement; be it my feeling of powerlessness in the face of mega-corporations, my disgust with the stewardship of our country, or my broad ideological separation from American fundamentalism. I make work that delves into the realm of activism, not only to connect with individuals in provocative and meaningful ways, but also to recast my role in the system. I often put my work out into the world for chance interactions with people; this involves ad hoc installations and subversive infiltration of public and semi-public spaces, where the pieces are left to their own fate. I employ humor as a device for lowering a viewer's guard to the reception of difficult content."
The art of Packard Jennings has been published in New American Painting, Adbusters, Playboy, Anthem, Kitchen Sink, Scene Missing, New Art Examiner, and Atomica. His work has been reviewed in Art Forum, the New York Times, the Washington Post, the San Francisco Chronicle, the Boston Globe, and the Boston Phoenix. Packard lives and works in Oakland, CA.
EDUCATION
2000 Masters of Fine Arts (Sculpture), New York State College of Art and Design at
Alfred University, Alfred, New York
1996 Bachelors of Arts, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008 Untitled (Fall)Analix-Forever Gallery, Geneva, Switzerland
The Pitch of Dissent Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, California
2007 USA Today, Three Walls, Chicago, IL
2006 Lottery Tickets - Off Site, Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco, California
Public Disclosure, Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, California
Packard Jennings, Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, California
2004 Cultural Quarantine (Part Three) North Spring Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Cultural Quarantine (Part Two), Southern Exposure, San Francisco, California
2003 Cultural Quarantine, Sanitary Land Fill Company, South San Francisco, California
2002 Man on Horse, Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco, California
1996 Impressions of American Aggression, Art Collective Gallery, Berkeley, California
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2007 Postcards From Our Awesome Future, Market St. Posters (SFAC), San Francisco, CA
Artissima, with Analix-Forever Gallery, Turin, Italy
Altered States, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, California
Berliner Liste, with Electric Works, Berlin, Germany
Bay Area Currents, Oakland Art Gallery, Oakland California
Graphic-New Bay Area Drawing, Di Rosa Preserve, Napa, California
Affair at the Jupiter, with Electric Works, Portland, OR
2006 Project Placement, Analix-Forever Gallery, Geneva, Switzerland
Illegal Art, PNCA with TBA Fest, Portland, OR
Pulse Miami, Catharine Clark Gallery, Miami Florida
Affair at the Jupiter, with Catharine Clark Gallery/Electric Works, Portland, OR
Four Freedoms, Martin Art Gallery, Allentown, PA
New Acquisitions, Di Rosa Preserve, Napa, California
Cronyism, Mission 17 Gallery, San Francisco, California
Shopdropping, The New Gallery, Calgary, Canada
Cronyism, Mission 17 Gallery, San Francisco, California
Illegal Art, Art and Culture Center of Hollywood, Hollywood, Florida
2005 Plagiarism, La Casa Encendida, Madrid, Spain. Exhibition traveled to Espai Barcelona de Obra Social, Barcelona, Spain
Social Insecurity, Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, California
E-bay Painting Project, WORKS, San Jose, California
Art at the Dump: A Retrospective, Steven Wolf Gallery, San Francisco, California
Anti-Advertising Agency, San Francisco Art Institute Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Shopdropping, Pond, San Francisco, California
2004 The Presidency, Exit Art, New York, New York
Denver International Film Festival, Starz Theater, Denver, Colorado
Paper Bullets, Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco, California
Spoonful of Sugar, Luggage Store Gallery, San Francisco, California
2003 From the Collection, North Spring Street Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Illegal Art, In These Times, Chicago, Illinois. Exhibition traveled to Gaea Foundation Resource Center for Activism and Arts, Washington DC; Art and Culture Center of Hollywood, Hollywood, Florida.
Exotic Imports, New China Town Barber Shop, Los Angeles, California
Un ©, Black Lab Gallery, Seattle, Washington
Close Calls, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, California
2002 No War, Luggage Store Gallery, San Francisco, California
Element of the Temporary, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, California
2001 Musings: Contemporizing Tradition, Gallery 312, Chicago, Illinois
Hip Hop, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, California
Backstage, Balazo, San Francisco, California
2000 Slop's Super Market, Frank Center for the Creative Arts, Shepherdstown, West Virginia. Exhibition traveled to The Pump House Regional Arts Center, La Crosse, Wisconsin
2000 Master of Fine Arts Thesis exhibition, Fosdick-Nelson Gallery, Alfred, New York
1999 Culture Jamming, CBGB’s, New York, New York
AWARDS AND HONORS
2008 Finalist, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art SECA Award
2007 Artist in Residence, Three Walls, Chicago, Illinois (Summer) *
SFAC Art on Market Street project grant. San Francisco, CA.
2006 Artist Fellowship Award, Kala Institute, Berkeley, California
Project Commission, SoEx Offsite, Southern Exposure
Creative Capital/Marin Headlands Professional Development Grant
2005 Artist in Residence, Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris, France
Anti-Advertising Agency/ Creative Work Fund Project Grant
2003 Artist in Residence, Sanitary Land Fill Company, South San Francisco, California
2002 Finalist, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art SECA Award
Artist in Residence, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA
Artist in Residence and Honorary Fellowship Recipient, Djerassi Resident Artists Program, Woodside, California
1998 Master of Fine Arts Scholarship, New York State College of Art and Design at Alfred University, Alfred, New York
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
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Harmanci, Reyhan. "Power Play." San Francisco Chronicle. January 24, 2008.
Urbina, Ian. "Anarchists in the Toy Aisles?" The New York Times. December 24, 2007.
Foumberg, Jason. “Revolt Ready." New City. June 21, 2007.
Eler, Alicia. “Packard Jennings." Time Out Chicago. June 21-27, 2007.
Palm, Kristin. "Move it outdoors" Metropolis. June 15, 2007.
Baker, Kenneth. “Write your own headline. The artist wants you to." The San Francisco Chronicle June 9, 2007.
Ed. "Art V. the Man" Chicago Reader. June 1, 2007.
Kucharski, S.R. "Bay Area Currents" Shotgun Review. May 25, 2007.
Ed. “The Art of Packard Jennings.” ABC World News Webcast, January 8, 2007.
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Ed. “Pacific Coast.” New American Painting, No. 67, 2006.
Martini, Tiffany. “Everyone wins in one artist’s lottery.” The Examiner, December 19, 2006
Harmanci, Reyhan. “That’s the Ticket.” San Francisco Chronicle, December 7, 2006.
Swanhuyser, Hiya. “Scratch to Win!” SF Weekly, December 6-12, 2006
Feher, Erin. “The Treasure Hunter.” 7x7 Magazine, December/January, 2006.
Indrisek, Scott. “Merry Prankster.” Anthem, November/December, 2006.
Helfand, Glen. “Packard Jennings at Catharine Clark Gallery.” Artforum, Summer 2006.
Goe, Tara. “Shopdropping with Packard Jennings.” Kitchen Sink, #14 Summer, 20006.
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Bibeau, Petra. “Felipe Dulzaides & Packard Jennings at Catharine Clark Gallery.” www.shotgun-review.com May 18, 2006 <http://www.shotgun-review.com/archives/000281.html>.
Baker, Kenneth. “Two artists at Clark make art from doing things in the real world.” The San Francisco Chronicle May 6, 2006.
Leaverton, Michael. “It’s a Riot.” SF Weekly, April 12 – 18, 2006.
Kurtz, Katie. “Packard Jennings.” The San Francisco Bay Guardian, April 12 – 18, 2006.
Baker, Kenneth. “Droll art aims to discomfit commerce.” The San Francisco Chronicle, March 19, 2005.
Ed. “Interview with Packard Jennings, Artist.” Scene Missing Magazine, February, 2005.
<http://www.scenemissingmagazine.com/2004/12/interview-w-packard-jennings-artist.html>.
Chen, George. “Moving Targets.” www.popandpolitics.com, November 15, 2004.
Johnson, Ken. “Art in Review: The Presidency.” The New York Times, October 22, 2004.
Swanhuyser, Hiya. “Sugar and Spice.” SF Weekly, September 15, 2004.
Baker, Kenneth. “Politics put outraged artist on ‘Periwinkle’ alert.” The San Francisco Chronicle, January
24, 2004.
Ed. “Dissident.” Atomica, Winter 2003.
Ed. “Forum Illegal Art.” Playboy, November 2003.
Ed. “Show looks at copyright infringement vs. art.” The Triangle, October 2003.
Gaither, Chris. “Art attack.” The Boston Globe, July 14, 2003.
Bing, Alison. “Illegal Art: Freedom of Expression in the Corporate Age.” www.sfgate.com, July 10 – 17, 2003.
Byrne, Richard. “Marked for trade.” Boston Phoenix, May 16 - 22, 2003.