Jenn Garrett

My work is about chemistry and the tiniest building blocks that make up our world. I’m interested in exploring the miniscule, unseen chemistry of our bodies- recreating those tiny connections on a massive scale, inserting them into the context of our built environment. How does something so small, invisible to the human eye, start changes in cells that
create changes in the body resulting in large scale changes in our personal lives: the start of a
disease, the creation of life, the end of a life. Undoubtedly, I have been influenced by my husband, a PHD chemist and research professor at the University Of Florida College Of Medicine. In our life together we explore the strange place where science and art meet. We have two children together, a real life experiment and symbol of art and science together.

Public Art- I have been commissioned by Orange County (Orlando) to create a work symbolizing imaginative play that will be installed in Young Pine Park, a new park to house Orlando’s first inclusive playground. This sculpture will be installed in late 2015. In January of 2015 installed the public exhibition Casting Justice exhibit that addresses the problem of human trafficking within the United States and globally in Tampa, Florida. This exhibition, which includes 10 life sized figure sculptures and digital media elements, was unveiled in Gainesville, FL this year and is installed at Davis Island and at the Federal Courthouse in Tampa where some of the most notorious cases have been tried. This series will be moved to Miami in May. castingjustice.org.
Exhibitions-Featured past exhibitions include Currents at the Harn Musuem (2013-14), the National
Outdoor Sculpture Competition and Exhibition in Charleston, South Carolina (2011-12), Art on the Atlanta Beltline in Atlanta , Georgia (2011), the Centennial Celebration Exhibition for University of Southern Mississippi (2010-2011), the Midsouth Sculpture Alliance Exhibition at Riverfront Park in Chattanooga, TN (2012-2013) and the Dogwood Art in Public Places Exhibition in Knoxville, TN (2009) . My work was also part of the Museum’s Deland Sculpture Walk in Deland, Florida (2011-12) My work is currently featured in the Art on the Avenue public art exhibition in Boynton Beach Florida (2013-14). Commissions and Purchases-

My commissions include works for the United States Army Corp of Engineers’ Lower Mississippi River Museum in Vicksburg, MS, the Intersection of Creativity and Invention series for the Cade Museum for Creativity and Invention, Into the Smoke for Fire Station 1 in Gainesville, FL and Historic Marker for the Gainesville Community Redevelopment Agency. Private commissions include works for Solar Impact and other private collectors. My work has been purchased by Stetson University in Deland, Florida and has been exhibited on numerous college campuses throughout the Southeast.

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