February 2011

Fine Arts Center of Kershaw County in Camden, SC, Offers Works by Jen Pepper

The Fine Arts Center of Kershaw County in Camden, SC, is presenting, Jen Pepper: Magnolia, a 3-D solo exhibit by Jen Pepper, on view in the Bassett Gallery, through Feb. 29, 2012.

Pepper is a Canadian-born installation artist who has exhibited in solo and group shows in international and national venues since 1990. She splits her time between Sumter, SC, and Central New York where she is an associate professor of art at Cazenovia College. She is also the director of the college’s gallery. She holds a BFA from The Maryland Institute College of Art and an MFA from The University of Connecticut at Storrs.

Pepper’s work is included in the Flatfiles at Pierogi 2000 in Brooklyn, NY. A solo exhibition of her work including video projection with sculptural components was mounted in the Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY, and was reviewed in Sculpture magazine in the March 2011 issue. Her work can also be seen in various private collections.

Pepper has been the recipient of granted awards including NEH, NYFA, NYSCA, Astraea Foundation and Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts. She has been an artist in residence to Art Colony Galichnik, Macedonia (2006), Foundation Valparaiso, Spain (2003), The Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Anam Cara Colony, Ireland (2001), Yaddo (2000), Sculpture Space, (1997), Millay Colony for the Arts (1995). Pepper has been a guest panelist at national Women’s Studies, Social Science and Society for Aesthetics annual conferences presenting papers on feminism and photographic explorations of identity.

The Fine Arts Center of Kershaw County is located at 810 Lyttleton Street in Camden.

The Fine Arts Center is funded in part by the Frederick S. Upton Foundation and the South Carolina Arts Commission, which receives support from the National Endowment for the Arts. Additional funding provided by the City of Camden, Kershaw County, and BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina along with donations from businesses and individuals.

For further information check our SC Institutional Gallery listings, call the Center at 803/425-7676 ext. 300 or visit (www.fineartscenter.org).

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