JENNIFER AWES - Acrylic & Oil

Jennifer Awes graduated from Bethel University with B. A. in Theatre Arts, with an Art History minor, where she currently works as the Theatre Production Manager. She also illustrates books; the most recent, Hooray for Minnesota Winters, will be published this fall. "I am very interested in the way the mind uses and processes language, as well as in the relationship between word and image. In the same vein, my book art is inspired by the traditions of icons and illuminated manuscripts."

"I am very interested in the way the mind uses and processes language, as well as in the relationship between word and image."

She has exhibited at the Minneapolis Foundation in the IDS Tower, the 9th Street Entry Gallery in St. Paul, the Minnesota Center for Book Arts, and the St. Paul Art Crawl. Jennifer enjoys traveling internationally, as well as working with children's art programs, such as Free Arts Minnesota (a nonprofit organization dedicated to bringing the healing powers of artistic expression into the lives of abused, neglected and at-risk children and their families).