Artist Statement Transforming my experience and interpretation of the world into the visual language of sculpture is what inspires me to create. I aim to construct artwork rich with emotion, content and form.My work reveals a personal journey by exploring the interior landscape of the psyche and how that resonates with my experience of the exterior world. My work is a continued exploration of interconnections between everything from the subatomic to the galactic, expressed primarily through figuration and natural elements. The narrative qualities in my work evoke an emotional response that speaks broadly about the experience of being human. All of us have a primordial knowledge of the universe locked inside our bodies that is manifest in our varied ways of viewing our world and beyond. For me, expressed through my sculpture, it is my way of understanding the cosmos and my small part in it. There is a metaphorical interplay between the natural imagery I use and it’s multiple meanings. While the human figure features strongly, it is the essence of the body that is important to me, not the representation. Particularly, I imagine trees and branches as a figurative link between the natural environment and our physical presence. The implied internal landscape of the body can also be reflected in how our surroundings from birth affect our sense of identity. By exploring landscapes of the body and mind, I also hope to comment on the larger picture of our impact on the natural world. Artist Bio Jennyfer Stratman grew up in Phoenix, Arizona. In 1992 she commenced her studies at Arizona State University majoring in visual arts and art education. Stratman had entered academia as a ceramicist. With each passing semester the scale of her creations expanded and the material limitations of working with clay ultimately led her to the university foundry. This opened a door into another world of creative possibilities, profoundly changing her artistic direction. She replaced fired clay with larger scale bronze, steel and mixed media sculptures yet retained a delicacy, intimacy and intricacy imbued from the ceramic process. In 1997, Stratman completed her studies for a career as an emerging metal sculptor. Today she is a full time established artist with studios operating in Phoenix, Arizona and Melbourne, Australia. Her time is divided between the two countries with each location informing and influencing the creative process. She has exhibited in 28 solo exhibitions and over 100 group exhibitions nationally and internationally. Stratman is represented by galleries in the United States, England and Australia. She is a regularly featured artist in Art Fairs across the United States, Asia and the United Kingdom. Her indoor and outdoor sculptures are held in public and private collections in countries including the United States, Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, Israel, England and Europe. Artist CVJennyfer Stratman Stratmanstudio.com j@stratmanstudio.com b. 1972, USA; Migrated to Australia 2001; Lives and works in both countries Education1997 Bachelor of Fine Arts and Art Education (Specialization: Sculpture), summa cum laude Arizona State University, Arizona Solo Exhibitions2023Solo Exhibition, Grace Renee Gallery, Carefree, Arizona2021Natural Connections, Manyung Gallery, Melbourne, Australia2020Celestial Forms, Manyung Gallery, Melbourne, Australia2019Solo Exhibition, Grace Renee Gallery, Carefree, Arizona2018The Ethereal Garden, Manyung Gallery, Melbourne, AustraliaThe Gravity Between Us, Calvin Charles Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona2017Tree Within Me, Avran Fine Art, Laguna, California2016Constellation, Manyung Gallery, Melbourne, Australia Cultivating The Wild, Calvin Charles Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona2015Connection, Mirada Fine Art, Denver, Colorado Transformation, Contemporary Fine Arts Gallery, La Jolla, California2014Cultivating Memory, Michele Mariaud Gallery, Soho, New York CityConnected Elements, Calvin Charles Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona2013Interconnection, Contemporary Fine Arts Gallery, La Jolla, California2012Internal Landscapes, Mirada Fine Art, Denver, Colorado Mirror: Two-person show with Pascal, Calvin Charles Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona2011Reflective Landscapes, Stockroom, Kyneton, Victoria Propagated Reflections, Calvin Charles Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona2010Hybrid, GF Contemporary, Santa Fe, New Mexico How Does Your Garden Grow?, Yarra Sculpture Gallery, Abbotsford, Victoria2008Between Silhouettes and Shadows, Calvin Charles Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona2007Collective Memory, Über Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria2006Anatomy In The Landscape, Montalto Vineyard, Red Hill, VictoriaMetamorphosis, Fairfield Library, Fairfield, Victoria Grafting Nature, Calvin Charles Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona2005The Journey, Über Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria2004Calvin Charles Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona2003Reconstructing Nature, Modified Arts, Phoenix, Arizona2002humaNATURE, Yarra Sculpture Gallery, Abbotsford, Victoria2001Links, Universal Gallery, Hawthorn, VictoriaThe Spaces Between, MARS Artspace, Phoenix, Arizona2000Appendages, Art Detour 12, Eleven East Ashland, Phoenix, Arizona1999“what (s)he wants”, Art Detour 11, Luhr’s Building, Phoenix, Arizona Selected Group Exhibitions2023 Nature Art Soiree, Manyung Gallery, Melbourne, AustraliaAffordable Art Fair Sydney, Manyung Gallery, Sydney, Australia 2022 Affordable Art Fair Melbourne, Manyung Gallery, Melbourne, AustraliaCHAOS Theory 22, Legend City Studios, Phoenix, Arizona Endings And Beginnings, Modified Arts, Phoenix, Arizona Skies of Fruitful Nights, Artplex Gallery, Los Angeles, California 2021 Every Artist Ever Ten Year Anniversary Show, Stockroom Gallery, Melbourne, AustraliaCHAOS Theory 21, Legend City Studios, Phoenix, Arizona 2020 Affordable Online Art Fair, Manyung Gallery, Worldwide 2019 Portland on the Park Collection Exhibition, Phoenix, Arizona CHAOS Theory 20, Legend City Studios, Phoenix, Arizona Loreto Spring Art 2019 Group Exhibition, Adelaide, Australia Toorak Village Festival of Sculpture 2019, Melbourne, Australia 2018 Carmody Foundation Grant Recipient Group Exhibition, Phoenix, ArizonaCHAOS Theory 19, Legend City Studios, Phoenix, Arizona Affordable Art Fair Hong Kong, with TAG Fine Arts, Hong Kong Toorak Village Festival of Sculpture 2018, Toorak, Victoria Affordable Art Fair New York, with TAG Fine Arts, New York Battersea Art Fair, with TAG Fine Arts, London, England 2017 Affordable Art Fair Singapore, with TAG Fine Arts, SingaporeChoice Cuts, The Lodge Art Studio, Phoenix, ArizonaCHAOS Theory 18, Legend City Studios, Phoenix, ArizonaINFLUX 2017, Public Sculpture Outdoor Installation, City of Gilbert, ArizonaAffordable Art Fair Hong Kong, with TAG Fine Arts, Hong Kong Affordable Art Fair Hampstead, with TAG Fine Arts, London, England Calm In The Storm, Mirada Fine Art, Denver, ColoradoBattersea Art Fair, with TAG Fine Arts, London, EnglandLondon Art Fair, with TAG Fine Arts, London, England 2016 Expatriates, & Gallery, Melbourne, Australia Affordable Art Fair London, with Mark Jason Gallery, London Affordable Art Fair Singapore, with Mark Jason Gallery, Singapore Affordable Art Fair Hong Kong, with Mark Jason Gallery, Hong Kong Affordable Art Fair New York, with Michele Mariaud Gallery, New York 2015 Solidity, Calvin Charles Gallery, Scottsdale, ArizonalittleSCULPTURE Show, Int’l Sculpture Conference, Bentley Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona Distilled In The Desert, Grant Street Studios, Arizona State University, Phoenix Manyung Gallery Group Exhibition, Manyung Gallery, Mt Eliza, VictoriaConnecting With Nature, Calvin Charles Gallery, Scottsdale, ArizonaAffordable Art Fair Hong Kong, with Mark Jason Gallery, Hong Kong 2014 Affordable Art Fair Singapore, with Mark Jason Gallery, Singapore Affordable Art Fair Hong Kong, with Michele Mariaud Gallery, Hong Kong Art Palm Beach 2014, with Michele Mariaud Gallery, Palm Beach, Florida Darebin Art Show, Bundoora Homestead Art Centre, Bundoora, Victoria 2013 Affordable Art Fair New York City, with Living With Art, New York City Affordable Art Fair Hong Kong, with Living With Art, Hong Kong Northern Lights, Bundoora Homestead Art Centre, Bundoora, Victoria Art Palm Beach 2013, with Living With Art, Palm Beach, Florida 2012 Affordable Art Fair Seattle, with GF Contemporary, Seattle, WashingtonPetite, Calvin Charles Gallery, Scottsdale, ArizonaAffordable Art Fair New York City, with Living With Art, New York CityLadies Night, Contemporary Fine Arts Gallery, La Jolla, CaliforniaAD 20/21- Art and Design of the 20th & 21st Centuries, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MassachusettsMontalto Acquisitive Sculpture Prize 2012, Montalto Vineyard, Red Hill, Victoria 2011 You Are Here, Stockroom, Kyneton, Victoria, awarded “Fundere Fine Art Prize” Transformation, Box Hill Community Arts Centre 4th Biennial Art Competition, Box Hill, Victoria Darebin Art Show, Bundoora Homestead Art Centre, Bundoora, VictoriaSan Francisco Art Fair, with GF Contemporary, San Francisco, CaliforniaAD 20/21- Art and Design of the 20th & 21st Centuries, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, Massachusetts 2010 Alive, Shemer Art Center and Museum, Phoenix, ArizonaWilliamstown Contemporary Art Prize 2010, The Substation Arts Centre, Williamstown, VictoriaBonanza, Yarra Sculpture Gallery, Abbotsford, VictoriaMontalto Acquisitive Sculpture Prize 2010, Montalto Vineyard, Red Hill, Victoria 2009 2009 Toyota Sculpture Exhibition, Toyota Community Spirit Gallery, Port Melbourne Sanctuary Resort, outdoor sculpture displayed on grounds of resort, Scottsdale, Arizona Toorak Village Sculpture Exhibition 2009, Toorak, VictoriaWilliamstown Contemporary Art Prize 2009, The Substation Arts Centre, Williamstown, VictoriaMontalto Acquisitive Sculpture Prize 2009, Montalto Vineyard, Red Hill, Victoria 2008 Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TennesseeNorthern Exposure 08, High Street Northcote Visual Arts Showcase, Northcote, Victoria 2007 Affordable Art Fair New York City, with 707 Contemporary, New York City2007 Toyota Sculpture Exhibition, Toyota Community Spirit Gallery, Port Melbourne, Victoria Posted, Yarra Sculpture Gallery, Abbotsford, VictoriaTattersall’s Contemporary Art Prize 2007, The Substation Arts Centre, Williamstown, VictoriaMontalto Acquisitive Sculpture Prize 2007, Montalto Vineyard, Red Hill, Victoria 2006 Contemporary Landscape (4 woman show), Contemporary Fine Art Gallery, La Jolla, CaliforniaMelbourne Art Fair, with Über Gallery, Melbourne, VictoriaAffordable Art Fair New York City, with 707 Contemporary, New York City Contemporary Forum Art Auction, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, Arizona Art Scottsdale, West World Exhibition Center, Phoenix, ArizonaToorak Village Festival of Sculpture 2006, Toorak, VictoriaMontalto Acquisitive Sculpture Prize 2006, Montalto Vineyard, Red Hill, Victoria 2005 Toorak Village Festival of Sculpture 2005, Toorak, VictoriaNeo Millennium, Toyota Community Spirit Gallery, Port Melbourne, VictoriaMontalto Acquisitive Sculpture Prize 2005, Montalto Vineyard, Red Hill, Victoria 2004 The Collectors’ Show, Über Gallery, Melbourne, VictoriaGroup exhibition, Contemporary Fine Arts Gallery, La Jolla, CaliforniaI am Woman: Courage, Spirit, & Strength, Calvin Charles Gallery, Scottsdale, ArizonaToorak Village Festival of Sculpture 2004, Toorak, VictoriaAffordable Art Fair, Melbourne Exhibition Centre, Melbourne, VictoriaThreadbo ‘Art with Altitude” competition, Threadbo Alpine Hotel, Threadbo, NSWMontalto Acquisitive Sculpture Prize 2004, Montalto Vineyard, Red Hill, Victoria 2003 A4 Art, West Space, Melbourne, VictoriaSummer Spectacular, Calvin Charles Gallery, Scottsdale, ArizonaBonanza, Yarra Sculpture Gallery, Abbotsford, VictoriaHermanns Art Award, Christine Abrahams Gallery, Richmond, Victoria, Toured Shepparton Regional Art Gallery, Quadrivium Sydney and Grafton Regional Art Gallery CONstruct, Dante’s Upstairs Gallery, Fitzroy, VictoriaMontalto Acquisitive Sculpture Prize 2003, Montalto Vineyard and Olive Grove, Red Hill, Victoria, awarded “People’s Choice Award” 2002 Summer Spectacular, L’Asietique Gallery, Scottsdale, ArizonaThe Darebin Art Show, Federation Centre for the Arts, Bundoora, Victoria shopfronts/ARTFRONTS, Coburg Public Art Project, Coburg, Victoria Toorak Village Festival of Sculpture 2002, Repliqué, Toorak, VictoriaCentral Goldfields Sculpture Prize and Exhibition, Central Goldfields Art Gallery, Maryborough, VictoriaEmerging Artist Program, Mirá Fine Art Gallery, Melbourne, VictoriaLinden Postcard Show, Linden Centre for Contemporary Art, St Kilda, Victoria 2001 Bonanza, Yarra Sculpture Gallery, Abbotsford, VictoriaThe Yering Station Sculpture Exhibition 2001, Yering Station Winery, Yarra Glen, VictoriaFundêre Sculpture Prize, Yarra Sculpture Gallery, Abbotsford, VictoriaDarebin~La Trobe Acquisitive Art Prize, Federation Centre for the Arts, Bundoora, VictoriaThursday Plantation East Coast Sculpture Show, Ballina, New South Wales171- II, Mansour & Hill Gallery, Melbourne, VictoriaPhoenix First Fridays, The Lofts at Filmore, Phoenix Arizona 2000 Blue-Lite Invitational, MARS Artspace, Phoenix, ArizonaPresence in Metal, Tempe Center Sculpture Gallery, Tempe, ArizonaDrawings for Sculpture, Harry Wood Annex, Tempe Arizona Roots: Environmental Issues of Interconnectedness, GOCAIA: Gallery of Contemporary and Indigenous Art, Tucson, Arizona, awarded “Best of Show”Solarlobotomy, MARS Artspace, Phoenix, ArizonaSites Around the City- Art and the Environment, Tempe Beach Park, ArizonaHot Off the Ladle, Tempe Center Sculpture Gallery, Tempe, Arizona 3 Person Show, Modified Arts, Phoenix, Arizona 1999 Cleavage: an exhibition on the breast, Jonson Gallery, Albuquerque, New MexicoIn Flux, Harry Wood Gallery, Tempe, ArizonaYoni, Ice House and Step Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona 1998 Milieu: of art and space, Spine Gallery, Phoenix, ArizonaSCULPTURE: New Works, Harry Wood Gallery, Tempe, ArizonaAn Altogether Different Self Portrait, Step Gallery, Tempe, ArizonaFahrenheit 2150, Contemporary Cast Metal, Step Gallery, Tempe, Arizona 1997 Clay Doh: a show of ceramic works, Step Gallery, Tempe, Arizona(skulp’Cher), Harry Wood Gallery, Tempe, Arizona1/4 Inch, Tempe Center for the Arts, Tempe, ArizonaThe Fifth Dimension, Sculpture Exhibition, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona Public and Corporate CollectionsValley Metro, Phoenix, AZ Public Sculpture, “Standing Between Desert And Stars” City of Tempe, AZ Public Sculpture, “Connection Points”Western New Mexico University, NM Public Sculpture, “Interlocking Horizons” Willsmere Community Garden, Australia Public Sculpture, “Regeneration”City of Phoenix, AZ Public Sculpture, “Bike Hives”City of Cardinia, Australia Public Sculpture, “Segmented Landscape”Jewish Community Centre, Omaha, NE Public Sculpture, “Connection Point”ASU Biomedical Campus, Phoenix, AZ Public Sculpture, “Hybrid Forms”AC Marriott San Jose, CaliforniaIdaho College of Osteopathic Medicine Meridian, Idaho Palos Verde Golf Club South Bay, CaliforniaCoushatta Grand Hotel Kinder, LouisianaMarriott Hotel Atlanta, GeorgiaRangely Hospital Chicago, IllinoisThe Patrón Spirits Company Schaffhausen, Switzerland and Las Vegas, Nevada Pinpoint HRM Melbourne, AustraliaDial Corporation Phoenix, ArizonaHealthpoint Ltd Fort Worth, TexasHermanns Group Melbourne, AustraliaDreams: Melbourne Central Melbourne, AustraliaDuo Design Phoenix, ArizonaPhoenix Downtown Magazine Phoenix, Arizona In addition to hundreds of private collections Media Appearances, Publications2021 Thrive: Arizona State University Magazine, ‘Champion The Arts’, Arizona (Volume 24) 2020 The Jewish Press, ‘Art On Our Campus: Connection Point’, Omaha (November) 2019 Arizona Images Magazine, ‘Forging Connections’, Arizona (March) 2018 Voyage Phoenix Magazine, ‘Thought Provokers Series’, Arizona (September) Java Magazine, ‘Jennyfer Stratman: Casting Connections’, Arizona (May)Phoenix Home and Garden Magazine, ‘The World Within’, Arizona (March)Downtown Phoenix Journal, ‘Locally Designed Bike Racks Unveiled Mar 17, 2018’, Arizona (March)YabYum Music and Arts, Arizona (March) 2015 Sculpture Magazine, ‘You Can’t Contain A Wildflower’, (November)Denver Post, YourHub, ‘Artists share an affinity in nature, emotion’, (July)The Arizona Republic, ‘Scottsdale gallery presents 3 artists who are “Connecting with Nature”’(June) 2014 ABC 15 television news interview, ‘Tues Afternoon News’, Arizona (March) ABC 15 television news interview, ‘Sunday Mornings’, Arizona (March) 2012 303 Magazine, ‘Internal Landscapes at Mirada Fine Art Gallery’, Denver CO (June) Denver Post, YourHub, ‘Stratman’s First CO Show Debuts June 22’, (June) Television Segment/ Interview ‘Sonoran Living ABC15’, Arizona (March)Phoenix Home & Garden Magazine (March) 2011 Luxe Magazine (Jan-April) 2010 American Art Collector (August) Australian Financial Review (May) Trouble Magazine, Australia (May) 2007 The Age Newspaper, ‘A2’, Meagan Backhouse, Australia (September) The Age Newspaper, ‘Upfront’, Brigitte Barta, Australia (September) The Age Newspaper, Australia (August)Emerald Hill Weekly: ‘Statuesque Showing’, Sharon Green (August) Pakenham Journal, ‘Loving The Land’, Diana Wells, Australia (June) Berwick Gazette and Pakenham Gazette, Australia (June)Delicious Magazine, Australia (February) 2006 Berwick Gazette and Pakenham Gazette, Australia (November) Northcote Leader, Australia (May)First Mondays, monthly art salons (public art lecture), Phoenix Public Library (January) The New Times, Arizona (January) 2005 The Phoenix Gazette, Arizona (December)Sunday Arts, television program on the ABC (Australian Public Broadcast) (October) The Age Newspaper, Australia (October)Australian Art Collector (October-December)Art Almanac: The Essential Guide to Australian Galleries (October)Radio Interview: Fiona Gruber’s ‘The Opening’ Arts Program- PBS Radio, Melbourne (October) Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies, Vol. 27, University of Nebraska Press (September) Pre 2004Arizona Foothills Magazine (March, 2004)The Age Newspaper, Australia (February, 2004)Contemporary Sculptors Association News, Australia (July, 2003) Radio Interview: Roger Taylor’s ‘Hi and Lo’ Arts Program- 3 Triple R, Melbourne (March, 2003) Herald Sun Newspaper, Australia (April, 2003)The Age Newspaper, Australia (April, 2003)Java-Phoenix Arts and Culture Magazine, Arizona (January 2001) Tucson Weekly, Arizona (August 2000)The Sunday Journal, Albuquerque, New Mexico (September 1999)