"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. "
- Jennyfer Stratman (2015)
Jennyfer Stratman was raised in Phoenix, Arizona. She graduated from Arizona State University in 1997 where she studied visual arts and art education. She migrated to Melbourne Australia in 2001 and now divides her studio time between Phoenix and Melbourne.
Stratman's work has been shown in a number of exhibitions in the United States and Internationally. Currently her work is represented in US, Canadian, British and Australian galleries.
Born
USA 1972. Migrated to Australia 2001. Divide studio time between both countries.
Education
1997 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Art Education. Specialization: Sculpture
Arizona State University- Tempe, Arizona w summa cum laude
Solo Exhibitions
2023 Solo Exhibition, Grace Renee Gallery, Carefree, Arizona
2021 Natural Connections, Manyung Gallery, Melbourne Australia
2020 Celestial Forms, Manyung Gallery, Melbourne Australia
2019 Solo Exhibition, Grace Renee Gallery, Carefree, Arizona
2018 The Gravity Between Us, Calvin Charles Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona
2017 Tree Within Me, Avran Fine Art, Laguna, California
2016 Constellation, Manyung Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2016 Cultivating The Wild, Calvin Charles Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona
2015 Connection w Mirada Fine Art w Denver, Colorado
2015 Transformation w Contemporary Fine Arts Gallery w La Jolla, California
2014 Cultivating Memory w Michele Mariaud Gallery w Soho, New York City
2014 Connected Elements w Calvin Charles Gallery w Scottsdale, Arizona
2013 Interconnection w Contemporary Fine Arts Gallery w La Jolla, California
2012 Internal Landscapes w Mirada Fine Art w Denver, Colorado
2012 Mirror: Two-person show with Pascal w Calvin Charles Gallery w Scottsdale, Arizona
2011 Reflective Landscapes w Stockroom w Kyneton, Victoria
2011 Propagated Reflections w Calvin Charles Gallery w Scottsdale, Arizona
2010 Hybrid w GF Contemporary w Santa Fe, New Mexico
2010 How Does Your Garden Grow? w Yarra Sculpture Gallery w Abbotsford, Victoria
2008 Between Silhouettes and Shadows w Calvin Charles Gallery w Scottsdale, Arizona
2007 Collective Memory w Über Gallery w Melbourne, Victoria
2007 Public commission, Segmented Landscape unveiled, June 07 w Pakenham, Victoria
2006 Anatomy In The Landscape w Montalto Vineyard w Red Hill, Victoria
2006 Metamorphosis w Fairfield Library w Fairfield, Victoria
2006 Grafting Nature w Calvin Charles Gallery w Scottsdale, Arizona
2005 The Journey w Über Gallery w Melbourne, Victoria
2004 Calvin Charles Gallery w Scottsdale, Arizona
2003 Reconstructing Nature w Modified Arts w Phoenix, Arizona
2002 humaNATURE w Yarra Sculpture Gallery w Abbotsford, Victoria
2001 Links w Universal Gallery w Hawthorn, Victoria
2001 The Spaces Between w MARS Artspace w Phoenix, Arizona
2000 Appendages w Art Detour 12 w Eleven East Ashland w Phoenix, Arizona
1999 “what (s)he wants” w Art Detour 11 w Luhr’s Building w Phoenix, Arizona
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023
Nature Art Soiree, Manyung Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
Affordable Art Fair Sydney, Manyung Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2022
Affordable Art Fair Melbourne, Manyung Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
CHAOS 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, Australia
CHAOS 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
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, Singapore
Choice Cuts, The Lodge Art Studio, Phoenix, Arizona
CHAOS Theory 18, Legend City Studios, Phoenix, Arizona
INFLUX 2017, Public Sculpture Outdoor Installation, City of Gilbert, Arizona
Affordable 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, Colorado
Battersea Art Fair, with TAG Fine Arts, London, England
London 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
Manyung Gallery Group Exhibition w Manyung Gallery w Mt Eliza, Victoria
Connecting With Nature w Calvin Charles Gallery w Scottsdale, Arizona
Affordable Art Fair Hamstead w with Mark Jason Gallery w London, England
Affordable Art Fair Hong Kong w with Mark Jason Gallery w Hong Kong
Affordable Art Fair Battersea w with Mark Jason Gallery w London, England
2014
Affordable Art Fair Singapore w with Mark Jason Gallery w Singapore
Affordable Art Fair Hamstead w with Mark Jason Gallery w London, England
Affordable Art Fair Hong Kong w with Michele Mariaud Gallery and Mark Jason Gallery w Hong Kong
Affordable Art Fair Battersea w with Mark Jason Gallery w London, England
Art Palm Beach 2014 w with Michele Mariaud Gallery w Palm Beach, Florida
Darebin Art Show w Bundoora Homestead Art Centre w Bundoora, Victoria
2013
Affordable Art Fair Singapore w with Mark Jason Gallery w Singapore
Affordable Art Fair New York City w with Living With Art w New York City
Affordable Art Fair Hong Kong w with Living With Art w Hong Kong
Northern Lights w Bundoora Homestead Art Centre w Bundoora, Victoria
Art Palm Beach 2013 w with Living With Art w Palm Beach, Florida
2012
Affordable Art Fair Singapore w with Living With Art w Singapore
Affordable Art Fair Seattle w with GF Contemporary w Seattle, Washington
Petite w Calvin Charles Gallery w Scottsdale, Arizona
Affordable Art Fair New York City w with Living With Art w New York City
Ladies Night w Contemporary Fine Arts Gallery w La Jolla, California
AD 20/21- Art and Design of the 20th & 21st Centuries w Boston Center for the Arts w Boston, Massachusetts
Montalto Acquisitive Sculpture Prize 2012 w Montalto Vineyard w Red Hill, Victoria
2011
You Are Here w Stockroom w Kyneton, Victoria w awarded “Fundere Fine Art Prize”
Transformation w Box Hill Community Arts Centre 4th Biennial Art Competition w Box Hill, Victoria
Darebin Art Show w Bundoora Homestead Art Centre w Bundoora, Victoria
San Francisco Art Fair w with GF Contemporary w San Francisco, California
Boston Center for the Arts w Boston, Massachusetts
2010
Alive w Shemer Art Center and Museum w Phoenix, Arizona
Williamstown Contemporary Art Prize 2010 w The Substation Arts Centre w Williamstown, Victoria
Bonanza w Yarra Sculpture Gallery w Abbotsford, Victoria
Montalto Acquisitive Sculpture Prize 2010 w Montalto Vineyard w Red Hill, Victoria
2009
2009 Toyota Sculpture Exhibition w Toyota Community Spirit Gallery w Port Melbourne
Sanctuary Resort w outdoor sculpture displayed on grounds of resort w Scottsdale, Arizona
Toorak Village Sculpture Exhibition 2009 w Toorak, Victoria
Williamstown Contemporary Art Prize 2009 w The Substation Arts Centre w Williamstown, Victoria
Montalto Acquisitive Sculpture Prize 2009 w Montalto Vineyard w Red Hill, Victoria
2008
Knoxville Museum of Art w Knoxville, Tennessee
Northern Exposure 08 w High Street Northcote Visual Arts Showcase w Northcote, Victoria
2007
Affordable Art Fair New York City w with 707 Contemporary w New York City
2007 Toyota Sculpture Exhibition w Toyota Community Spirit Gallery w Port Melbourne, Victoria
Posted w Yarra Sculpture Gallery w Abbotsford, Victoria
Tattersall’s Contemporary Art Prize 2007 w The Substation Arts Centre w Williamstown, Victoria
Montalto Acquisitive Sculpture Prize 2007 w Montalto Vineyard w Red Hill, Victoria
2006
Contemporary Landscape (4 woman show)w Contemporary Fine Art Gallery w La Jolla, California
Melbourne Art Fair w with Über Gallery w Melbourne, Victoria
Affordable Art Fair New York City w with 707 Contemporary w New York City
Contemporary Forum Art Auction w Phoenix Art Museum w Phoenix, Arizona
Art Scottsdale w West World Exhibition Center w Phoenix, Arizona
Toorak Village Festival of Sculpture 2006 w Toorak, Victoria
Montalto Acquisitive Sculpture Prize 2006 w Montalto Vineyard w Red Hill, Victoria
2005
Toorak Village Festival of Sculpture 2005 w Toorak, Victoria
Neo Millennium w Toyota Community Spirit Gallery w Port Melbourne, Victoria
Montalto Acquisitive Sculpture Prize 2005 w Montalto Vineyard w Red Hill, Victoria
2004
The Collectors’ Show w Über Gallery w Melbourne, Victoria
Group exhibition w Contemporary Fine Arts Gallery w La Jolla, California
I am Woman: Courage, Spirit, & Strength w Calvin Charles Gallery w Scottsdale, Arizona
Toorak Village Festival of Sculpture 2004 w Toorak, Victoria
Affordable Art Fair w Melbourne Exhibition Centre w Melbourne, Victoria
Threadbo ‘Art with Altitude” competition w Threadbo Alpine Hotel w Threadbo, NSW
Montalto Acquisitive Sculpture Prize 2004 w Montalto Vineyard w Red Hill, Victoria
2003
A4 Art w West Space w Melbourne, Victoria
Summer Spectacular w Calvin Charles Gallery w Scottsdale, Arizona
Bonanza w Yarra Sculpture Gallery w Abbotsford, Victoria
Hermanns Art Award w Christine Abrahams Gallery w Richmond, Victoria w Toured
Shepparton Regional Art Gallery, Quadrivium Sydney and Grafton Regional Art Gallery
CONstruct w Dante’s Upstairs Gallery w Fitzroy, Victoria
Montalto Acquisitive Sculpture Prize 2003 w Montalto Vineyard and Olive Grove Red Hill, Victoria w awarded “Peoples Choice Award”
2002
Summer Spectacular w L’Asietique Gallery w Scottsdale, Arizona
The Darebin Art Show w Federation Centre for the Arts w Bundoora, Victoria
shopfronts/ARTFRONTS w Coburg Public Art Project w Coburg, Victoria
Toorak Village Festival of Sculpture 2002 w Repliqué w Toorak, Victoria
Central Goldfields Sculpture Prize and Exhibition w Central Goldfields Art Gallery w Maryborough, Victoria
Emerging Artist Program w Mirá Fine Art Gallery w Melbourne, Victoria
Linden Postcard Show w Linden Centre for Contemporary Art w St Kilda, Victoria
2001
Bonanza w Yarra Sculpture Gallery w Abbotsford, Victoria
The Yering Station Sculpture Exhibition 2001 w Yering Station Winery w Yarra Glen, Victoria
Fundêre Sculpture Prize w Yarra Sculpture Gallery w Abbotsford, Victoria
Darebin~La Trobe Acquisitive Art Prize w Federation Centre for the Arts w Bundoora, Victoria
Thursday Plantation East Coast Sculpture Show w Ballina, New South Wales
171- II w Mansour & Hill Gallery w Melbourne, Victoria
Phoenix First Fridays w The Lofts at Filmore w Phoenix Arizona
2000
Blue-Lite Invitational w MARS Artspace w Phoenix, Arizona
Presence in Metal w Tempe Center Sculpture Gallery w Tempe, Arizona
Drawings for Sculpture w Harry Wood Annex w Tempe Arizona
Roots: Environmental Issues of Interconnectedness w GOCAIA: Gallery of Contemporary and Indigenous Art w Tucson, Arizona w awarded “Best of Show”
Solarlobotomy w MARS Artspace w Phoenix, Arizona
Sites Around the City- Art and the Environment w Tempe Beach Park, Arizona
Hot Off the Ladle w Tempe Center Sculpture Gallery w Tempe, Arizona
3 Person Show w Modified Artsw Phoenix, Arizona
1999
Cleavage: an exhibition on the breast w Jonson Gallery w Albuquerque, New Mexico
In Flux w Harry Wood Gallery w Tempe, Arizona
Yoni w Ice House and Step Gallery w Phoenix, Arizona
1998
Milieu: of art and space w Spine Gallery w Phoenix, Arizona
SCULPTURE: New Works w Harry Wood Gallery w Tempe, Arizona
An Altogether Different Self Portrait w Step Gallery w Tempe, Arizona
Fahrenheit 2150, Contemporary Cast Metal w Step Gallery w Tempe, Arizona
1997
Clay Doh: a show of ceramic works w Step Gallery w Tempe, Arizona
(skulp’Cher) w Harry Wood Gallery w Tempe, Arizona
1/4 Inch w Tempe Center for the Arts w Tempe, Arizona
The Fifth Dimension, Sculpture Exhibition w Arizona State University w Tempe, Arizona
Collections
Coushatta Grand Hotel w Kinder, Louisiana
Marriott Hotel w Altlanta, Georgia
Rangely Hospital w Chicago, Illinois
The Patrón Spirits Company w Las Vegas, Nevada
Pinpoint HRM w Melbourne, Australia
Dial Corporation w Phoenix, Arizona
Cardinia Council w Public Sculpture w Lakeside Pakenham, Victoria
Healthpoint Ltd w Fort Worth, Texas
Hermanns Group w Melbourne, Australia
Dreams: Melbourne Central w Melbourne, Australia
Duo Design w Phoenix, Arizona
Phoenix Downtown Magazine, Phoenix, Arizona
New Times w Phoenix, Arizona
In addition to hundreds of private collections
Publicity
ABC 15 television news interview, Tues Afternoon News, Arizona (Mar 2014)
ABC 15 television news interview, Sunday Mornings, Arizona (Mar 2014)
303 Magazine, Internal Landscapes at Mirada Fine Art Gallery, Denver CO (June 2012)
Denver Post, YourHub, Stratman’s First CO Show Debuts June 22 (June 2012)
Television Segment/ Interview Sonoran Living ABC15, Arizona (Mar 2012)
Phoenix Home & Garden Magazine (Mar 2012)
Luxe Magazine (Jan-April 2011)
American Art Collector (Aug 2010)
Australian Financial Review (May 2010)
Trouble Magazine, Australia (May 2010)
The Age Newspaper, A2, Meagan Backhouse, Australia (Sept 2007)
The Age Newspaper, Upfront, Brigitte Barta, Australia (Sept 2007)
The Age Newspaper, Australia (Aug 2007)
Emerald Hill Weekly: Statuesque Showing, Sharon Green w (Aug 2007)
Pakenham Journal, Loving The Land, Diana Wells, Australia w (June 2007)
Berwick Gazette and Pakenham Gazette, Australia w (June 2007)
Delicious Magazine, Australia (Feb 2007)
Berwick Gazette and Pakenham Gazette, Australia w (Nov 2006)
Northcote Leader, Australia (May 2006)
First Mondays w monthly art salons (public art lecture) w Phoenix Public Library (9 Jan 2006)
The New Times, Arizona (Jan 2006)
The Phoenix Gazette, Arizona (Dec 2005)
Sunday Arts w television program on the ABC (Australian Public Broadcast) (Oct 2005)
The Age Newspaper, Australia (Oct 2005)
Australian Art Collector (Oct-Dec 2005)
Art Almanac: The Essential Guide to Australian Galleries (Oct 2005)
Radio Interview: Fiona Gruber’s ‘The Opening’ Arts Program- PBS Radio, Melbourne (Oct 05)
Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies w Vol. 27 w University of Nebraska Press (Sept 2005) (article and front cover)
Arizona Foothills Magazine (Mar 2004)
The Age Newspaper, Australia (Feb 2004)
Contemporary Sculptors Association News, Australia (July 2003),
Radio Interview: Roger Taylor’s ‘Hi and Lo’ Arts Program- 3 Triple R, Melbourne (Mar 2003)
Herald Sun Newspaper, Australia (April 2003)
The Age Newspaper, Australia (April 2003)
Java-Phoenix Arts and Culture Magazine, Arizona (Jan 2001)
Tucson Weekly, Arizona (Aug 2000)
The Sunday Journal, Albuquerque, New Mexico (Sept.1999)