Jenny Rogers is a visual artist and her video work has appeared in numerous museums and galleries throughout the world including the “Greater New York,” P.S. 1 / MOMA in New York City, Paula Cooper Gallery, the Walker Arts Center and the Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art in Tel Aviv. Her new video project, PERFECT SURF, was granted a prestigious Independent Artist Award in Film & Media, New Technology Production by the New York State Council for the Arts. Her video work, TRICK SADDLE, is now part of the Heather & Tony Podesta Collection. Ms. Rogers’ film & video work has also appeared in numerous festivals in the U.S. and abroad including Feminale 12-the International Women’s Film Festival in Cologne, Bimovie 11-International Film Festival Munich, Out Takes -New Zealand, MIX 18-New York’s Experimental Film & Video Festival, the Frameline Festival -San Francisco’s Lesbian & Gay Film Fest, and Reeling –Chicago’s Gay & Lesbian Film Fest. TRICK SADDLE was also awarded a “Grand Festival Award” at the Berkeley Video & Film Festival and it was shown at the Walker Arts Center as part of “Cinema Bizarre: Short Experimental Works by Lesbian Film/Video Artists” and “Women with Vision Film Festival”. In addition, MTV commissioned Ms. Rogers to complete a signature video piece for the launch of their lesbian & gay television station “LOGO.” In the past, Jenny has been artist-in-residence at Artist Alliance & Painting Space 122, both in New York City.
Jenny is also an accomplished director and designer in the theater and Co-Artistic Director of the theatre company Trick Saddle, with Clove Galilee. Her theatrical work on WICKETS was nominated for a GLAAD Media Award for direction for Outstanding New York Theater in 2010 and a Henry Hewes Award for Set Design in 2009. Ms. Rogers has received numerous grants for her theatrical works including grants from the Greenwall Foundation, the Jerome Foundation, the New York State Council for the Arts and the Pennsylvania Council for the Arts. She has been a theatrical artist-in-residence at UC Santa Cruz, Bard College, HERE Center for the Arts and Mabou Mines Suite/ RAP Program in New York City. Jenny has shown her theatrical pieces in New York City at La Mama, 3LD, PS 122, Raw Space Studios, Dixon Place, Mabou Mines' TORONADA Theater, and HERE Arts Center. Her theater pieces have also been shown internationally, most notably at the Patras Festival in Greece and at the Rio Cena Contemporanea Festival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Ms. Rogers grew up in Nebraska, completely landlocked except for the waves of the grass along the prairie. She currently splits her time rollercoasting between NYC, the Bay Area and LA. She holds a BA in Visual Art & Semiotics from Brown University and an MFA from Penn State.
JENNY ROGERS
Education
M.F.A PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, University Graduate Fellowship Recipient
B.A. BROWN UNIVERSITY, Magna Cum Laude in Visual Art and Semiotics
Work in Collection
TRICK SADDLE THE HEATHER & TONY PODESTA COLLECTION,
UPCOMING & RECENT EXHIBITIONS / SCREENINGS / PERFORMANCES
2016
Imagining the Imagery Invalid, New York theatrical premiere, writer adapter La Mama Ellen Stewart Theater, January 21 - February 7, 2016
2015
Imagining the Imagery Invalid, Theatrical Workshops in Sept., Nov. and Dec., 2015 Great Jones Studios, New York, New York
2014
Cleopatra the Alchemist for Ruth Maleczech, Whitney Biennial 2014, Critical Practices, Inc., LEF(t) Special Edition #2: On Appropriation, April 1, 2014, Whitney Museum, NY, NY
2013
Imagining the Imagery Invalid, Work-In-Progress Showing, Great Jones Studios, July 2013 PERFECT SURF, Gesturing into Consciousness, group exhibition, Zoller Gallery, PSU 50th Anniversary of the College of Arts & Architecture, Alumni Exhibition, April 1-12
2012
Imagining the Imagery Invalid, Work-In-Progress Showing, Mabou Mines Studios, July 2012
2011
PERFECT SURF, upcoming video project filming in Bedford, UK this spring/summer Independent Artist award by NYSCA in Film & Media, New Technology Production
PERFECT SURF, group exhibition / performance, Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, NY Mabou Mines 40th Anniversary celebration
2010
GLAAD Media Award (The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) Nomination for Outstanding New York Theater- Off-Off Broadway category for WICKETS
2009
Henry Hewes Award Nomination in Scenic Design for WICKETS, the American Theater Wing Design Awards honoring Broadway & Off Broadway WICKETS, AMERICAN THEATER MAGAZINE, feature on the design for WICKETS, 20th Anniversary Edition, April
WICKETS, Trick Saddle production at 3LD Art & Technology Center, New York & world premiere (theatrical production) Director & Designer-- New York Foundation for the Arts Sponsored Artist Project
2008
PERFECT SURF, video project filming in Bedford, UK, shot in September 2008 Independent Artist award by NYSCA in Film & Media, New Technology Production WICKETS, 6-week summer workshop & rehearsal, Mabou Mines, New York, NY
2007
The Wild Bunch-Cowboys in Contemporary Art, Belger Arts Center, KC, MO WICKETS, Trick Saddle theatrical work-in-progress, HERE Arts Center, Jan 25-Jan 28 The Wild Bunch-Cowboys in Contemporary Art, The Arts Center, St.Petersburg FL
2006
Uniform & Costumes, Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv, Israel Choephorae (Libation Bearers), Cultural Capital of Europe Festival, Patras, Greece (theatrical production)
Couples Discourse catalogue, Pennsylvania State University Press Featuring my photographs of the exhibiting couples in their studios / homes including such artists as Carroll Dunham & Laurie Simmons, Patty Cronin & Deborah Kass, Helen & Brice Marden, Sylvia & Robert Mangold, Joyce & Max Kozloff, Clarence & Arlene Morgan, Betty & George Woodman, Julie Burleigh & Catherine Opie, Lari Pittman & Roy Dowell, & Nancy Spero among others (catalogue)
2005
Greater New York 2005, PS 1 /MOMA, March 13 – September 22nd, 2005 MTV commission signature video piece for their new lesbian & gay station LOGO London Trunk Show, Women’s Library, London Metropolitan Univ, Whitechapel, UK Munich’s BiMovie, The Women’s International Film Festival, Germany, March 12-19 New Zealand’s Out Takes 2005, 3-city traveling film & video festival, May26-June15 Walker Arts Center, Women With Vision, Minneapolis, MN, May 7th MIX Mexico & MIX 18 New York Lesbian & Gay Experimental Film/Video Festival
2004
NYFA Emerging Artist & Fiscal Sponsorship Program, for WICKETS, NYC Feminale 12 – International Women’s Film Festival, Cologne, Germany "Objects in/and Visual Culture," National Exhibit, PSU, University Park, PA San Francisco Frameline Film Festival 28, Lesbian & Gay Film Festival
Reeling – Chicago’s Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, Chicago Berkeley Video & Film Festival, Grand Festival Award for Experimental film & video Lesbian Cinema Arts, Trick Saddle as part of Lesbian Film Festival 2004, NYC
2003
Walker Arts Center, Cinema Bizarre: Experimental Lesbian Film/Video Artists *Performance Space 122, Range, The Classroom Gallery solo show, 2nd Floor Hallway Space, recent drawings & digital prints, Jan 22nd–Feb 24th, NYC Performance Space 122, TRICK SADDLE, 3-week run of theatrical work, NYC, NY Director & Designer (theatrical production)
*MFA Thesis Exhibition, Death Valley, solo show, Penn State University, PA
GRANTS / HONORS / AWARDS
2010
GLAAD Media Award (The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) Nomination for Outstanding New York Theater- Off-Off Broadway category fo WICKETS
2009
Henry Hewes Award Nomination in Scenic Design for WICKETS, the American Theater Wing Design Awards honoring Broadway, Off Broadway & Off Off Broadway
2007-2008
New York Council for the Arts, Film & Media, New Technology Production Award $20,000 Independent Artist Grant for PERFECT SURF, new video work premiering 2009
2007
New York State Council for the Arts grant for PERFECT SURF, upcoming video work
2006
New York State Council for the Arts Grant, $6,000 for WICKETS, at HERE, NYC
2004-2006
Greenwall Foundation Grant, $2,500 for WICKETS upcoming at HERE, NYC
2004
Berkeley Video & Film Festival, Experimental, “Grand Festival Award”
2003
Jerome Foundation Grant, $2,500 for TRICK SADDDLE at P.S. 122, New York Greenwall Foundation Grant, $4,500, Mabou Mines Suite/Resident Artist Program
BIBLIOGRAPHY & PUBLICATIONS
2016
New York Times, "Honoring Mother (and Moliere) in Spirit", Sunday Arts Section feature article on New York premiere of Imagining the Imaginary Invalid, 1/10/16
2014
Whitney Biennial 2014, Critical Practices, Inc., LEF(t) Special Edition #2: On Appropriation, Cleopatra the Alchemist for Ruth Maleczech, Whitney Museum, 4/01/14
Mabou Mines: Making Avant Garde Theater in the 1970’s, book by Iris Smith Fischer
2011
American Theater Magazine, Theater Communications Group, featured production “Production Notebook - WICKETS”, 25th Anniversary Issue, Vol. 26, No 4, 04/2009
Time Out New York, Theater Feature, “Cabin Fever,” Elisabeth Vincentelli, theater preview feature and picture, TakeOut pic, Issue 692, Jan 1-7, 2009
2009
New York Times, “Beyond the Baggage and Boarding Passes, Stewardesses Live Their Secret Lives”, Claudia La Rocco, theater review and picture, 01/09/09
The New Yorker, Goings On About Town: The Theatre, featured selection 01/19/09 Featured Pictured for Goings on About Town, 01/26/09
Village Voice, “Wickets is Faux-Site Specific Performance at Its Best,” Garrett Eisler, theater review and picture, 01/13/09
New York Post, “Sit Back, Relax and Laugh,” Frank Scheck, review & picture, 01/08/09
New Theater Corps, “Wickets,” Aaron Riccio, theater review, 01/08/09
Backstage, “Wickets,” Andy Propst, theater review, 01/08/09
The Middle Seat Terminal, “The Secret Lives of Flight Attendants,” Matt Phillips, 01/09/09
New York Theatre, “Wickets,” Heather Lee Rogers, theater review, 01/10/09
Curtain Up, “Wickets,” Jenny Sandman, theater review, 01/11/09
Theatre is Easy, “Wickets (3LD),” Leah Carr, theater review 01/11/09
Papermag, Word Up!, “Stage Notes: WICKETS,” Tom Murrin, theater interview, 01/12/09
Gothamist, “Opinionist: Wickets,” John Del Signore, theater review, 01/18/09
Time Out New York, “Wickets,” Helen Shaw, theater review, 01/19/09
The Village Voice, Western Beef, Review & Featured Listing for Trick Saddle, 02/05 Research / Penn State, artwork & article in University research magazine, Drawlings, My sand paintings & back cover photo from Trick Saddle, Vol. 24, No. 1, 01/03
Go Magazine, “A New Comedy in NYC Set Inside an Airplane,” Gizem Unsalan, theater review, 01/26/09
Theater Online, “Wickets,” Lisa del Rosso, 2009
2007
British Theatre Guide, “Wickets,” Rachel Lynn Brody, 2009
St. Petersburg Times, A Vast Range, Sunday exhibition review The Wild Bunc 04/22/07
Culturebot, Getting It Now, online magazine devoted to the contemporary arts 01/29/07
The Determined Dilettante, Time Out New York, Arts & Entertainment Editor,
Elisabeth Vincentelli, Prepare for Boarding, blog review of Wickets 01/26/07
New York Press, Try Some Culture on For Size, featured selection for Wickets 01/20/07
NY Theatre, “Mike’s Favorites of 2007,” WICKETS best list featured show '07, 01/19/07
Couples Discourse, PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS, catalogue
2006
Greater New York 2005, catalogue, PS 1 /MOMA, March 13 – September 22nd, NY
2005
The New Yorker, Drawing & Featured Listing for Trick Saddle, 02/10/03, cartoon p14
New York Times, Weekend Section Featured Listing for Trick Saddle, photo 01/31/03
2003
Time Out New York, Take Out selection for Trick Saddle, my photo featured 01/23/31
THE NEW YORK TIMES: CRITICS PICKS; Review: ‘Imagining the Imaginary Invalid,’ About Absence and Art Making
Honoring Mom (and Molière) With 'Imagining the Imaginary Invalid' New York Times
THEATER SECTION; Still Imagining the Imaginary with Ruth Maleczech
By Matthew Paul Olmos December 9th, 2015
Obscena Magazine of the Performing Arts (Portuguese Publication)
"A Night
in the Theater Between Disappointment and Hope"
Determined Dilettante (Elisabeth Vincentelli Blog- Arts & Entertainment Editor for Time Out New York) - "Prepare for Boarding"
Culturebot (Online Performing Arts Magazine) - January 29, 2007 "Getting It Now" by Risa Shoup.
New York Times (Art and Design)
"Talent Call, Hot New Artist Wanted" by Carol Vogel
The New New Image (Editor and Writer, John Haber online review) March 2007 "Greater New York, 2005 "
Art Radio WPS1 (PS1-MoMA Features Interviews and Information from the Greater New York)
New Yorker Magazine Goings on About Town; January 27th, 2003; Illustration by José Luis Merino February 10th, 2003
Village Voice (review) February 5-11, 2003 by Elizabeth Zimmer; "Western Beef"
TimeOut New York (Take-out Selection) January 23 - 30, 2003; Arts and Entertainment Editors Best Picks
NY Arts Magazine, (Megan Voeller review), July / August, 2007
"The Wild Bunch and Cracker County"
St. Petersburg Times (Review of The Wild Bunch: Cowboys in Contemporary Art, a travelling exhibition) - April 22, 2007
"A Vast Range" - Lennie Bennett
