Jenny Kanzler
Sausloaf
2009
Painting
10" x 10"
About Jenny Kanzler:
Jenny Kanzler, b. 1975 is an American painter of German and Eastern European descent. Her subject matter centers on tragicomic narratives, employing the uncanny to explore fear and humor through visual metaphor and folklore.
Kanzler holds an MFA in Painting from the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (2005) and a BA in Sculpture from Syracuse University (1997). She has exhibited at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery; The Painting Center in NYC; and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts Museum as well as the Rodger LaPelle Gallery in Philadelphia.
She was twice nominated for a Louis Comfort Tiffany Biennial Award; once for a MacArthur Fellowship as well as a Daedlus Foundation Grant; and has been curated and juried into the following gallery and museum shows: