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 Formerly an abstract painter, Jeanne Wilkinson now incorporates her paintings and drawings into complex and mysterious digital collages and animations. One extensive series depicts the vision quests and adventures of “The Painted People” (former Barbies, Kens, GI Joes) who travel the earth and beyond. Her two self-portrait series include the “Colassa” series (the female Colossus), and “Magnetic Cartography,” some of which are now animated in eerie, dreamy sequences scored with her own musical compositions. Her animations entitled "Voyage" are being premiered at Spring in DUMBO, Brooklyn, NY, November, 2011. Using two projectors, the imagery will be merged on translucent scrims, giving it a mysterious, ever-changing flow. She has also had screenings at Creon Gallery, NYC, in San Francisco and Philadelphia, and her first video, "GreenHeart" from the Colassa series, was screened at BAM Cinema as part of the Brooklyn Arts Council's 2010 "Scene: Brooklyn" Film Festival. She sometimes collaborates with her son Andrew Yonda who is a photographer and musician. The Painted People series, "Wakefield Pond," was a mutual effort, and "Delivery" from this series won the Curators Award at 440 Gallery in Brooklyn, chosen by Charles Long whose work was in the 2008 Whitney Biennial. Having grown up on the edge of the pristine waters of Lake Superior, Wilkinson is attracted to the colors and dynamic forms of nature. She is also aware of current environmental dilemmas and concerns which are at times reflected in her artwork. In particular, the "Night in the City" series, called "iridescent" by the critic Dan Bischoff, hints at the apocalyptic nature of 21st century life. Her animation "Polar-ised" focuses on the plight of the polar bear, and "Voyage" tracks the surreal journey of a mountain lion from city to wilderness. All the digital collages and animations on this site are made by layering and merging the artist's photos of nature, cities, dolls, drawings, paintings, etc. using Photoshop, Corel Paint and After Effects. The imagery can be presented in varying ways and in virtually any size: as prints, mounted photographs, projected on a wall, or within digital frames. Bio: After high school in Minnesota, Jeanne Wilkinson lived for a short time in San Francisco during the waning of the "Summer of Love." Returning to the Mid-west, she became involved in the pioneering food-coops of the West Bank area in Minneapolis. That experience led to going “back to the land" in the early 1970's where she lived on a rural organic gardening commune in West Central Wisconsin and subsequently spent eight years as a dairy farmer. During that time she married Rick Yonda and had two sons, Aaron and Andrew. After farming, she returned to school at the University of Wisconsin/Stout in Menomonie, WI, got her bachelor’s degree in art and art education, and moved to New York City to attend Pratt Institute as a graduate student. She now teaches art at Kingsborough Community College (CUNY) and Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, and also write essays and fiction. Her artwork has been shown extensively in the United States and elsewhere. She is now married to Frank Lind, an artist. Her son Andrew Yonda is a photographer (Amelia John Photography) and musician, and Aaron Yonda is an internet filmmaker of “Chad Vader” and "Baby Cookie" fame. All artworks and animations on this website copyright Jeanne Wilkinson.
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