STATEMENT

I graduated from UC Berkeley with an MA in Painting. I work with the photographic image, combining the documentary nature of the photograph with the interpretive aspects of paint and pastel.

Working on clear film enables me to see through the thin veneer of the photographic image to the layers of paint and pastel below, offering a slightly skewed reality.

In the constructions, architectural imagery is set into actual doors and mirror frames to create a resonance between the image and the object.

BIO

Jeannie O'Connor's work has been shown internationally and was awarded the SECA award by SFMOMA and the Phelan award in Photography.

Jeannie O'Connor taught art and photography at CCA, SF Art Institute and Berkeley City College. Her work has been associated with the Michael Shapiro Gallery, the K Kimpton Gallery, the Susan Spiritus Gallery and the SFMOMA Artists Gallery.

Her work is in the collections of the Bibliotheque Nationale, the Brooklyn Museum of Art, the Center for Creative Photography in Tucson and many private collections.

"Jeanne O'Connor's rural and urban landscapes at Susan Spiritus Gallery are equally painterly and photographic. By reconciling these two methods that seem mutually exclusive, O'Connor creates a body of work that is evocative, poignant and extremely personal." Nancy Turner, Artweek

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