Jennie Ottinger’s paintings investigate historical events through a contemporary feminist lens. With figures that are eerily distorted and pleasantly recognizable, Ottinger documents gendered social norms and investigates the power-holders who benefit from people's compliance within the confines of standardized acceptability.
Jennie Ottinger (b. 1971 North Attleboro MA) received her BA in art history from University of the Pacific in 1994, a BFA in illustration from the California College of the Arts in 2000, and an MFA in painting from Mills College in 2008.
Notable exhibitions include the Jewish Art Museum, San Francisco; the Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley; Johansson Gallery, Oakland; Conduit Gallery, Dallas; and Eleven Gallery, London UK. A past fellow at Kala Art Institute and affiliate artist at the Headlands Center for the Arts.
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Jennie Ottinger
Bad Luck, Dutch. Your Face is on the Tea Towels: the Princess Series 10 Sep - 22 Oct 2022Rebecca Camacho Presents is pleased to announce an exhibition of new works by San Francisco-based artist Jennie Ottinger. Ottinger’s abstract realist paintings investigate historical events through a contemporary feminist eye....Read more -
INSIDE.OUT.UPSIDE.DOWN.COSMIC.SPACE
7 Jul - 21 Aug 2020Rebecca Camacho Presents is pleased to announce the group exhibition INSIDE.OUT UPSIDE.DOWN COSMIC.SPACE. Taking pioneering French artist Marcel Duchamp’s assertion that ‘the spectator makes the picture’ as an organizing principle,...Read more
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Squarecylinder Art Review
Oh, Those Messy Royals! September 20, 2022One of the unexpected pastimes of the covid pandemic was the ability to peruse the home décor of television reporters broadcasting from outside the studio....Read more -
KQED
Jennie Ottinger’s ‘Princess Series’ is a Perfectly Timed Musing on Diana—and Her Ex-Husband September 15, 2022The timing of Jennie Ottinger's Princess Series is fairly astounding. This thoroughly absorbing exhibition of paintings documents pivotal moments in Princess Diana's life-and it just...Read more
