Jennie Ottinger

Jennie Ottinger (b. 1971 North Attleboro MA) lives and works in San Francisco CA. 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.

Ottinger 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. Solo exhibitions include Rebecca Camacho Presents (2022); Conduit Gallery, Dallas TX (2022; 2016); Johansson Projects, Oakland CA (2015; 2013); Dominican University (2015); and The Reading Room, Dallas TX (2014); amongst others. Ottinger's works have been featured in group exhibitions at St Joseph's Arts Society, San Francisco CA (2024); Rebecca Camacho Presents, San Francisco CA (2020); The Carl Cherry Center for the Arts, Carmel CA (2019); Johansson Projects, Oakland CA (2017); and Mills College Slide Room Gallery, Oakland CA (2017); amongst others.

Ottinger is a past fellow at Kala Art Institute and affiliate artist at the Headlands Center for the Arts, and received a Center for Cultural Innovation Investing in Artists Grant (2013), amongst others.