Brooklyn, NY • b. 1982
Jenny Morgan’s diaphanous paintings are inhabited by hyper-realistic figures ebbing in and out of focus, merging into landscape or diffusing gently into a painterly fog. There is a razor’s edge quality in the calm precision of Morgan’s deliberate brush stroke, which can be quick and expressive as well as invisible and exact. Her work recalls numerous art historical references, from Venetian reclining nudes to playful rococo paintings, all while imbuing a hypnotic, euphoric, and hyper-present setting.