SUTURED RESILIENCE PARTICIPATING ARTISTS

Sutured Resilience invites the public to imagine a reality where strength is found in vulnerability expressed through text, photography, sculpture, drawing, mixed media, installation, video and participatory actions.

Kat Cope - Cope’s research focuses on building protective armour as a healing act connected to metaphorical protection in order to process unresolved childhood trauma through wearable sculpture, performance and video. Her objective is to examine how adults who have experienced trauma in childhood create physical and emotional boundaries against pain and vulnerability. She visually communicates these boundaries by constructing protective armour as a defense against further pain, such as, the “Blinder Collar” worn in her performance “Cut it Out Suck it Up”. The armour collar also becomes a trap limiting the movement and healing of the individual. Cope’s visual experimentations explore through the act of making, recording and performing the peeling away of these layers to allow for healing. https://www.katcope.com/

Chanika Svetvilas - Svetvilas’ interdisciplinary work explores her lived experience of mental health difference as someone with the diagnosis of bipolar disorder, the impact of the stigma and discrimination encountered and the slippage between the medical diagnosis, intersectional identity, and disability justice. In her large scale drawings she uses charcoal as a transformative material that in its activated form absorbs chemicals. Printed medical texts and research studies, are reproduced by hand and juxtaposed with collage and motifs to magnify and question the contradictions of the generic information with personal experience. Marks and smears from the drawing process resist to be contained by the page and print boundaries. Her contorted prescription bottle sculptures reflect distortions from side effects; adornment of acrylic gems and gold chains conveys the inaccessibility of big pharma; and combined found objects express the complicated relationship with prescription meds and endless cycles of care. https://chanikasvetvilas.com/

Jennifer Cabral’s “Borderline: A Manifesto" series of silver-gelatin prints juxtaposes the American Southern Border traced onto a body with the intervention of a red pen. Borderline emerged from two very impactful events - one geopolitical in which a continuous wall was proposed to be erected on the southern border of the United States that questioned the rights of the Latinx community to reside in this country. The second one was personal in which Cabral’s own chest had been marked with a pen, to delineate the area that the surgical knife would make by the removal of her left breast due to cancer. In Cabral’s “MINE” series, she delves further uncovering traumatic childhood experiences of abuse and betrayal while equating the violation with the mining exploitation of Brazilian mountains for iron ore. The play with the word, “mine,” both noun and possessive pronoun is transposed onto a family archive of photos. The Serra Curral Del Rey’s slopes are outlined  from her childhood memory, a mountain ridge in Cabral’s hometown of Belo Horizonte. 

Artworks Exhibition Committee has chosen the exhibition “Sutured Resilience” based on it’s aesthetic and curatorial focus to occupy this space during the summer of 2021. Artists Kat Cope, Chanika Svetvilas and Jennifer Cabral will coordinate online events and a physical exhibit following safety protocals for the New Jersey Community of Mercer County.

Once a Sears Department Store warehouse ready to be demolished, the building was preserved and turned into an arts center. Remarkably, this warehouse was spared and since 1988, Artworks has operated art classes, studios and exhibit spaces in this preserved space.

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Nov. 2020

Unique minds, Creative voices

Princeton University, NJ

The exhibition “Unique minds, Creative voices” presents artworks that translate the importance of mental health awareness and the significance of destigmatizing neurodiversity and mental illness.

This exhibition is part of Princeton University’s Mental Health Awareness Month, happening throughout campus and has a special emphasis on the importance of mental wellness and self-care during the current Pandemic.

My series of photographs MEMBRANES will be part of this virtual 3D exhibit and in a printed exhibition catalogue. These photographs address the fear of mutual contamination and necessary social distancing during the current pandemic and it’s emotional impact, specially heightened for immune-deficient individuals. MEMBRANES is part of a series of works called I wash my hands I’ve been creating throughout the Covid-19 pandemic.

The opening of this virtual exhibition was marked by a discussion among the artists. Nov 9, 2020 and the printed catalog to be released in Dec. 2020.

Dec 14th 2019

Məˈmenˌtō Proyecto

Vaivén: Dede la Migración y la Estancia

MACPR - Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico

Dec. 14th, 2019 - Feb. 2020

Galeria zona creativa MAC - 1er piso

My work Borderline Manifesto is being included on the first edition of Memento proyecto A preview of this project was showcased at Museo de Arte Contemporânea de Puerto Rico. Borderline Manifesto was shown alongside 8 other Latin American artists.

Məˈmenˌtō; is a cultural and curatorial project dedicated to the propagation, preservation and study of contemporary photography of caribean and latin american artists. Presented as a series of postcards, this projects emerges after six months of studies in the Programa de Estudios Independientes del Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico. The first edition being published is Vaivén: Dede la Migración y la Estancia.

The announcement of this ongoing cultural project took place at the Museo de Arte Contemporânea de Puerto Rico which reinforces the bonds of culture between and among the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean basin, as well as the Latinx communities and the Puerto Rican diaspora in the United States.

Founded in 1984, the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico (MAC) was born out of the will of Puerto Rican artists and cultural workers who recognized the urgency to create an alternate model for exhibiting contemporary art and its issues. The MAC is the only institution in the island expressly dedicated to the study, collection, preservation, exhibition and promotion of art produced since the mid-20th century in Puerto Rico, the Caribbean, Latin America, and its diasporas.

Mar 14th, 2019

Group exhibition “From Within”

Princeton University - Center for Collaborative History

February 1st - March 15th, 2019

113 Dickinson Hall at Princeton University. (Directions)

Gallery Hours: Monday - Friday 9:30AM - 4PM

An Artist Talk will be hosted on Thursday, March 14, 12 noon to 1 pm where I will have the opportunity to discuss my work along side artist Chanika Svetvilas. The exhibition area created inside the Center for Collaborative History at Princeton University showcased faculty and staff works.

Some photos of the artist talk are available here: https://iegap.princeton.edu/from-within-art-exhibit-3-14/

Oct. 26th, 2017

Mercer County Photography Biennial 2017

Silva Gallery of Art - The Pennington School, NJ.

October 26th - December 8th, 2017

Borderline Manifesto was included in the juried exhibition "Mercer County Photography 2017" curated by Anita Allyn, Associate Professor of Art at The College of New Jersey and an interdisciplinary artist whose works combine photography, video, animation and print.

July, 6th 2013

E.S.P. | Extra-Sensorial Perception |

a Feminist Art Show

Brooklyn Fireproof

July 6th, 2013. 8PM-2AM
119 Ingraham St, New York, NY 11237 (Morgan Avenue stop L train)
(all proceeds will benefit Planned Parenthood and Womanspace)

I will be showing my work Visual Conceptives at BROOKLYN FIREPROOF in East Williamsburg during E.S.P. | Extra-Sensorial Perception | a Feminist Art & Variety Show. A show.

This show had been cancelled for lack of support by the original venue that was opposed to it’s goal: to raise money to Planned Parenthood and www.womanspace.org – a non-profit organization in NJ dedicated to assist victims of domestic violence and sexual assault.

We are now achieving what curator Doris Yuan originally proposed: to create a platform for emerging feminist artists and establish a link between artists and communities. Thirty artists from various parts of the country, will be participating of a group exhibition and during opening night there will be a series of music and comedy performances.

Sept. 1st, 2011

SETE DIAS DEPOIS - SOLO EXHIBITION

PUC - MINAS

8 a 30 de Setembro, 2011

Departamento de Comunicação - Prédio 13 - 3° andar

Av. Dom José Gaspar, 500 - Coração Eucarístico. Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brasil.

A Faculdade de Comunicação e Artes (FCA), com o apoio do Laboratório de Fotografia da PUC-Minas, realiza a exposição Sete Dias Depois, da fotógrafa Jennifer Cabral, em comemoração aos 40 anos da Faculdade. O trabalho ficará à mostra a partir desta quinta-feira, dia 8, até 30 de setembro, no terceiro andar do prédio 13, no campus PUC - Coração Eucarístico.

A tragédia, no dia 11 de setembro de 2001, que para muitos minou o poder simbólico da grande potência do século XX, deixou legado não só nas relações políticas e econômicas, como também influenciou com intensidade a produção de arte na maior cidade dos Estados Unidos. Uma abordagem direta desses eventos foi realizada pela brasileira Jennifer Cabral, que foi morar nos Estados Unidos exatamente em 2001.

O trabalho Sete dias depois apresenta imagens de Nova Iorque dias após os atentados às torres gêmeas. A artista e publicitária volta seu olhar aos apelos desesperados dos familiares de pessoas desaparecidas que estavam nas torres no momento do ataque.

Cartazes de procura eram afixados em qualquer superfície que pudesse ser facilmente vista pelas pessoas e, ironicamente, nada melhor do que as placas publicitárias para cumprir essa função. O resultado é uma mistura de informações e intenções, em que o apelo publicitário se rende à desesperada busca por informações do paradeiro de entes e amigos, possíveis vítimas do ocorrido.

Press Coverage:

Tempo, O. (2013, April 25). Exposição reúne fotografias de Nova Iorque sete dias após os ataques de 11 de setembro. Retrieved May 27, 2011, from https://www.otempo.com.br/diversao/exposicao-reune-fotografias-de-nova-iorque-sete-dias-apos-os-ataques-de-11-de-setembro-1.132751

Diario Oficial da Prefeitura de Belo Horizonte. Retrieved May 27, 2011, from http://portal6.pbh.gov.br/dom/iniciaEdicao.do?method=DetalheArtigo

Colegiado Informa Especial - PUC Minas. Retrieved May 27, 2011, from https://www.yumpu.com/pt/document/read/38760163/colegiado-informa-especial-puc-minas

June 12th, 2010

St. Michael Preservation EXhibit

D&R Greenway Land Trust

Saturday, June 12th, 2010

11:30AM - 2:30 PM

The series of photographs "Orphan Land” was part of this exhibition and sale of plein-air art created on the St. Michaels Farm Preserve in celebration of the sucessfull efforts by D&R Greenway Land Trust in preserving this land from real state development.

Aug. 31st, 2007

Here is New York: Remembering 9/11/01

New York Historical Society

Aug. 31st, 2007 – Jan. 1st, 2008

Robert H. and Clarice Smith New York Gallery of American History

170 Central Park West
New York, NY 10024

Here is New York: Remembering 9/11/01 includes a selection of 600 photographs drawn from the over 1,300 photographs in the here is new york, a democracy of photographs collection, one of the largest photographic archives ever devoted to a single event. Three photographs by Jennifer Cabral are part of this archive. These photographs, documenting Ground Zero from the burning buildings, rescue, people fleeing, firefighters, police, objects, memorials, victims, and protests, among many other categories, were originally exhibited from September 2001 through fall 2002 in a SoHo installation.

Jennifer Cabral participated of the original exhibition Here is New York, was included on the book published by Scala of the same title, in addition of participating of this exhibition.

References:

Rothstein, E. (2007, September 11). Remembering Lower Manhattan's Day of Horror, Without Pomp or Circumstance. The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/11/arts/design/11muse.html.

June 5th, 2004

Arts for Peace Gallery

June 1st to July 25th, 2004.

38 West 88th St. - New York NY 10009

Gallery hours: Monday through Friday 10AM - 5PM.

March 1st, 2003

The Plainsboro Museum

Plainsboro Historical Society

March 2003 - First and third Sunday.

641 Plainsboro Rd. Plainsboro NJ 08536

The Plainsboro Historical Society is a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving and promoting the history of Plainsboro Township. Jennifer Cabral documented the daily life at Stults Farm, which have been in operation since 1915. This beautifully preserved farmland safeguards 200 acres from real state development and provides the local population with fresh produce year around. Cabral’s photographic documentation was donated to The Plainsboro Historical Society. Her photographs will be included regularly in the rotating exhibitions at this Historical museum.

Sept. 25th, 2001

Here is New York

116 Prince Street - Soho

New York City 10012

Sept. 25th 2001 - 2003

On September 25, 2001, an exhibition opened in a previously vacant storefront in SoHo as a response to the events of September 11 by writer Michael Shulan, photographer Gilles Peress, photographer Charles Traub, and photography curator and editor Alice Rose George who invited to hang pictures of the city by anybody and everybody who submitted them.

Here is New York mounted exhibitions in several cities in the U.S., Europe, and Japan. Its book Here is New York: a democracy of photographs, which included 821 selected images, was published by the Swiss publisher Scalo.

These photographs are now included in the permanent collection of New York Historical Society. Jennifer Cabral participated on the exhibition with three images and had one photograph published in the book of same title. Project Here is New York received the ICP/Getty Cornell Capa Award for distinguished achievement in photography in May of 2002.

References:

Guide to the Here is New York Collection. Retrieved May 30, 2011, from http://dlib.nyu.edu/findingaids/html/nyhs/hiny/bioghist.html

Friedlander, Y. (2014, November 18). Here is new york (Photoshow book). Retrieved May 30, 2020, from http://www.charlestraub.com/new-blog/2018/3/15/here-is-new-york-photoshow-book

March 12th, 2001

Segmentos - Fotografias

Livraria Letras e Expressões

Ipanema, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.

Abertura 12 de Março, 2001 às 20h - Visitação de segunda à sabado de 10h às 18h.

A exposiçãao de fotografias Segmentos da artista plástica mineira Jennifer Marie será inaugurada na próxima segunda-feira. As fotografias enfocam sempre detalhes, revelando uma visão pessoal da artista sobre dois temas principais: o cenário urbano e as formas humanas.

Press coverage: Jornal do Brasil. Revista Programa. Ano 16. Número 50. 9 de Março de 2001.

Nov 5th ,1999

ContaminaçÕes - PROJETO CULTURAL

Centro Cultural da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

05 a 21 de Novembro de 1999

Av. Santos Dummond, 174 - Centro, Belo Horizonte

Uma exposição no Centro Cultural da UFMG, apresentação de obras de arte em locais publicos, semana de palestras, sessões de cinema e workshops serão os principais acontecimentos do projeto Contaminações.

Idealizado por Lililan Oliveira e fomentado por Ataides Braga e ILTDA. grupo de 8 artistas plásticos, o projecto Contaminações se desenvolveu com trabalhos de pesquisa, planejamento e execução por 10 meses.

O grupo de arte ILTDA inclui: Cristina Maure, Geraldo Cezanne, Guilherme Machado, Jennifer Marie, Lilian Oliveira, Ludmila Loureiro, Melissa Mendes e Max Barbosa.

Nov. 23rd, 1998

3ª Mostra Interna da Escola Guignard

Galeria da Escola Guignard

Rua Ascânio Burlamarque, 540

Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais

A Mostra Interna é um evento anual que acontece na Escola Guignard-UEMG, ocasião em que é lançado um edital para os alunos do Bacharelado e Licenciatura em Artes Plásticas inscrevem seus trabalhos em Desenho, Cerâmica, Esculturas, Gravuras, Fotografia, Performance ou Pintura.

June 3rd 1995

Concurso FotogrÁfico da ComunicaÇÃo

Revele Belo Horizonte

PUC - MINAS

Exposição 1° a 8 de Junho de 1995

Departamento de Comunicação - Laboratório de Fotografia - Prédio 13 - 3° andar

Avenida Dom José Gaspar, 500 - Coração Eucarístico - Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brasil.

Jennifer Marie recebeu menção honrosa por sua foto em preto e branco do marco histórico de Belo Horizonte, o obelisco da Praça Sete no centro da capital mineira.