Jennifer Nagle Myers
b. 1979. New York City, New York
Based in Virginia, USA

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Statement
I am following a continuous free line. I do not know when or where it began, I only know it goes on. I catch it in fragments, there is no way to contain it. It resembles a tree, a wave, a body. It becomes the wind, the fire, the sky. It includes a worry line, a laugh line, a song. It becomes the rope that ensnares the whale, it becomes the whale entangled in the rope. It gets caught then it gets itself free again. Sometimes that takes years. This works its way into and around and through everything. How do you trace the line of your own soul?

I have always made work as a form of survival. I can only hope it brings some benefit to you as well. Trees are great listeners. The wind is a wave.

Bio
I received my BA from Hampshire College and my MFA in Intermedia/Drawing from the University of Iowa. My visual artwork has been shown at the Carnegie Museum of Art,The Sculpture Center, The International Print Center, The Institute of Contemporary Art at MECA, and MUDAC in Lausanne, Switzerland, and more. My original performance works have premiered at The New Hazlett Theater, The Festival for New Music, and the Kelly Strayhorn Theater. I have received support from the Pittsburgh Foundation, The Heinz Endowments, and the Foundation for Contemporary Arts (full list below) and continue to collaborate with artists and visionaries in other fields.

Support has come from:
College Art Association
The Opportunity Fund (Pittsburgh)
Foundation for Contemporary Arts
The Santa Fe Art Institute
Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council
The Kelly Strayhorn Theater
The Heinz Endowments
The Pittsburgh Foundation
Pittsburgh Filmmakers
Awesome Pittsburgh
The New Hazlett Theater for the Performing Arts
Community Supported Arts (CSA-PGH)
The North Hills Public Library
The Children's Museum of Pittsburgh
The F.I.N.E. Foundation
Creative Capital Professional Development Fellowship
The Sprout Fund
The F.I.N.E. Foundation
The Iowa Arts Fellowship