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THE WORK OF JEANNE JAFFE, SHOWN AT THE
"3RD BIENNIAL ''ARTISTS OF ART SALON'' EXHIBITION" EXHIBITION

JEANNE JAFFE HAS PRESENTED AT THE FOLLOWING ART SALON:
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ARTISTS STATEMENT
Jeanne Jaffe is a sculptor, video and installation artist who moved to Florida from Philadelphia where she is Professor Emeritus in the Fine Arts Department at the University of the Arts. She is also a visiting artist/professor at Xian Academy of Fine Arts in China each fall, and is the coordinator of International Projects at the Jaffe Center for Book Arts.

Jaffe’s work is inspired by an interest in anthropology, mythology, and psychology. Her work "explores how identity is formed from early, pre-verbal, bodily experiences through the later influences of language and culture".

Works by Ms. Jaffe have been exhibited both nationally and internationally at such places as the Seokdang Museum of Art in Korea, the Mino-Washi Akari Museum in Japan, The Royal Scottish Academy of Edinburgh, Scotland, Museum Rijswijk in Holland, London Craft Council Gallery in England, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art Museum in Philadelphia, the Delaware Art Museum, Hillwood Art Museum, and the Michener Art Museum. Her work has been reviewed extensively, including in Art in America, The New York Times, and Sculpture Magazine. She holds a B.F.A. from Tyler School of Art and an M.F.A. from New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred. She is the recipient of many fellowship grants, including the National Endowment for the Arts, the Mid Atlantic/NEA. the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, the Leeway Foundation, the Independence Foundation, CEVA Foundation, the Virginia A. Groot Foundation, and the Mino Artist Residency in Japan.

JEANNE JAFFE'S ARTWORK