Jennessa B: 4994- Professional Practice for Artists

  Artist Biography Jennessa Bates is a Canadian-based artist from Alberta, in Treaty 7 Territory. She has a Bachelor of Fine Art’s- Art Studio. She has been strengthening and exploring her skills in sculpture and installation. She challenges herself by experimenting with materials such as found objects, textiles, and various clays in her studio. Her art practice is inspired by dreams and their connection to emotions, mental health, and memories. Then she creates personal meaning through her artwork. In 2022 she had her artwork display in The Niche Gallery at the University of Lethbridge. Artist Statement My interest in dreams began during my last year of high school when my father passed away from lung cancer. Most of my dreams were confronting my grief for him, from telling him he was dead, or heart-warming conversations that could only be recalled through images and abstract feelings. These dreams encouraged me to write and think about the connection between dreams and my mental...

 What do I collect?  I mostly collect things for an experience, material, texture, colour, shape, or anything I find interesting to help me become inspired for a future project. My collections are both physical and non-physical such as fabric and clothes that are no longer wearable that I can upcycle, animal bones and teeth, feathers and fur, tea and coffee that I will use for dyes or paints, sometimes when I receive flowers or plants I will them dried out, recyclable objects like glass jars and tin cans, digital photos, using my journals to write down my dreams and life experiences that were horrible or good, toys likes dolls or small figures, and materials or art mediums. Here is a link to my google photos album