Jennifer DelabraBachelor of Arts in Art
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Artist Bio
Jennifer Delabra works in various media such as photography, metals, paint, printmaking, and graphite. She is studying Art at Valdosta State University and is inspired by learning new skills. Delabra’s work is influenced by her own fears and self-discovery. She shares these feelings through both text and visual language. Delabra’s inspiration comes from questioning self-meaning or importance. For her, life is about learning, growing, and facing the challenges that comes with it.
Her work has been shown in the 10th Annual All Woman 2021 Art Exhibition where she received an award in the Photography & Digital Category. Upon graduating, Delabra wants to travel and see what the world and her can do for each other.
Jennifer Delabra works in various media such as photography, metals, paint, printmaking, and graphite. She is studying Art at Valdosta State University and is inspired by learning new skills. Delabra’s work is influenced by her own fears and self-discovery. She shares these feelings through both text and visual language. Delabra’s inspiration comes from questioning self-meaning or importance. For her, life is about learning, growing, and facing the challenges that comes with it.
Her work has been shown in the 10th Annual All Woman 2021 Art Exhibition where she received an award in the Photography & Digital Category. Upon graduating, Delabra wants to travel and see what the world and her can do for each other.
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Fear, Brass ring with Labradorite stone, 1 x2 x1 Inches, ring size 11, 2019
Wannabe, Brass nameplate and chain, 23 inches chain and 0.5 x 2.5 inches nameplate, 2019
Back fat, Stone lithograph, 14 x 11 inches, 2021
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Keep on, Copper plate etching print, 9 x 6 inches, 2021
One more Chance, Woodblock relief print, 14 x 11 inches, 2020
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Please, Brass and wood base, 5 x 3.5 x 5 inches with base, 2019
Oink Oink, Digital photo collage, 6 x 12 inches, 2021
Artist Statement
There is fear and rejection of the self when perception from the world and personal reality differ. It is this state that I have often found myself in while beginning this body of work. I fear mediocrity, failure, being unremarkable and stagnant. My artwork is a celebration of those realizations and an act of having agency over them.
As an overthinker, who has a harsh inner critic, I often lean into self hate. I have once believed that to love myself I had to disown my negative thoughts. I use this work to bring forth what the world has told me to bury and reflect it back. Making wearable objects for the world to see allows a tongue-in-cheek approach to the feelings being labeled upon myself while also asking the viewer to question their own feelings. I share very direct views of self as well as escapist and utopian dreams with my audience. As I open myself up to my art, I also open up a drive to continue exploring this concept through new mediums and techniques.
There is fear and rejection of the self when perception from the world and personal reality differ. It is this state that I have often found myself in while beginning this body of work. I fear mediocrity, failure, being unremarkable and stagnant. My artwork is a celebration of those realizations and an act of having agency over them.
As an overthinker, who has a harsh inner critic, I often lean into self hate. I have once believed that to love myself I had to disown my negative thoughts. I use this work to bring forth what the world has told me to bury and reflect it back. Making wearable objects for the world to see allows a tongue-in-cheek approach to the feelings being labeled upon myself while also asking the viewer to question their own feelings. I share very direct views of self as well as escapist and utopian dreams with my audience. As I open myself up to my art, I also open up a drive to continue exploring this concept through new mediums and techniques.
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