WELCOME TO YESTERDAY | new works by Jennifer Ament

WELCOME TO YESTERDAY | new works by Jennifer Ament

ZINC contemporary is pleased to introduce an upcoming solo exhibition, WELCOME TO YESTERDAY featuring new paintings by Seattle artist Jennifer Ament. Long known for her prints and more recently for her murals, Ament uses hard lines, a limited color palette and a limitless sense of humor (sometimes dark) to comment on society and the progress we are or are not making (especially as women). Of the exhibition Ament states “My exhibit WELCOME TO YESTERDAY is a commentary on how our society is sliding backwards, an unwinding of progress, especially with women's rights. We construct stories of how life should go, a planned straight line of predefined actions that promise success and happiness. What we get is a series of ups and downs that are exacerbated by the pain and injustice apparent around us. But joy and hope are not lost; they are around us, in the time we enjoy with family, the laughter shared among friends, and the moments of normalcy that we take for granted.” Ament’s acrylic paintings are revelations of herself, and ourselves, as bravely honest as they are wryly saucy. The simplicity of her pop art compositions is deceptive and arrives from a painstaking process of looking and revealing, drawing and editing, both within and outside the studio. Ament was born in 1968 in Savannah Georgia. Her interest in art and expression came early in life but finding the right form took longer. Drawn toward anything anti-establishment, looking for the ugly in the beauty and the beauty in the ugliness, she found herself living in Seattle, deeply influenced by the grunge scene of the early 90’s. It was here that she began her art career in earnest and began to gain recognition. Ament’s linocut prints and encaustic paintings have been featured in solo and group show exhibitions throughout the U.S. including: The Seattle Art Fair, Pulse Miami, Out of Sight and The Vera Project. Commercial work includes: Starbucks Stores throughout the world, Frankie and Jo’s, The Derschang Group, and a Wine label for Grand Coeur Wines. Her work has been featured in Architectural Digest, Elle Decor, Seattle Magazine, City Arts, Gray Magazine, Luxe Magazine, and many online publications.