Jennifer Flores - Relative Toxicity - Opening Reception May 8, 2009

May 8 – June 6, 2009

Opening Reception: Friday May 8, 2009 6pm – 10pm

Good Citizen Gallery announces a new solo exhibition –

Jennifer Flores: Relative Toxicity

Jennifer Flores, born in Baltimore Maryland, attended Washington University in St. Louis where she studied Painting and Printmaking, as well as Architecture and Germanic Languages and Literature. After graduating from Washington University with a Bachelor in Fine Arts in Painting, she continued her career in graduate studies in both Studio Art and Art Education at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. Flores has actively been involved in the art scene both in St. Louis and in Alton IL.

Her work aims to illustrate the modern problem of industrial pollution and its effect on the environment and community. She uses images of landscapes and dwellings juxtaposed with elevations of factories in order to illuminate the environmental and biological contamination from industrialized factories. The space of home and factory are melded together in both her paintings and installations. Flores uses found objects, signs, and text from industrialized sites to allude to the commonality and presence of contaminants in our daily lives.

Flores’ synthesis of different mediums addresses the environmental and biological problems facing our communities. Many of her pieces possess a lyrical quality while depicting these beautiful yet harmful structures that destroy the serene environment in which they are contained.

Official Website: http://www.goodcitizenstl.com