Biography

Raised in Denver, Colorado, Jennie Boucneau is an abstract painter who explores her cultural identity and what it means to be an Asian American woman living in the United States. She has exhibited her work in multiple exhibitions throughout the Denver Metro Area and has won multiple awards in the Scholastic Art and Writing Award. Alongside, Boucneau was also a collaborator in Oliver Herring’s solo show, “31 Days,” which exhibited at the Emmanuel Art Gallery in Fall of 2019. The show allowed her to participate in performance and push her creative research. Her latest body of work will be exhibited in Spring of 2020 at Redline Gallery in Denver. 

 

Boucneau’s work challenges the idea of fetishizing Asian American women and how it has evolved today. From a young age, she observed the way that her nationality influenced how people treated her. With these experiences, she began to use her work to explore the impact of stereotypes, identity, and perception. The experiences are transformed into abstract paintings, which focus on the visceral emotions of how society has allowed sexual stereotypes of Asian American women to become normalized. 

 

Boucneau utilizes color symbolism to express her identity, mark-makings to express her emotions, and incorporates collage elements to create a sense of depth to her paintings. She seeks to challenge society's stereotypical views and will continue to bring forth awareness and the diverse through her paintings, which depict emotions of disgust, anger, and hurt.