Jenna Gribbon is a talented and skilled American figurative painter whose works include personal imagery shaped by years of sharing their lives online. She mostly paints on fictional relationships and also has a new series of double portraits whose most salacious works are painted on miniature canvases.
Early Life
Jenna Gribbon was born on December 11, 1978. The American painter was born in Knoxville, TN in the United States of America. Jenna attended the University of Georgia in Athen, GA from where she graduated in 2001 and received her degree of BFA in Drawing and Painting. She earned her MFA degree in 2019 when she graduated from Hunter College in New York City.
Jenna Gribbon Career
In 2003, Jenna started her career after she relocated to New York City where she started working in a studio as a painter and color technician with Jeff Koons. In 2006, Sofia Coppola commissioned her to make three paintings which were used for the film called Marie Antoinette. Later in 2019, Fredricks and Freiser represented Jenna, a gallery in New York City’s Chelsea neighborhood. She had her first solo show with the gallery and entitled it “When I Looked At You The Light Changed” which was opened in September.
She also held a solo exhibition in February 2020, and entitled “GAY GAY GAY!” which featured portraits of “Close Friends of Jenna’s cast as fictional characters and cultural figured that intrigued her childhood.” The exhibition was opened at Howard’s Athens, a gallery owned by figurative painter Ridley Howard. In September 2020, Gribbon’s one more solo exhibition was opened at GNYP Gallery in Berlin and was titled “Regarding Me, Regarding You.” Recently on May 1, 2021, her two-person show was opened at the Sim Smith Gallery in London, UK which was with the Estate of Agnes Varda and was titled Agnes V. par Jenna G.
Jenna Gribbon Biography |
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Real Name | Jenna Gribbon |
Birth Date | 11 December 1978 |
Age (as of 2021) | 42 Years |
Birth Place | Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S. |
Nationality | American |
Profession | Painter & Artist |
Religion | Christianity |
Sun sign | Sagittarius |
Physical Statistics |
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Height | in feet inches – 5’ 7” – in Centimeters – 170 cm |
Weight | in Kilograms – 50 kg – in Pounds – 110 lbs |
Body Measurements | 34-24-34 |
Bra Size | 32A |
Waist Size | 24 |
Hips Size | 34 |
Shoe Size | 7 (U.S.) |
Hair Color | Dark Brown |
Eye Color | Dark Brown |
Body Type | Slim |
Family |
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Father | Not Known |
Mother | Not Known |
Sister | Not Known |
Brother | Not Known |
Qualification/Education |
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School | Not Known |
College | University of Georgia, Hunter College |
Relationship Status |
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Marital Status | In Relation |
Affair | Yes |
Is she a Lesbian? | Yes |
Girlfriend? | Torres |
Personal Life
Though the painter is expected to be married and have children, Jenna is possibly single as she wanted her life to be independent. It is not confirmed yet unless she might be dating secretly or has been involved in past relationships. Her relationship status has not been officially announced.
Jenna Gribbon Net Worth
As the painter is extremely skilled and expressive in her work, her paintings are liked by many of the artists and also the fans visiting her exhibitions. Her every exhibition is appreciated with which we can expect her estimated net worth to be $1 million. She is expected to paint more and influence her fans with her paintings in the future.
Trivia
- Her painting called “Studio Break” is only 10 inches tall, displayed in the Fredricks and Freiser in New York.
- In July, Jenna revealed that she loves trying to make the viewer self-conscious about the fact that they are consuming the image.
- She also told Artnet News over the video chat interview that self-consciousness’ is really voyeuristic in nature.
- Jenna’s painting “My Girlfriend in a short skirt, a row of men between us” was displayed in 2020 with the courtesy of Jenna and the GNYP Gallery.