The featured exhibit runs May 1 – 31, 2025 in Metro Gallery in the Garneau Theatre lobby.⁠

 

Artist Reception: May 7 at 5:30 pm

 

Artist: Jenna Hoffart

 

Artist Statement:

My paintings are an attempt to act out scenes from my subconsciousness through theatricality and exaggeration. Being alive and trying to understand the truth of reality feels like a puzzle. Where do we end and where do we begin? Why is my skin “me”, but not my suit and tie? I did choose the suit after all, and not the skin. The Title Un-fashioned and Half Made-Up takes inspiration from Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, particularly when referring to humans as being imperfect and incomplete upon creation, and that we may become our most genuine selves through our experiences and attachments. I paint with intuitive action in hopes that someday I might find connection to some form of collective truth or magic by expressing personal imagination and spiritual experience.

 

Jenna Hoffart is a Painter originally from Medicine Hat, Alberta, currently residing in Edmonton, Alberta. She earned her BFA from the University of Alberta in 2023. Her works have most recently been shown at the NE SCULPTURE FACTORY in Minneapolis, Minnesota.