REBUS WORKS

In this exhibition, she explores womanhood and the journey of becoming a mother. She's drawn inspiration from stories of Medusa and the trifold Maiden, Mother, and Crone. Through these symbols, she explores the power, vulnerability, and wisdom of successive stages of life.

The work is also inspired by Claudia Dey’s essay “Mothers as Makers of Death,” where she delves into the complex relationship between motherhood and mortality, examining how, with each birth, a mother also brings an inevitable death into the world.

"The part of sexism that bores and angers me most is the culling, the simplification of women into Hallmark cards of femininity. When I became a mom, no one ever said, 'Hey, you made a death. You made your children’s deaths.; Meanwhile, I could think of little else. It’s scary to think of mothers as makers of death, but it sure gives them more power and complexity than one usually finds."-Samatha Hunt

Jenn grew up in an earth-sheltered home, reading books and running around in the woods. Her family didn't have a TV, so she drew the creatures she saw in nature and the ones she imagined.

Later, she moved to Ohio, where she graduated from the University of Cincinnati with a degree in industrial design. Before becoming an artist, she worked as a toy designer and a welder.

She lives with her family in Raleigh, with a stable of weird bikes, and makes art in a garage-turned-studio.