Jennifer Crupi
Primary Medium: Sculpture
Crupi
Website: http://www.jennifercrupi.com/
Artist Statement
I am currently exploring a body of artwork that addresses the ways we communicate with each other visually, through body language. The interactive, prosthetic-like objects I create become instruments for gestural expression. An old proverb rightfully claims, “actions speak louder than words”. Although our body movements may be mute to the ears, they are inevitably far more revealing than the spoken word which often disguises. My interest in the voice of our actions and the psychology behind why we do the things we do, drives my work. By viewing and interacting with the work, I seek to make us look at ourselves and ponder the underlying reasons for our seemingly casual gestures.
Crupi
Website: http://www.jennifercrupi.com/
Artist Statement
I am currently exploring a body of artwork that addresses the ways we communicate with each other visually, through body language. The interactive, prosthetic-like objects I create become instruments for gestural expression. An old proverb rightfully claims, “actions speak louder than words”. Although our body movements may be mute to the ears, they are inevitably far more revealing than the spoken word which often disguises. My interest in the voice of our actions and the psychology behind why we do the things we do, drives my work. By viewing and interacting with the work, I seek to make us look at ourselves and ponder the underlying reasons for our seemingly casual gestures.
Selected Works
|  Unguarded Gestures, #1 - 2004 - Aluminum, painted-wood acrylic - 23" x 18" x 12"  Unguarded Gestures, #1 (Detail) - 2004 - Aluminum, painted-wood acrylic - 23 " x 18" x 12"  Guarded Gestures #1 - 2000 - Mixed media - 25" X 19" X 8"  Guarded Gestures, #1 (Detail) - 2000 - Mixed media - 25" x 19" x 8"  Guarded Gestures, #2 - 2000 - Miixed media - 25" x 19" 8"  Beyond Words: Expressive Gestures - 2010 - Mixed media - Variable  Leg Bouncer - 2009 - Aluminum, steel, acrylic - 11.5" x 4.25" x 4.5"  Leg Bouncer (detail) - 2009 - Aluminum, steel, acrylic - 11.5" x 4.25" x 4.5" |
Artist Bio
Jennifer Crupi, born in Red Bank, NJ in 1973, received her BFA from The Cooper Union School of Art and her MFA from SUNY, The College at New Paltz. She has been an exhibiting artist since 1994 and her work has been shown in over forty national and international exhibitions—including exhibits at the Museum of Arts and Design, New York City, Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt, Germany, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston and the Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI. Her work has won various awards including a New Jersey State Council of the Arts Individual Artist Grant in 2005 and has been published in 500 Necklaces and 500 Brooches by Lark Books and Metalsmith Magazine, among others. In addition to her art-making, Jennifer is Associate Professor and Fine Arts Department Chairperson at Kean University, Union, NJ where she has taught since 1999. She currently resides and maintains a studio in Oceanport, NJ.