"Jen Pack deconstructs, reconstructs, sews, and stretches fabric onto frames and into large masses in a way that creates something at once familiar and yet also new.... " Read the interview...
–Ellen Caldwell, New American Paintings Blog, September
7, 2011
"Tryon Creek State Park near Lake Oswego plays host to works of art buried in the woods. The exhibit is called Natural Cycles: A Celebration of Art in the Forest and the artists' work stays out all year, so that the pieces may change with the seasons."
watch the Oregon Art Beat segment....
–Michael Bendixon, April 2009
"Jen Pack’s intricately
sewn chiffon, stretched across wooden frames, by turns evoked color-field
painting and kente cloth." Continue
reading...
–Richard Spear, art ltd., October 2008
"Delicacy is today's topic – a tough,
clear-eyed delicacy that insists on fineness but is anything
but fragile." Read more...
–Bob Hicks, Special to The Oregonian, September
18, 2008
"Jen Pack at Pulliam Deffenbaugh has grown
by leaps and bounds....." Keep reading...
–Jeff Jahn, PORT, October 28, 2006
"Pack, working on a larger scale than
in times past, is hitting her stride." Continue reading...
–Joseph Gallivan, Portland Tribune, October
2, 2006
"Pack anchors her work in the essentials – color, form,
line and light – but lets it fly by playing the regular
off of the irregular, control off of abandon." Read the entire review...
–Leah Ollman, LA Times, August 19, 2005
"Jen Pack's works are fabulous conceits of woven surfaces
which glow in translucent and ambient light; some have selected
passages that fall to the ground in sensuous langour; others
have threads extruded beyond the artwork's token shape
and spilling across the walls." Read the entire press release...
–Robert Sobieszek, August 2005
"In her recent exhibition, Threadworks, Jen Pack displays
playful and intriguing work with fiber that includes some
virtuoso feats of stitching........As a bonus, she engages
in the contemporary dialogue of what constitutes ‘fine
art,’ further stating her preference for organic form....." Continue reading...
–Barbara Morris, Artweek, March 2005
"Diaphanous silk is both canvas and paint in Jen Pack's new series,
roygbp. She layers and sews brightly hued gauze
into organic grids and stripes that suggest cross sections
of earth, ocean, or atmosphere. But unlike the pages from
eighth grade science books, these studies are serene and
textured, maximizing the graphic potential of thread and
edge. More akin to watercolor than fashion design, Pack's
fabric collages rely on color theory, diffuse light, and
the viewer's mood to bring their subtlety to life."
–Laura Janku, Flavorpill SF issue #40
"In the tradition of Eva Hesse, Pack plays with the
tension between classic elements of minimalism – the square,
the horizontal, the grid – and the feminine, domestic implications
of her medium and methods of production." Read the entire article...
–Sharon Mizota, February 2003