Jenna Bliss

Artist and filmmaker Jenna Bliss’s (b. 1984 in Yonkers, New York, USA) exhibition Now vacant. at the Stadtgalerie Bern comprised four video works whose point of departure is the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. The central work in the exhibition, Professional witnesses. (2021), consists of eight episodes. Eight actors in their roles as survivors—a delivery man, a paramedic, a janitor, an office worker, an artist, a retired firefighter, a student, and a Wall Street broker—recount their personal experiences of 9/11. Professional witnesses. could be described as a “mockum ...

Artforum Critics’ Picks, Now vacant., Stadtgalerie Bern by Kathrin Bentele

Artforum Critics’ Picks, Late Responder, FELIX GAUDLITZ, by Max L. Feldman

Private Publics: Jenna Bliss, Mousse 71, Tidbits, by Alexandra Symons Sutcliffe

The practice of artist and filmmaker Jenna Bliss (b. 1984 in Yonkers, New York, USA) is driven by the critical observation of the artist’s immediate environment and its interconnection to recent history, postcapitalist societies and the accelerated shifts happening in our contemporary urban landscapes.
Embarking on generative long periods of research, Bliss distills her findings in the form of contemplative films, photographs, short videos, and sculptures. Playing with formats such as non-linear storytelling, repetition and rupture, her work engages with the history of the spectacle, interrogat ...

Solo exhibitions

2021
Now vacant., Stadtgalerie Bern, Bern, CH
The People’s Detox, Kunstverein München, Munich, DE
LISTE Basel w. FELIX GAUDLITZ, Basel, CH

2020
Late Responder, FELIX GAUDLITZ, Vienna, AT
The People’s Detox, Metrograph Theater, New York, NY, USA

2017
Poison The Cure, OUTPOST, Norwich, UK
Day One in Step into Spring, Two Person Show with Gili Tal, Cell Project Space, London, UK

2016
Brain-Sick Visions Cheat Her Tortured Mind, Lisa Cooley Gal ...