Martha Jaenicke is an artist born and raised in Olympia, Washington. She graduated Washington State University in Pullman, Washington, with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in December 2021.
Her work explores ambiguous narratives, combined with aspects of real life, fantasy, and fable. She wishes to lead viewers of her art through an exploration of simplified and expressive linework and the simple but powerful emotions that this can evoke. Martha is also very interested in finding a way to incorporate anthropology and the legacy of human history and interactions on earth into her art, as well as the concept of the psychomyth, a term created by the author Ursula K. Le Guin and defined by her to be “more or less surrealistic tales, which share with fantasy the quality of taking place outside any history, outside of time, in that region of the living mind which – without invoking any consideration of immortality – seems to be without spatial or temporal limits at all.”
Contact her, commission her, or say hi at mcjaenickeart@gmail.com or @mjaenkey on Instagram.
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Exhibitions:
2021
Fall 2021 BFA Exhibition, Washington State University, Pullman, WA
2020
WSU 401 Fine Arts Exhibition, Washington State University, Pullman, WA; https://www.instagram.com/wsu401exhibit/
2020
LIFE x DEATH x SKETCH, https://www.davidjanssenjr.com/lifexdeathxsketch
2019
College of Arts and Sciences Enchanted Evening Holiday Dinner, Washington State University, Spokane, WA
2019
High Five Exhibition, Locker Gallery, Washington State University, Pullman, WA
2019
499 Midterm Exhibit, Locker Gallery, Washington State University, Pullman, WA
2019
14th Annual SPSCC Student Art Exhibition, South Puget Sound Community College, Olympia, WA
Education:
2021 – Bachelor of Fine Arts, Washington State University, Pullman, WA
2019 – Associate of Arts, South Puget Sound Community College, Olympia, WA