Jen Hitchings (b. 1988, NJ) received her BFA from SUNY Purchase and has attended residencies including Colstoun (Scotland), Vermont Studio Center, Studio Kura (Japan), and Adventure Painting (Yellowstone). She has presented solo exhibitions at Gaa Gallery (NYC), Anat Ebgi (Los Angeles), and Taymour Grahne (London), with group shows internationally. She has completed large-scale murals for The Wassaic Project and Mailchimp. Hitchings lives and works in Los Angeles.

Through symbolic imagery and surreal color, my work reflects on the mythological and historical ties between humankind and nature. Recurring motifs—suns, moons, mountains, rivers—reference natural and corporeal cycles, while otherworldly color, hand-applied in layered techniques, conveys time, mood, and seasonality. Drawing on ukiyo-e, Hudson River School painting, and spiritual archetypes, I explore dualities of serenity and sorrow, isolation and interdependence, often blurring fact and fiction to highlight our reliance on both nature and symbolism for meaning.

Exhibitions:

The Dinner Party