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4 N CHAMISA DR, SANTA FE, NM 87508 (ELDORADO - LAMY AREA, HWY 285 + ALMA DRIVE)
I’m a creative with a passion for building businesses centered around art and artists. I have both a studio and commercial art background with a BFA in fine arts. Most of my professional life was spent in Los Angeles as an art director. I am the former art director for Warner Bros Records, Urban Outfitters (corporate), Hollywood Records (Disney) and several ‘90s magazines. Longtime freelance clients included Drew Carey and Nike.
I founded Jen Tough Gallery in the Bay Area in February 2017, and then had the misfortune of trying to open in Santa Fe the first weekend of Covid shutdowns. After losing my brick and mortar space, I pivoted to online, and created an online artist community called the Artist Alliance. My latest project is AIR (Artists in Residence) Studios in Santa Fe offering self-directed residencies, workshops & more.
Press & Media
TedX Marin 2020 Featured Innovator for the Artist Alliance online community
Eric Trules’: Santa Fe substack
Exhibitions
Jen Tough Gallery, Santa Fe, NM (partial list)
Flora Bowley: HeartLand, March 2024
Laura Balombini: Spring Cleaning, March 2024
William Pura, Night Roads & Other Landscapes, March 2024
Laura Klopfenstein: Dissecting, Feb 2024
Super Fresh: New Work Right off the Studio Wall (Lower Gallery, Feb 2024)
High & Dry: New Mexico Artists (Lower Gallery, Nov & Dec 2023)
Rhenda Sapporito, solo exhibition (Nov & Dec 2023)
Gina Tuzzi: Wild Seed (Lower Gallery, October 2023)
Pam Sullivan, solo exhibition (Sept 2023)
Sarah Boyts Yoder: Realm (Lower Gallery, September 2023)
Sharon Brush, solo exhibition (August 2023)
Spring 2023 Collective Exhibition (Upper Gallery, June + July 2023)
DeAnne Olguin Williamson, solo exhibition, July 2023
Autumn 2023 Collective Exhibition (Upper Gallery, July - December 2023)
The Bright Side, group exhibition (Lower Gallery, August 2023)
Kathleen Mooney, solo exhibition (May-June 2023)
Fable: Art with Narrative (Lower Gallery, June + July 2023)
Jen Tough Gallery, Bay Area, CA (partial list)
Wax: Artists working in Encaustic, group exhibition, 2017
California, group exhibition, 2017
Lisa Kairos solo exhibition, 2017
California Printmakers Society Show, 2017
Earthly Evidence: Carol Dalton, Mark Eanes, Michael Shemchuk, 2017
Guilty Pleasures, call for entry group exhibition, 2017
Gina Tuzzi, solo exhibition 1, 2017
Strange Nature, group exhibition, 2017
Stacks of Facts, Jeff Snell solo exhibition, 2017
Something Catches, Erin Wheeler solo exhibition, 2018
Lisa Pressman, solo exhibition, 2018
Tangential, Ridj Johnson, Jenny Phillips, Mark Ashworth, 2018
Susan Stover, solo exhibition, 2018
You and Your Big Ideas: Suzanne Long solo exhibition 2018
Ancestral Convergence, Diane Williams & Chuck Potter, 2018
Hell’s Valley, Tamera Avery solo exhibition, 2018
Mark Ashworth solo exhibition, 2019
Learning Curve, students of Michael Shemchuk, 2019
Flora & Fauna, call for entry exhibition, 2019
Sara Post, solo exhibition, 2019
Sugar High, group exhibition, 2019
John Yoyogi Fortes, solo exhibition, 2019
Pulp: Works on Paper, group exhibition, 2019
Gina Tuzzi, second solo exhibition 2019
Michael Shemchuk, solo exhibition, 2019
Carol Dalton, solo exhibition, 2019
Extra Crispy, group exhibition, 2019
Women in the Abstract, I, II (2017-2019)
Art Fairs
Art Market San Francisco, 2019
Artexpo NY (award winning) 2023
Red Dot Miami (award winning ‘22), 2022, 2023
Art Expo Dallas, 2022
Art Santa Fe (award winning 3x), 2018, 2019, 2023
Art San Diego, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2023
Art Expo Las Vegas (award winning), 2018
PopUp Exhibitions: San Francisco
New Lands, group exhibition (2018)
Wild Things, group exhibition (2019)
Kate Kretz solo exhibition (2019)
The Ladies Room
Produced and created by Jen Tough. Juror: Danielle Krysa (The Jealous Curator), San Francisco 2018
Juror, Curator
Juror, national exhibitions: Marin MOCA, O’Hanlon Center for the Arts 2x, Marin Society of Artists 2x, Arc Gallery and more
Curator: Jamie Madison solo exhibition at the Pence, Rebecca Katz solo exhibition, Arts Benicia, After Dark
Awards
Bay Area "Art Star" Issued by NCWCA (Northern California Women's Caucus for Art), Sept 2019
AIGA (American Institute of Graphic Arts) Justified competition for book design and art direction, 2014
Named "Designer to Watch for the 2000's” / Issued by David Carson in Metropolis Magazine, 1999
Best of Editorial Design, Communication Arts Design Annual, design and art direction of Bleach Magazine, 1997
Jen Tough Gallery Books & Contemporary Artist Magazine
Identity, 2020
Wild Lands, 2021
Fun Size, 2021
Artists of the Bay Area, Vols 1 and 2, 2021
Contemporary Artist magazine, created and published by Jen Tough Gallery, LLC