Jennifer Lonack is a self-employed multimedia artist for over 20 years with a San Diego based home studio. Jennifer has always been very creative and has always found great joy in the play in the world of art.  She has studied many artistic disciplines throughout her life with established teachers and artists.  She has continued her artistic studies through an Associate Degree in Art including the dramatic arts, photography, language studies, poetry, and cultural exploration. She continually draws form these various techniques in a playful, whimsical way to create joyful expressions of wonder and experimentation.  Whimsy is what is found in the core of her diverse creations.

I am currently exploring international contemporary art galleries for representation.

Working on two mixed media projects – “The Marriage of Opposites Series” and “The Art of My Garbage Series”

”Art picked me, I didn’t have a choice -  I see everything with an artists eye, I experience color, dimension and personality with innate objects, nature, humanity, ideas, thoughts, as well as the environment...Everything is art, and part of the creative process.  It’s really quite amazing, and sometimes really annoying (especially when your just trying to do something as mundane as brushing your teeth – you wish it didn’t have to be such a moment of exploration and observation).”

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1984

Studied Watercolor under Chuck Naasz.

1985

Children’s Theater, Alice in Wonderland - Caterpillar, Little Theater, Yakima, Washington, USA.

One act, Nobody Sleeps - Mrs. Busby, Little Theater, Yakima, Washington, USA.

1985 – 1986

Red Robin Bird - Circus, Halftime High School Football Games, Parades, and Commercial Print Ad Campaign. Washington State, USA.

1987

Yakima Valley College Graduate, Associate Degree in Art and Science.

1986 - 1987

Productions and awards under Director Dr. George L Meshke PhD.:

Our Town – Mrs. Webb  (1986 Best Supporting Actress & Irene Ryan Nominee)

On the Razzel – Marie

Harvey – Ruth Kelly, RN

Voyage Around My Father – Miss Cox  (1987  Best Supporting Actress & Irene Ryan Nominee)

The Crucible – Ann Putnam

The Water Engine – Murray’s Secretary

1990 - 1995

Signed with Metamorphosis Talent Agency and in 1991 transferred with agent Belinda Irons to the San Francisco Top Talent Agency - Work Included International Commercial and Industrial Video Acting Roles, Print Work and Runway Modeling for San Francisco Clothing Designers.

Commercial & Video Work Includes:

Pro Mark Shoes – Foreign commercial, Tip Top Entertainment USA.

Karaoke Videos (6) – International, Top Entertainment USA.

Listen – Industrial Video, Kenwood Group.

Cannon Copiers (Recyclable Tonner Cartridges) – Industrial, E.O.S

Hill Top Dodge – Local, Bay Area Cable, San Francisco, California, USA.

Sumitonics – Foreign, Tokyo Television, Japan.

Petroflex 2000 – Industrial, Dayco Video, Ohio, USA.

1990 – 93

Videographer and Production Assistant for the Kershaw Video Production Company, Pleasant Hill, California, USA.

1992 & 1993

Attended Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill, California. Emphasis on Acting, Competitive Swimming, Voice, Italian and Wine Studies.

Acting, Ed Trujillo, The Zen of Acting with James Kirkwood.

Voice, Kathy Rundus.

Commercial Acting, Annette Rodrigues.

1992 – 1993

15 Time College All-American in Swimming, Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill, California, USA.

1995 Volunteer for America’s Cup – Production Assistance and Support, San Diego, California, USA.

1996

Solo B&W Photography Show/Sale, Tango Salon and Gallery, Hillcrest, San Diego, California, USA.

1997

Live Abroad for Personal Study of Art & Photography in Europe, Emphasis on Italy.

1998 – 1999

Wrote manuscript The Unity Principle.

(In the following years of editing the structure transformed itself into brush strokes of poetic observations.  Eventually the words no longer  participated in my theories and eventually ended up just walking off the pages in protest... the last time I opened the book to see if there was anything left...

in the middle of the thick pile of  pure    white linen

     lay a single    ◦  

And while this perfect circle summed the whole thing up for me, I don’t think I’d find a publisher who’d be interested in publishing the thing.)

1998

Head Coach, Yakima Valley YMCA Swim Team, Yakima, Washington, USA.

2000

Worked with Extended Vocal Techniques with Revolutionary Conductor Michael Edward Edgerton, UCSD, La Jolla, California, USA.

2002 – 2004

Secretary, San Diego Free Conservatory of Music and Art, La Jolla, California, USA.

Organized WE CARE CARDS for Tsunami Relief – Hand Made Cards by Donors Sent to Affected Areas and the donations were Sent to Unicef and Other Non-profits for the Tsunami Relief Efforts. Riford Library, La Jolla, California, USA.

2006 - 2008

Reiki Volunteer at the Naval Hospital Balboa Park for Soldiers and Military Family through The Tibetan Healing Center, San Diego, California, USA.

2006 – 2007

Contributed Vocals and Some Lyrical Play Within a Group Formerly Know to a Few as Sagebomb, Along with Flautist Karen Wolfe-Soriano and a Musical Wizard/Genius Clay Colgin, Chula Vista, California, USA.

California Art Shows and Sales –

2003 November 22^nd &  23^rd

Marrow a Collective Show by The Alliance of Nonconforming Artists, Philosophical Library, Escondido, California, USA.

2004 - 2005

Cappy’s Coffee House in Pacific Beach, San Diego, California, USA.

2004 September 18^th &  19^th

Juried Show Spanish Village Fall Art Festival including a live Art to Music Performance with Los Angeles Musician Sally Zito, Balboa Park, San Diego, California, USA.

2004 September 24^th – 26^th

Fusion & the Multilayered Media of Consciousness, Claremont Forum, Claremont, California, USA.

2004 October 8^th

Blue Angel Gala, Katherine Hill Foundation Benefitting Stand Up for Kids, The Westgate, San Diego, California, USA.

2004 November 6^th

The Community Art Project, Café Luna, Normal Heights, San Diego, California, USA.

2004 November 2o^th

Designed fleece Happy Hats for Children, Harvest Festival, Waldorf Academy, San Diego, California, USA.

2005 – today

Listed piece with the Heidelberg Editions International’s JazzArt™ Grass Valley Artists Group, Grass Valley, California, USA.

2005 January 5^th - 8^th

JazzArt™, International Association for Jazz Education Conference, Long Beach, California, USA.

2005 April 2^nd  

Waves of Grace Auction, George J. Doizaki Gallery, Los Angeles, California, USA.

2005 May 5^th – 8^th 

Lori Belilove & Company of New York Isadora Duncan Dance Festival and Art Auction, Heidelberg Editions International, Van Gogh Room at the Center for the Arts in Grass Valley, California, USA.

2005 June 1 – July 31^st

Jazz Fusion Exhibit & Sale of JazzArt™, Wild About Music, Santa Monica, California, USA.

2005 November 6^th

The Fall Art Around Adams, Normal Heights Cultural Council, San Diego, California, USA.

2006 – today

Show and Sales, Tioli’s Crazy Burger Gallery, North Park, California, USA.

2006 June 18^th

The Spring Art Around Adams, Normal Heights Cultural Council, San Diego, California, USA.

2006 August 6^th

Berkley’s Bohemian Art and Treasures Show, North Park, California, USA.

2007 - today

When Simons Home Alone, a children’s book written and illustrated with son Evan L. Gillooly, available Feb. 2009 through Lulu.com

2008 August

Study Traditional Balinese Art, Bali, Indonesia.

2009

Publication of "Om Mani Padme Hum" photograph in the 2009 Calendar for The Chenrezig Tibetan Buddhist Cultural Center, El Paso Texas, USA.

Poetry Publications include –

October 2003

Ganesh, Vision Magazine. 

Volume 2.2

The JoYrney, San Diego Arts & Poets. 

2004

mAmma O, Immortal Bliss. 

December 2007

The Playground, Downtown LA Life Magazine. 

(reserved) Clay In Mind and There Is No Self, Light of Consciousness.

Interests in the past and present include –

Longboard Surfing, Scuba Diving, Remote Viewing, Sailing, Volunteer work - Including Healing as Reiki Master, Swimming, Singing, Singing Whilst Swimming, Photography, Travel, and Exploring the Possibilities.

©2008 - Jennifer Lonack