A painting of a woman with red hair playing a lute, draped in a yellow and green patterned cloth, with a blue curtain background. On a table in front of her are lemons in a silver bowl, a scroll tied with a red ribbon, and a rolled-up letter.

Inspired by the human figure, Jenny Chi paints in a style reminiscent of the old masters, conducting a personal, sometimes rather sly dialogue with the Italian Renaissance.


Her amicable appropriation in painting makes one aware of art not just as finished work but as a way of seeing — an inexhaustible language that can be learned and shared, and that always retains the power of saying new things.

Education

Master of Fine Arts, New York Academy of Art, NYC

Bachelor of Arts, Lewis University, Romeoville, IL


Current Position

Professor of Painting &Life Drawing

School of Art +Design
Eastern Illinois University