About P'anne . . .
Ms. Jenkins (Phyllis, phyllis anne or p'anne), grew up in the midwest, creating art at an early age. Later, gypsy style, she traveled solo throughout the United States in her chariot, a Volkswagen convertible, studying art, drama and psychology in three universities. Ultimately, Phyllis earned a master's degree in Counseling Psychology from Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA.
Ms. Jenkins formed a counseling clinic where she met with success. She was invited to speak at conferences and teach professionals world-wide. At the same time, Phyllis reinhabited her art practice. In a few years her works were curated into exhibitions throughout the United States and three galleries in California
In 2024, Phyllis moved her main studio to the Zhou-B Arts Center (ZBAC) in Kansas City, MO. She won a fellowship with Artist, INC., KCMO, which teams artists from divergent arts industries (music, animation, performance art, visual art, etc) to explore ways to enhance the community as well as support success.
Phyllis uses color, shape and texture to create abstractions that transform experiences and emotions into arresting visual images where art and psychology converge in an excavation of the soul. She explores worlds created out of chaos and serenity, isolation and connection, constraint and freedom. She is interested in creating works that speak to and validate the ways we contain ourselves while longing for freedom. Her works can be seen at The ZhouB Art Center Spirit Gallery in jazz district of Kansas City, Missouri.
Thoughts. Experiences. Inspiration.
My work is inspired and informed by the past - memories, longings, states of mind and feelings. Old handmade quilts, cracked tea cups, frayed walls, worn floors, strangers walking by...inspire a deeper story. It’s so personal. And vulnerable. Which is why we creatives are compelled to create, to validate the human story. It’s like there’s a primal need to record the story. It is why, perhaps, I am both drawn and compelled to paint.
I use artist paints, crayons, pencils, markers, house paint, charcoal, ink, graphite and collage ephemera to create and destroy the surface of the canvas over and over, again and again. Brushing, swiping, tearing, gluing, sanding, erasing, covering. . . until the story has told itself. Like life. We go through life building and tearing down, then rebuilding. It, for me, is a natural process.
The colors I use are part of the story, sometimes soft and subdued covering over the bright and brash. Sometimes, the other way around. Reflecting the ebb and flow, the rushing forward and pulling back. It’s an act of discovery. The more successful I am in that process, the more the viewer experiences it. I’m successful for short spurts of time, until the next one. I don’t think I ever get it just right. I let go of perfection over and over again. Telling the story doesn’t require perfection, I remind myself. Making art is a process of letting go over and over and over.
Activity, Exhibitions, Galleries
Activity:
2024
Fellowship, Artist INC, Charlotte Street Org, Kansas City, MO
Exhibitions
2024
Resident Artists Exhibition, ZhouB Art Center, Kansas City, MO
First Fridays, Open Studios, Zhou-B Art Center, Kansas City, MO
"Existence", Exhibizone (International), Canada
"Art Unleashed", Art Mozaik Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
"Happiness", Exhibizone, (International), Canada
"Exploring Monochromatic Art", Arts Benicia, Benicia, CA
"Aqueous", Art Fluent, (International) Boston, MA
"Navajo', (Permanent Collection) The Contemporary, Northern Waters Resort, Watersmeet, MI
2023
In Studio, By Appointment Only: 3/23-12/23
Moving Studio, California to KC, KS: 1/23-3/23
Indigenous", The Contemporary, Northern Waters Resort, Watersmeet,MI
2022
"Kandy Kultur", Core Art Gallery, Lakewood, COLO
"October Group Art Show", The Jones Gallery, Kansas City, MO
Textures & Forms, 2022, Las Laguna Art Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
A Night in Venice Gala, Triton Museum, Santa Clara, CA
April Open Studios, The Alameda ArtWorks, San Jose, CA
"Indigenous", The Contemporary, Northern Waters Resort, Watersmeet,MI
2021
"So Real - Surreal", O'Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA
"Indigenous", The Contemporary, Northern Waters Resort, Watersmeet, MI
"November National Group Art Show", The Jones Gallery, Kansas City, MO
"Ocean", Long Beach Creative Group (LBCG), Long Beach, CA
"Art in the Time of Corona", A Global Art Project, Dab Art Co., Los Angeles, CA
"September National Group Art Show", The Jones Gallery, Kansas City, MO
Open Studios: Fall 2021, The Alameda ArtWorks, San Jose, CA
Statewide 2D Art Competition, Triton Museum, Santa Clara, CA
"The Sky's The Limit", Las Laguna Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
"June National Group Art Show", The Jones Gallery, Kansas City, MO
"A Thousand Words", CORE New Art Space, Lakewood, CO
"Tribute: National: Homage to People, Places & Things", d'art Center, Norfolk, VA
Open Studios: Spring 2021, The Alameda ArtWorks, San Jose, CA
"April National Group Art Show", The Jones Gallery, Kansas City, MO
"Member Art Show", O'Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA
"A Moment of Reflection", O'Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA
2020
"April National Group Art Show", The Jones Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2019
"Group Show", Pence Gallery, Davis, CA
"Bay Area Women Artists", O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA
"Awakening The Spirit", Town Books, San Anselmo, CA
"Silicon Valley Open Studios", The Alameda ArtWorks, San Jose, CA
“Holiday Boutique”, The Alameda ArtWorks, San Jose, CA
“Fall Show: Benefit for Sacred Hearts”, The Alameda ArtWorks, San Jose, CA
2018
"Art of the Spirit“, O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA
"Artist of the Month", Simply Smashing, Campbell, CA
"Affordable Art Fair", JCOS Art Haus, Los Gatos, CA
"Silicon Valley Open Studios", The Alameda ArtWorks, San Jose, CA
“Holiday Boutique”, The Alameda ArtWorks, San Jose, CA
“Fall Show: Benefit for Sacred Hearts”, The Alameda ArtWorks, San Jose, CA
2017
"Bay Area Women Artists", O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA
“Sign of the Times“, O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA
"Holiday Boutique",The Alameda ArtWorks, San Jose, CA
"Silicon Valley Open Studios", The Alameda ArtWorks, San Jose, CA
"Affordable Art Fair", JCOS Art Haus, Los Gatos, CA
2016
“Dreamscapes“, O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA
“Spaces Exhibition”, SpacesWorks, Menlo Park, CA
“Holiday Boutique”, The Alameda ArtWorks, San Jose, CA
“Spaces Exhibition”, SpaceWorks, Menlo Park, CA
“Fall Show: Benefit for Sacred Hearts”, The Alameda ArtWorks, San Jose, CA
“Silicon Valley Open Studios”, The Alameda ArtWorks, San Jose, CA
“Black,White & Shades of Gray“, O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA
2015
“Sight & Insight”, O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA
“Holiday Boutique”, The Alameda ArtWorks, San Jose, CA
“Fall Show: Benefit for Sacred Hearts”, The Alameda ArtWorks, San Jose, CA
“Blue Umbrella Collaborative”, Cabrillo Festival, Santa Cruz, CA
“Silicon Valley Open Studios”, The Alameda ArtWorks, San Jose, CA
“Annual Member Show", O'Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA
2014
"Red", O'Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA
“Penny Arcade”, HIVE Artspace, York, PA
“Blue Umbrella Collaborative”, Cabrillo Festival, Santa Cruz, CA
“Holiday Boutique”, The Alameda ArtWorks, San Jose, CA
“Fall Show: Benefit for Sacred Hearts”, The Alameda ArtWorks, San Jose, CA
“Illustrated”, HIVE Artspace, York, PA
“Silicon Valley Open Studios”, The Alameda ArtWorks, San Jose, CA
“SVOS Special”, Los Altos Main Street Café and Book Shop, Los Altos, CA
“The Circus! Show”, Canvas Ghost Gallery, San Jose, CA
Featured Artist: “Love Actually”, Gallery of Dreams, Campbell, CA
“SweetheART Exhibit”, The Alameda Art Works, San Jose, CA
“Art & Healing”, Lafayette Park Hotel, NCGPS Annual Dinner, Lafayette, CA
“Watercolor: Outside the Lines”, O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA
2013
“Teeny Tiny Show”, Starkweather Arts, Romeo, MI
“Holiday Boutique”, The Alameda ArtWorks, San Jose, CA
“Fall Show: Benefit for Sacred Hearts”, The Alameda ArtWorks, San Jose, CA
2009 - 2012
Featured Artist: “Black Rhapsody” Asian Fusion Restaurant, Mountain View, CA
Resident Artist: Gallery of Dreams, Campbell, CA
Galleries
2016-2017
Gallery 24
24 North Santa Cruz Avenue
Los Gatos, California 95030
JJCO's Art Haus
University Avenue
Los Gatos, CA 95030
2009-2013
Gallery of Dreams
300 Campbell Avenue
Campbell, California 95008