Jennifer Bartlett

Jennifer Bartlett (American, born 1941) was a painter and printmaker known for system-based compositions that merge conceptual structure with exuberant image-making. She often worked with enamel-coated steel plates arranged in grids, building large works from repeated units while allowing variation and improvisation. Bartlett moved fluently between abstraction and representation—recurring motifs like houses, oceans, and gardens—using seriality as a way to think through perception and memory. Her work is frequently associated with postminimal and “New Image” approaches that reintroduced narrative and depiction without abandoning rigour.