ABOUT
Marzipan Physics is the pseudonym of NYC-based artist Jennifer Ross. She was born in 1972 in London, UK, to American parents, and was raised in London, Brussels, and Scarsdale, New York. Ross graduated from Yale University with a BA in painting and graphic design, and has been creating physical and digital art ever since. She has also had a long career as a UX/Visual Designer, which informs her art practice. She has exhibited her work in many group shows throughout New York City, as well as internationally and in the metaverse.
ARTIST STATEMENT
My work explores our relationship with time, reality and technology, and the relationships between the three. Using both traditional and digital media, I create imagined worlds where elements of past, present and future, from timelines both real and imagined, overlap and collide in ways both jarring chaotic and harmonious. My work reflects on the intertwining of human consciousness with technology, the desire to escape into a fantasy or dream world, and internal conflicts between future-optimism and the nightmarish aspects of the past and present. I seek to express human-ness through the lens of extraterrestrial beings, incorporating playful humor, and varied references from the realms of pop culture, art history, science fiction, video games, and physics. The digital images and animations that I create using 3D modeling software serve as references for my drawings and paintings, which use expressive brushwork and textures to highlight the contrasts between the physicality of painting and the intangible nature of digital art.