Focused primarily on the female form, Jennie Bringaker’s sculptures delve into the intricacies of femininity, exploring how the idea of the feminine is perceived through form, materials, and artistic techniques. Her figures blur the boundaries between human and animalistic traits, challenging conventional notions of femininity as both endearing and domesticated, while also being sexualized and unruly.

In recent years Bringaker has been producing a body of works that incorporates animal figures and fruit, including the glazed stoneware pieces portraying wide-eyed female figures embracing, as if protecting, and merging with oversized turtles and pears. Her surreal tableaus show humanity’s symbiotic relationship with flora and fauna, prompting a rethinking of the human place in nature.

Some velvet evening presents an apocalyptic-like scene where a group of silver cats perch atop soft green human-shaped furniture. These cats, showing signs that they may not be ordinary domesticated cats but rather an alien species, exhibit exaggerated feminine features, embodying both allure, unpredictability, uncontrollability, and wildness.

Jennie Bringaker’s notable works and exhibitions include Overwhelmed (a performance featured in the exhibition Louise Bourgeois: Imaginary Conversations at The National Museum, Oslo, 2023); Hannah Ryggen Triennale 2022; Pint sized riot at the silent Retreat (Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo 2022), among others.