Char Jeré
Periodic Table of Black Revolutionaries METAR, 2023
LEDs, foamboard, Raspberry Pi
60 x 40 inches (152.4 x 101.6 cm.);
60 3/4 x 41 x 4 inches (154.3 x 104.1 x 10.2 cm.) framed
Char Jeré
Paths, 2024
Oil, acrylic, spray foam, collage on plywood
96 x 48 inches (243.8 x 121.9 cm.)
Char Jeré
Canvas is Dead, 2024
Acrylic, spray foam, oil pastel, collage on plywood
96 x 48 inches (243.8 x 121.9 cm.)
Char Jeré
Circadian, 2024
Acrylic, grease, bleach on plywood
24 x 48 inches (61 x 121.9 cm.)
Char Jeré
Funeral Man, 2024
Acrylic, church fan, collage, wire on canvas
48 x 46 1/2 inches (121.9 x 118.1 cm.)
Char Jeré
Fire This Time, 2024
Acrylic, charcoal, collage on plywood
48 x 96 inches (121.9 x 243.8 cm.)
Char Jeré
Over Hope..., 2024
Acrylic, oil pastel, chalk, collage on plywood
96 x 48 inches (243.8 x 121.9 cm.)
Char Jeré
Genuflect Symphony, 2024
Comet, Marsona sleep aides, circuits, satellite
dishes, church fans, oscilloscope
Dimensions variable
In layered installations, Char Jeré draws on Afro-fractalist theory, her own autobiography, and a background in data analytics to examine the ways in which the built networks of our world enact a complicated relationship between race and technology.
Char Jeré lives and works in Brooklyn. In 2023, Artists Space presented Zoo or Orchestra, Char Jeré’s first exhibition in New York. In 2024, Jeré was included in the gallery’s group exhibition, Eighteen Painters, and additionally included in Peripheral Belonging, at GhostMachine, New York. She received a MFA in Sound Art from the Computer Music Center at Columbia University in 2023. Additionally, Jeré earned an MS in Data Analytics and Visualization from Pratt Institute in 2021.
