Jen Harmon Allen

JEN HARMON ALLEN is a Utah sculptor and installation artist whose subject matter is the human body with a psychological backstory. She grew up in Connecticut where she learned to look for stone walls and abandoned house foundations in the woods near her home. She studied bronze casting at Wellesley and received her MFA at Brigham Young University. She states: “The human spirit is forever but it knows that the body is not. Faced with the reality of the body’s eventual treachery, our spirit wants to be given credit for sticking around. So I create work that points to ways the human spirit leaves traces of itself all over the place. An empty dress or an army of miniature legs marching through space are examples of this pull between body and spirit. I’m always looking for signs of life in objects.” Harmon Allen lives in Eagle Mountain, Utah, with her husband and two rambunctious sons. Her work can be seen at www.plasterwoman.com.