Jennifer Leibowitz's artistic practice seeks to introduce the imaginary into reality, creating a realm of increased possibility and calling into question the rational premises from which logic develops. Mementos of fictitious places acquire the role of talismans, protective amulets against the charms of consumption. The smuggled fragments infiltrate collections of ubiquitous objects, highlighting their omnipresence and demanding the observer to consider the aberration: What are its possible origins and what does it imply about the things it pretends to emulate? Jennifer received her BA at Emerson College, studied art and engineering at Portland Community College, and received her MFA at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She is currently the Long Term Resident at Sculpture Space and is teaching at the Munson, in Utica, NY and here at Colgate.