Featured in EST/LA Stories to Break the Silence lobby display

On August 13th, EST/LA is presenting an evening of stories by women who, in the wake of the Dobbs decision, have come together to share their personal journeys of reproductive struggles, body autonomy and gender. All of the proceeds from the evening will be donated to Planned Parenthood.

Jen Kays’ work will be featured in the lobby display showing a variety of figurative art/portraits by women/woman identifying artists depicting women/women identifying subjects.

For more information please visit: www.estlosangeles.org

Atwater Village Theatre 3269 Casitas Ave, Los Angeles CA

Artist Bio

Artist Bio

Jen Kays is a Los Angeles based artist. Originally from Kalamazoo, Michigan, she has collected a life’s worth of fascination with humans and various day jobs. She studied acting with Jose Quintero in Florida, armed herself with empathy and moved to Los Angeles in 1994, as a theatre maker. She was just in time for the earthquake and several years of butlering, catering and cleaning roses for a floral designer. A couple of years were spent in Seattle making soup in an organic artisan bakery, renewing her sense of humor and performing in a Punk Rock Opera where she was roundly booed by impatient record release party goers.  Upon returning to Los Angeles, she continued to work in the arts as an actor, producer, voiceover artist, literary director and associate artistic director. In 2004, she began scenic painting for Circle X Theatre Company, The Boston Court Theatre and on numerous independent theatrical productions.  She started exploring things on canvas in 2009, at which point her work began to be commissioned and she started her formal training with Richard Shelton in 2014.  This year she participated in the group show Sound Affects at the Showboat Gallery in Highland Park and was the featured artist in the Fall Equinox at Cabin No. 56 Gallery in the Angeles National Forest. She still has a day job, is a champion of theatrical work and sometimes acts, but loves the smell of linseed oil the best. Her work stems from the desire to express the feelings within a single moment, that is to say, stories you know just by looking at them. She loves people because they are beautiful and amazing. 

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