Jennifer Zackin
Pachakuti, 2002
Rope and textile dye
Dimensions variable
Special thanks: Eugene Satterfield, Safi Aldright, Reynaldo Henriquez, Paul Jacobson, Taylor Wyoming, Christine Wittaker, Linda & David Zackin, Doug Didyoung, Stella Yoon, and Audrey Capers

Born 1970
Lives & works in Brooklyn

Education:
1999 M.F.A.; The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
1998 Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture,
Skowhegan, ME
1992 B.F.A.; Parson School Design, New York, N.Y
1991 Studio Art Center International, Florence, Italy

Jennifer Zackin has been exhibiting nationally andinternationally; most recently she was featured in the2002 Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art,New York, NY (2002). She has participated in thematicgroup exhibitions at the Art Omi Ten Year AnniversaryExhibition, Paul Rodgers Gallery, New York, NY (2002);La Galeria de Euriodiomas, Lima, Peru (2002); VideoMarathon, Art in General, New York, NY (2002); Rumorsof War, Triple Candie, New York (2001); Aim 21, TheBronx Museum of Arts, Bronx, NY (2001); Freestyle, TheStudio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY & The SantaMonica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA (2001); NotQuite Myself Today, Arizona State University ArtMuseum, Tempe AZ (2001); 2001 Biennial, PortlandMuseum of Art, MA (2001); Culture of Class, TheMaryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD(2000); Artlink @ Sotheby's, Tel Aviv, Israel &Chicago, IL (1999); Inaugural Exhibition 1998: NewArtists in Chicago, Terra Museum of American Art,Chicago, IL (1998); Jennifer has had a soloexhibition at Indigo Gallery, Kathmandu, Nepal (2000).

Pacha - realm, world, universe
Kuti - turn and/or movement

Pachakuti is a Site Specific installation using 15,600
feet of 3/8-inch cotton rope to wrap approximately 50
trees. The trees are wrapped from 18" to 90" from the
ground. Each tree has 35 leveled strips painted with
textile dye.