jennifer brou
South Portland, ME
Jennifer Brou (b. 1975) is an artist, designer, and educator based in South Portland, Maine. Her multifaceted studio practice includes knitwear design, drawing, and photography. Jennifer currently teaches in the Foundation and Continuing Studies Programs at Maine College of Art & Design.
Jennifer has 13 years of experience as a designer and developer in the footwear industry and has been designing hand-knit garments and accessories since 2016. Her knitwear designs have been widely published in international publications such as Amirisu, Beloved Patterns, Laine, Making Magazine, and Making Stories, and have been included in the collections of Woolfolk, Brooklyn Tweed, and Farmer’s Daughter Fibers.
Her drawings have been exhibited at the Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Sarah Bouchard Gallery, Taymour Grahne Projects, Zero Station, University of New England, Easthaus Gallery, Buoy Gallery, Institute of Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art & Design, and Cicada.
Selected Works
Early Spring
33 x 24.5 inches (drawing)
41 x 32.75 inches (framed)
Graphite on drafting film
2024
![Midsummer
33 x 24.5 inches (drawing)
41 x 32.75 inches (framed)
Graphite on drafting film
2024 [sold]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69df952ced2431242d7919b8/c30b384f-cd01-4c2f-b01a-a83f08faded2/Midsummer_Jennifer-Brou.jpg)
Midsummer
33 x 24.5 inches (drawing)
41 x 32.75 inches (framed)
Graphite on drafting film
2024 [sold]
Winter Sunset
33 x 24.5 inches (drawing)
41 x 32.75 inches (framed)
Graphite on drafting film
2025
Slow Thaw
33 x 24.5 inches (drawing)
41 x 32.75 inches (framed)
Graphite on drafting film
2025
Altar
33 x 24.5 inches (drawing)
41 x 32.75 inches (framed)
Graphite on drafting film
2026
April
33 x 24.5 inches (drawing)
41 x 32.75 inches (framed)
Graphite on drafting film
2026
First Snow
33 x 24.5 inches (drawing)
41 x 32.75 inches (framed)
Graphite on drafting film
2026
Ghost Pipes
33 x 24.5 inches (drawing)
41 x 32.75 inches (framed)
Graphite on drafting film
2026
Late Afternoon
33 x 24.5 inches (drawing)
41 x 32.75 inches (framed)
Graphite on drafting film
2026
Long Shadows
33 x 24.5 inches (drawing)
41 x 32.75 inches (framed)
Graphite on drafting film
2026
Melting Snow
33 x 24.5 inches (drawing)
41 x 32.75 inches (framed)
Graphite on drafting film
2026
Moonrise
33 x 24.5 inches (drawing)
41 x 32.75 inches (framed)
Graphite on drafting film
2026
November
33 x 24.5 inches (drawing)
41 x 32.75 inches (framed)
Graphite on drafting film
2026
Traveling Sky
33 x 24.5 inches (drawing)
41 x 32.75 inches (framed)
Graphite on drafting film
2026
exhibits
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Somewhere Still
Jennifer Brou
October 3 – November 8, 2026 [link:/under-world]
Artist Statement
My practice is based on the ritual of wandering.
Whether isolated in the woods or deeply invested in a drawing, I allow myself to become lost in the process. I use photography and rendering from direct observation to record my subjects and bring them to my studio, where I combine them with imagined elements.
Drawing in this manner is both a wandering and a search for stillness; a translation and distillation of place into an accumulation of marks. This ritual draws my subjects closer through slow, meticulous contemplation, an act of devotion that creates spaces in which to get lost.
CV
Resides: South Portland, ME
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1997
B.F.A. Longwood University, Farmville, VA
Cum Laude1996
Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland
Summer Residency Program -
2026
Somewhere Still, Sarah Bouchard Gallery, Woolwich, ME -
2026
A Look at ME: Paintings from Maine, Taymour Grahne Projects online exhibition, curator: Gail Spaien
ARTPM 2025, Buoy Gallery, Kittery, ME2025
2025 BIENNIAL, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, jurors: Tom Keyes, Keith Fox, William Hathaway, curator: Grant Wahlquist, Rockland, ME
Little Death Art Market, jurors: Katia Dermott, Micah Sanders, Blue Hill, ME
Iced-Over Flowers, Easthaus Gallery, jurors: Drew Eastwood, Alyssa Schadhauser, Portland, ME
ARTPM 2025, Buoy Gallery, Kittery, ME
Collect, Institute of Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art & Design, Portland, ME2024
Collect, Institute of Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art & Design, Portland, ME
Speedwell Shop, Speedwell Projects, Portland, ME
Inclusion in Flat Files, Zero Station, Portland, ME2023
Seeking Light, University Of New England, curator: Hilary Irons, Portland, ME
Collect, Institute of Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art & Design, Portland, ME
Excerpts, Zero Station, curator: J. E. Paterak, Portland, ME
Inclusion in Flat Files, Zero Station, Portland, ME
Speedwell Shop, Speedwell Projects, Portland, ME
Woolgathering, curator: Annika Early, Cicada online exhibition2022
Collect, Institute of Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art & Design, Portland, ME -
2025
Figure Drawing Workshop, Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME2024
Art In Bloom Drawing Workshop, Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME
Figure Drawing Workshop, Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME2022
Superhero Drawing Workshop, Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME
Beginning Knitting, Misha & Puff, Newburyport, MA -
2025
“Painting the Town: CMCA’s 2025 Biennial,” Boston Art Review, November 24
“Maine, Contemporary” Midcoast Villager, October 23
“This year’s CMCA biennial spans 97 works by 29 artists with ties to Maine,” Portland Press Herald, October 8
Portland Drawing Survey, Issue 2, curator: Jo Ophardt, October2023
“Through nature and landscape, Portland art shows explore existential questions,” Portland Press Herald, December 17
“Two tucked-away Portland galleries have shows to lure you,” Portland Press Herald, July 2 -
1997
Arts Foundation Scholarship, Longwood University, Farmville, VA
Franklin Federal Art Scholarship, Longwood University, Farmville, VA1995
Lucille Walton Scholarship, Longwood University, Farmville, VA
Longwood Visual Arts Scholarship, Longwood University, Farmville, VA
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