{"product_id":"jen-orpin-holding-on-to-day","title":"74. Jen Orpin - Holding On To Day","description":"\u003cp\u003e2026\u003cbr\u003eOil on cradled panel\u003cbr\u003e12.5 x 17.5 x 2 cm\u003cbr\u003eSigned on Verso\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJen Orpin is a Manchester-based painter whose work explores roads, motorways, everyday structures and the liminal landscapes that surround them. Working primarily in oil paint on canvas, birch plywood, and cradled panels, Orpin transforms overlooked infrastructure into emotionally resonant spaces, treating roads and transient environments as sites of memory, nostalgia, and human connection. Her paintings focus on the quiet significance of the journeys people make and the environments that shape everyday life, elevating places often dismissed as mundane into contemplative landscapes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBased at Rogue Artists' Studios, Orpin is a full-time practising artist and a member of the Manchester Academy of Fine Arts. In 2019, she co-founded Rogue Women, curating and organising four survey exhibitions featuring members and invited artists from across the UK. She is also the founder of A Small Space Artist Collective.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHer motorway paintings have received significant media attention, featuring in The Guardian online, twice in The Observer New Review, on BBC Radio 6 Music, and on ITVX.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOrpin studied Fine Art at Manchester Metropolitan University, graduating with a BA (Hons) in 1996, following an Art Foundation at West Surrey College of Art and Design.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eRecent solo exhibitions include \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eThe Architecture of Connection\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e at Saul Hay Gallery (2025), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eA Navigation of Memory\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e at Jari Lager Gallery (2024), and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eWe Left Nothing Behind\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e at Union Gallery (2024).\u003c\/span\u003e She has also presented solo projects at Art Busan and exhibited internationally in Norway, Greece, Indonesia and South Korea.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHer work has been selected for the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition for the past three consecutive years and has appeared in exhibitions including ING Discerning Eye, The London Group Open, the New Light Art Prize, and the London Art Fair.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHer paintings are held in collections including Manchester Art Gallery and The New Art Gallery Walsall.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"AOAP Projects","offers":[{"title":"No insurance (+£0)","offer_id":57733088477558,"sku":null,"price":1000.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"UK insurance (+£15)","offer_id":58013628793206,"sku":null,"price":1015.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Europe insurance (+£25)","offer_id":57987870065014,"sku":null,"price":1025.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Rest of World insurance (+£35)","offer_id":57987870097782,"sku":null,"price":1035.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2714\/0060\/files\/Artwork74.jpg?v=1776949515","url":"https:\/\/aoapprojects.com\/products\/jen-orpin-holding-on-to-day","provider":"AOAP Projects ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}