Jennifer Lugris
I Think I'm Gonna Like It Here, 2025
acrylic on canvas
48 x 48 inches
C-lective Curator’s Cut:
I Think I’m Gonna Like It Here leans into Jennifer’s playful clarity and emotional sincerity that define her practice, presenting a rare single-panel composition grounded in a soft, baby pink field that immediately sets a tone of openness and ease. Two daisy-like figures occupy the space as the central protagonists, rendered with her signature textured, patterned surfaces that recall a storybook sensibility while still carrying a distinctly contemporary edge. Rooted in themes of generational sacrifice and inherited resilience, the work echoes the idea of “Bloom where you are planted,” suggesting a quiet assertion of selfhood within conditions that are not entirely natural yet fully embraced. In this way, the piece becomes both playful and declarative, a celebration of thriving through color, imagination, and the gentle insistence on joy.
Jennifer Lugris
We Love Jennifer. She is a Sacramento-based artist who creates bright, joyful works of art as a way to honor her complex heritage and to celebrate the beauty of everyday life. With a family history marked by both tragedy and triumph, she is deeply attuned to life’s fragility and responds by painting her daily experiences as vibrant, patterned scenes filled with gratitude and presence.
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Bachelors Degree in French from Rutgers University
Post‑Baccalaureate Certificate in Visual Arts from UC Berkeley Extension
Masters of Fine Art in Painting, University of California, Santa Barbara
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National Endowment for the Arts Grant Recipient
Funded by the California Arts Council
Honored with the Linda A. Day Endowed Student Award during her MFA
Her works are included in key collections at Meta (Facebook), UC Davis Health, and the Art, Design & Architecture Museum in Santa Barbara
Completed a significant 40 × 9 ft mural installation with Meta Open Arts in San Francisco (2021)
Serves as Chair of the Art Department at Sierra College in Rocklin, CA
“My paintings honor my refugee grandparents and parents who risked everything to offer future generations better opportunities.”
Her multi-paneled works reflect the layered nature of her identity, refusing to confine her story to a single frame. As a culturally mixed Uruguayan, Korean, Spanish American who was raised Catholic and is now raising Jewish children, Lugris embraces multiplicity as both a personal truth and artistic framework.
Having grown up fielding curious questions about her background, she recreates that experience for viewers—inviting them to piece together meaning from richly detailed, interconnected elements, just as she has done throughout her life.
Interviews in progress, please check back soon!