Jen Orpin (born Surrey, England, 1974) lives and works in Manchester. She studied at Manchester Metropolitan University (BA 1996) and has been a member of Rogue artists’ Studios since 2000, she is also a Member of Manchester Academy of Fine Arts. She co-founded Rogue Women in 2019 and has organised and curated four survey exhibitions of its members and invited guest artists from around the UK and is the founder of A Small Space Artist Collective. Her motorway paintings have featured in several publications including the Guardian online and twice in the Observer’s New Review and on BBC Radio 6music and ITVX. As well as being selected and invited into group shows across the UK and abroad, she’s also exhibited at art fairs in Manchester, London, South Korea and has been selected for the last three Royal Academy Summer Shows. She’s had solo shows in Manchester, London and Seoul and her work is held in private collections both here and internationally. Her work is also held in two public collections including New Art Gallery, Walsall and Manchester Art Gallery.