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Jennifer Rozwood, known as "Roz" on stage, is well-rounded professional visual and performing artist.

She is an illustrator who specializes in cartooning and caricature, excels in illustrating anything from magazines, children's books, greeting cards to murals and is a master at drawing caricatures. Her artwork has appeared in such distinguished newspapers as the San Francisco Bay Guardian and The Weekly. She has designed and installed award-winning paintings and displays at music stores in the Bay Area, designed and painted two large-scale murals, several small mural projects as well as creating an illustrated series of ten animals to aid as an educational tool in the plight of endangered species.

I have been drawing cartoons ever since I was a child. At age six, I was being commissioned by my elementary school's faculty to create advertisements which involved signage, lettering, and illustrations for all kinds of events. I created signs for such events as bake sales, talent show, athletic events, and sock hops. Throughout the years, I enjoyed drawing cartoons to express stories and draw my teachers for fun. Unfortunately, the elementary and high schools I attended were unprivileged and could not afford an art program. However, I was involved in a talented and gifted program, where I excelled many creative projects, especially art. For two years I was accepted into an arts middle school in which I touched not only on art, but dance and theater programs as well. In 1994, I attended SUNY at Buffalo and graduated with a B.A. in Illustration.

In 1994, I first became aware of the art of caricature when I interviewed at a theme park in New York as a tattoo artist. Little did I know that the art of caricature existed or what it even was until the employer saw the major portfolio I kept throughout the years and designated me a caricature artist. The next day, I was thrown out to the wolves on the midway, so to speak, and began drawing caricatures for the public! I was influenced here and there by watching the other artists that I worked with, but from then on, I was able to create my own unique style.

In 1995, I began drawing caricatures for private, public, and corporate events as a caricature artist and worked for all kinds of clients and media as a cartoonist.

In the happy eve of June 21, 2005, Lance Diamond, Buffalo's #1 Lounge Act, introduced me to the entertainment world of caricatures! I drew caricatures during his Friday Happy Hour show at the old Zoo Bar in Buffalo, NY. People LOVED it! They loved it SO much that they never forgot! In 2005, when I went back to Buffalo for a visit, a few random people there stopped me and said, "Oh my god, it's you! You drew my caricature at Lance's shows! You're famous! Your should be on tv!" It is funny! Here are some links below:

http://www.esiartists.com/lancediamond/

http://www.joeh.com/goo/lance.html

http://www.buffalorising.com/home/archives/2005/02/mr_lance_diamon.php

If anyone ever showed me how to REALLY give your all to entertain, it is LANCE. His stylin, jim jammin' fab mamajama vocals and smoove brilliant moves really gets the audience boogin' down to the 70s with the likes of The Gap Band, Sly and the Family Stone, and The Commodores amoung others. He has a HUGE influence on both my visual and performing art career.

Bring it on, and bring it on down, supa fly, ya baaaad mamajama!

Since then, I have continued to expand my client base and reach new avenues with my fun and exciting talent!

I have illustrated for everything including magazines, children's books, greeting cards, and t-shirts. My artwork has appeared in all sorts of distinguished media including the San Francisco Bay Guardian, The San Francisco Weekly as well as fun courtroom sketches on KPIX 5 on the prime time evening news. I have designed and installed award-winning paintings and displays at music stores in the Bay Area, designed and painted two large-scale murals in New York, several small mural projects in San Francisco as well as creating cartoons for ALL sorts of projects for corporations, businesses, and individuals. I have had several art openings at galleries in New York and San Francisco and I anticipate many more.

My past clients include Intel, IBM, CBS KPIX 5, Kron 4, Old Navy/The Gap, Harrah's Casinos, Pier 39, Hornblower Cruises, The San Francisco Zoo, Clorox, Kaiser Permanente, Wells Fargo and Absolut Vodka.

Highlights of my career include traveling to New York City on several occasions to work at the famous caricature artist restaurant, Sardi's off Broadway in New York's theater district. http://www.sardis.com

Carol Bertelsen of Saratoga High School, Caricatures for Grad Night

"Thanks to you for being such a hit!!!! We will consider you for next year. Thanks again, Carol" -6.20.2006

La Tasha E, Caricatures for Kahlil's 4-Year-Old Birthday Party

"Hello, I just wanted to let you know, That you did a WONDERFUL JOB ..on all on the photos. The party was a total success, Thanks to you ! ..Everyone loved the pictures. Thanks again Roz ! Thanks soooo much. You are very good at what you do !! " 4.24.2006

Sheri Starko-Jones, Private Dinner Party, Bellydance

"Thank YOU!!! You were fantastic, and really helped to get the party going. Our guests were impressed, so I'm sure you'll get more business out of them. I'll be in touch for future events. Best, Sheri" -4.10.2006

Maryam Fariabi, 40th Surpirse 40th Party, Bellydance

"Roz,You are a very sweet person so I'm happy you enjoyed yourselfthanks for your sweet words and thanks to you for the amazing performances and the heart and soul you put into it. Chris had so much fun dancing w/you and the guests thought you were so talented. I spent about an hour talking about you with juan carlos the other day. You are an extremely talented dancer and an extremely sweet person. You have a lot of potential waiting to be achieved. Thank you so much for your awesome talent and performance that night!!!!!!" - 2.21.2006

Sun Culpepper, 40th Surprise Birthday Party, Bellydance

"Roz, You are so sweet. I am grateful to you for making our party and you were quiet a hit I must say!! You were much more then I expected and I couldn't be happier with your service. I hope that you will get more business from our guests and I will make sure I pass on your name for anyone who is interested.

All the best!" - 2.13.2006

Heidi Lyn Williams

"Thank you for the wonderful dancing at the Excelsior Supper Club. The tribal girls were supposed to dance and you came when

they didn't show. You were amazing! Will you be dancing anywhere soon?" - 2.8.2006

Egal M

"Roz, I wanted to thank you again for saturday night...you are an awesome dancer! everyone had great things to say about your performance. Feel free to use me as a testimonial and a reference! In fact a friend of mine asked about you and may call you for his upcoming party." - 2.8.2006

Christy Betancourt, mother of Shanice who had Roz draw caricatures at her 13th birthday party

"WOW ! Roz you sure are creative, make sure you bring a business card with you for future parties. I will definitely have to print our your ideas and consider some of them. Some of them are geared towards younger children and the blow up poster of my daughter was great but I think I'm a bit pressed for time to order that to get done, but you sure did come up with some creative things for them to do. Thank You!" -1.24.2006

Mariela de la Cerda, Bride to Be

"Hello Roz!! My name is Mariela. And boy I have a funny story for you. Two years ago thanks to you my life changed just a bit. Bouchon Bistro in Yountville had a Bastille day celebration. You were there. I was also there with some friends of mine. We all worked at Bouchon and had the day off and we assisted to the party. I saw this very classy, Jacky Kennedy looking woman with this beautiful black hat, drawing cartoons out of people. I always wanted mine done since I was a little girl. So I thought I had mine done. Anyway, I remember taking the drawing with me but left it on a table and another friend of mine found it minutes later. I saw them no long after that and they said they were meeting with friends for drinks later and invited me to come. But he held on to the drawing. One of his friends that met them afterwards saw the drawing and ask who she was and my friend said, "we are meeting her for drinks later tonight". With a smile on his face he said, "I have to meet her!". And he did, and now, two years later, we are planning our wedding!! We are getting married this July 8th. and I wanted you to be part of it too. We, in a way, met through your talent and wanted to have that same scenario happen during our wedding. Who knows maybe some else will be thanking you for making them look so good, or attractive enough in a cartoon drawing that later on brings them together for the rest of their lives.

So what do you say, how much will you charge us to have you be with us in our special day with your beautiful big black hat, which, I have to say, it's very classy. We are getting married in here in Napa Valley and we were thinking to just be for a couple of hours, the cocktail hour when we are getting our pictures taken, our guests can have their cartoon being drawn. What do you say??

Let me know, I really hope you can make it." - 1.26.2006

Melissa Prince of Larkspur Hotels

"I will definitely keep you in mind for our next event, or recommend to any corporate client. Everybody loved your drawings. Thank you for taking the time to write our name and phone number on ALL of the drawings you did." - 1. 25.2006 - Larkspur Hotels

Alex of Samba Dance Group, Birds of Paradise:

"Roz is a very talented and strong artist. Great dancer and caricaturist, she fights like a warrior to keep working on what she believes in... it's a pleasure to see her developing and moving on with her career despite of all hardships an artist faces in this world. Keep at it, baby, and you'll get there!!! " - 2005

Lance Freeman of Freelance Productions:

"Daaaaaamn! Roz, its official. You are the Hardest-Workin-Woman in Showbizness! I thought maybe it was just a stroke of good fortune and timing that you were doing as many gigs as you were last week during the love parade, et al. But it seemslike you be doin what you do on the regular. Way to go. That is really awesome to see an artist who is able to blend her creative with her business skills. Congrats on all the good gigs. Thanks for the good work on NYE. Spoke with the client today and they gave you guys rave reviews. Thanks for making me look good. " -1.1.2006 - Freelance Productions

Sunil Sahdeo of Roche Palo Alto:

"Hi Roz! Thank you so much, you did such a wonderful job. Everyone absolutely adored you!" -12.27.2005- Roche Biochemical Pharmacology

Lorraine Gilbert of CityScape Graphics:

"Well, we are off to press tomorrow with the holiday greeting card, and I will be sure to get you samples. Thanks for the great job, Roz! Everyone likes the card--thanks!" -12.23.2005- CityScape Graphics

Aykut of Aykut Events:

"Thank you VERY MUCH for bellydancing at our event, Roz. Big Kisses." 12.20.2005- Aykut Events

Elena Neustadt of Pier 39 Restaurants:

"Roz, Thanks so much for being part of our Holiday Party and drawing out caricatures! See you next year for sure! Have a wonderful Holiday Season! Thank You from everyone here at Pier Restaurants." 12.21.2005- Pier 39 Restaurants

Tad Barney of The Nose:

"Thanks for the report and for encouraging the crowd!" -12.21.2005- The Nose

Lynne Moore of Blood Centers of the Pacific:

"It was good seeing you too.. It was another successful holiday party!!! Thanks for the caricatures!" -12.20.2005- Blood Centers

Rae Martin of Associated Entertainment:

"Hi Roz, Thanks for pulling this off and cheering the crowd with your caricatures ~~~ I hope you had a good time :) Happy Holidays!" - 12.5.2005- Associated Entertainment

Adam Lipansky of Funky Lil' Shack:

"You're very welcome...We also love having you dance with us! I try to use you every chance i get! Cheers." 12.2.2005- Funky Little Shack

Alf Marcussen of Alf and Alf Event Planning:

"Oh Roz...you are the Best. Hey...YOU looked HOT at our Halloween party...as you could tell....Ilisted a few of you there. ;-)" 12.1.2005- Alf and Alf Event Planning

Parimal Rohit, CEO & Owner of the San Francisco Pilots Basketball Team:

"Roz,Thanks for the pictures! They look great ... of course they do! We have beautiful dancers! Thanks again!" 11.20.2005

Tarik Francis Kader of Love Play SF:

"Thanks for sharing your energy with the loveplay crowd. The name you give that energy is secondary to how the energy feels, from my perspective. You like people, for the most part, and it shows in your art."- 11.17.2005- Love Play SF

The Love Players:

"The LovePlay Panty Play Party was amazing! We had so much fun. Most people had arrived at the Crimson Lounge by eleven. Everyone was chatting, mingling, meeting a few new people, but all in all it was pretty tame. Then Roz started belly dancing, and all hell broke loose... Roz samba danced later in the evening... " 11.11.2005- Love Play SF

Justin Katz of Burning Man Decompression Parties:

"Hey roz - it was great having you there. More samba!!!" - 10.11.2005- Burning Man Decompression

Sami, Owner of The Duplex Nightclub:

"It was pleasure having you here. Thanks for the FUNK dancing!" -10.3.2005, The Duplex

Susan Spinali of Future Families:

"Roz, Thank YOU!!! You were quite a hit! Everyone loved your beautiful drawings. We will definitely keep you in mind for future events!" -10.3.2005- Future Families

DJ Jeremiah:

"Hi Roz, I enjoyed your samba dancing very much. We will be work again soon." -9.29.2005- DJ Jeremiah

Ravyn of TAM Airlines and Brazil Fiesta:

"Hi Roz, It was our pleasure to have you at the expo on Wednesday. We are very fortunate to have someone so beautiful and talented to perform Samba representing Brazil. As you noticed, your performance made quite an impression on the expo participants that the other vendors were not entirely happy with us."- 9.23.2005- Brazil Fiesta and TAM Airlines

Emiliano Benevides of the band Bat Makumba:

"I just visited your site Roz and you are a wonderful artist. Congratulations and keep with such amazing work." 9.19.2005- Bat Makumba.

Howard Henderson of Bay City Events:

"I'm glad we got a chance to use your great caricature services again and you look just fine. Lets keep in touch!" -9.16.2005- Bay City Events

Ryan Oakes of The Tannen Promotions Group:

"Roz! It was great working with you on this alcohol promotion. You were perfect for thecaricature artist role, and I got wonderful reports back on the events you worked. We'll certainly keep you in mind if other events come about (also, I lookedat your site and see what you're capable of... Maybe we'll have a need sometime for one of your other many talents)." -9.16.2005- The Tannen Group

Private Birthday Party by Carol Quan:

"Thank you for the great job. Yeah, everyone was asking about you and raving about your caricature work. I will keep you in mind for next time." -9.12.2005

Josh Waldorph of Blackberry Farm:

"Thanks for your kind note. We appreciate your help and we will definitely contact you for future caricaturist scheduling. Thanks again!"- 8.20.2005- Blackberry Farm

Krishna at EBAY:

"Thank you once again for painting my caricature at the eBay live gala at Santa Clara.You are an extremely talented woman in addition to being well organised ..Some of our judgement on your artistic capability was more than justified. I will get in touch with you for any corporate events, as well as refer you to other corporate colleagues in Bay area. Best Wishes for a great future of continued success..."- 7.6.2005- Ebay

Diane Vinanti, Associate Producer of TBA Global Events:

"I wanted to send you a big THANKS for helping TBA Global Events make our Event a success. The Client was very happy and grateful. You were wonderful!! I hope the experience was a good one for you. I will keep all the info and contact you again should the need arise." -6.28.2005- TBA Global Events

Laura Seidenberg at the Equity Office:

"Loved your website ! Fun from the depths. Keep doing your good work !!! This world needs you . . ." -6.14.2005- Laura S.

Marcel Menard of the band SambaDa:

"Thanks for coming up on stage and shakin that samba thang! honestly you dance better than the others! Our regular dancers wanted the night off... Anyways, that was fun. Hope you had a good time!" -5.31.2005- Sambada

Paula Bonham of Hot Diggity Dog Pet Care:

"WOW! You're web site is so full of your multitude of fabulous achievements....You seem a true artist in and out....I am so impressed. Your work is really wonderful." -4.10.2005- Hot Diggity Dog

Amy Foster of Hornblower Cruises and Events:

"You're fabulous. you ROCK!"- 5.23.2005- Hornblower Cruises

Musicians, DJs, and Groups I have performed with:

Barely Human Dance Theater Group, http://www.csua.berkeley.edu/~scharpen/Barely/index2.html

Birds of Paradise, Samba Troupe, http://www.birdssf.com/

Christina Bailey Band, Rock Band, http://www.christinabailey.com/

Club Skirts, Go Go Dance, http://www.clubskirts.com/

Dj Dave D, DJ, http://www.djdaved.com/

DJ Jordan River, Party DJ, http://www.a-dj.com/

Double Funk Crunch, Funk Band, http://www.doublefunkcrunch.com/index2.html

Energia Do Samba Troupe, http://www.energiadosamba.com/

Funky LIittle Shack, Funk Party Band, http://www.funkylittleshack.com/

Go Go Tribe, Go Go Troupe, http://www.gogotribe.com/

Hot Pink Feathers, Burlesque Troupe, http://www.hotpinkfeathers.com/

Red Eye Foundation, DJ Group, http://www.redeyefoundation.com/

Red Planet Productions, Resident DJs

San Francisco School of Samba Troupe, http://www.sidneybrazil.com/

SF Pilots Basketball Team, Hip Hop Dancer, http://www.sfpilotsonline.com

Society of Groove, Go Go/DJ Troupe, http://www.societyofgroove.com/

Teeze, Rock Band, http://www.teezetheband.com/dancers/

The Jet Set, Rock Band, http://www.sfjetset.com/

Brasil Fiesta, http://www.brazilfiesta.com/links.html

Places I have performed:

1015 Folsom, http://www.1015.com/, San Francisco, go go

107.7 The Bone, San Francisco, rock dancer

111 Minna, http://www.111minnagallery.com, San Francisco, go go

12 Galaxies, San Francisco, bellydancer and go go dancer

Al Fanous restaurant, San Francisco, bellydance

An Sibin, San Francisco, bellydance

Bimbo's 365 Club, http://www.bimbos365club.com/, San Francisco, burlesque

Britannia Arms, http://www.britanniaarms.com/sanjose_es.html, San Jose, rock dancer

Caliente, SF, Salsa Dancer

Carnaval & Gay Pride, SF, Samba 2001-2005

Carnaval, http://www.carnavalsf.com/, San Francisco

Casablanca Café, SF, bellydance

Castro Street Fair, SF, bellydance

Cherry Bar, http://www.clubskirts.com/cherrybar.html, San Francisco, burlesque, samba, funk

Chi Chi Bar, San Francisco, go go

Circus Circus Casino, Vegas, showgirl

Club Caliente, San Francisco, salsa

Club Galia, http://www.gildedserpent.com/articles8/clubgaliareview.htm, San Francisco, bellydance

Club RA, Las Vegas, go go, hip hop

Clus Bas, http://www.clubbas.com/, San Francisco, go go

Coyote Ugly, NYC & Vegas, go go

Dios De Los Portugal, San Jose, Samba

El Rio, SF, Samba Dance

Elbo Room, Samba with Bat Matkumba, Sambada, and Mucho Axe

Excelsior Club, SF, Samba and Bellydance

Exotic Erotic Ball, SF, Samba Dance and Co-Host on burlesque stage

Fourth of July, Bolinas, Samba

Fourth of July, Seaside, CA, bellydance parade

Fourth of July, SF, bellydance at Front Room

Hard Rock Café, http://www.hardrock.com/, San Francisco, rock dance

Harry Denton's Rouge, SF, Go Go Dance

Hi F I Lounge, http://www.sfstation.com/clubs/hi-fi.htm, San Francisco, go go dance

Hotel Nikko, SF, Samba Dance

Kelly's Mission Rock, SF, Go Go Dance

Last Day Saloon, San Francisco, rock dancer

Leticia's on the Castro, San Francisco, go go

Love Parade 2004/2005, SF, Go Go Dance

Marrakech, Bellydance

Medjool, SF, bellydance for Aykut Events

Mighty Club, SF, Go Go Dance

Mountain View Art and Wine Fest, Mountain View, CA 2005, Funk

Pasha, SF, bellydance

Pink SF, go go dancer

Pride Parade, http://www.sfpride.org, San Francisco, samba

Red Devil Lounge, San Francisco, rock and funk dance

Roccopolco, SF, Samba Dance

Ruby Skye, San Francisco, go go

San Francisco Supper Club, SF, Go go

SF Pilots Basketball, Hip Hop & breakdance Dance Team

Stratosphere, Las Vegas, Bellydancer 5 nights a week

Studio Z, SF Go Go Dance

The Cannery, San Francisco, Funk

The Gainsvoort Hotel, NYC, Samba

The Glas Kat, http://www.glaskat.com/, San Francisco, Go Go

The Odeon, San Francisco, Burlesque

The Pound, San Francisco, rock dancer

The Ramp, SF, Samba Dance

The Roxy, http://www.roxynyc.com, NYC, go go

The Velvet Lounge, San Francisco, burlesque and funk

Toungue and Groove, San Francisco, rock dancer

Up & Down Club, http://www.sfstation.com/bars/updownclub/index.htm, San Francisco, go go dance

Webster Hall, http://www.webster-hall.com/, NYC, hip hop

Whitney Museum, San Francisco, bellydance

Za Spot, http://sanfrancisco.citysearch.com/profile/868212/, San Francisco, go go dance