Gretchen Jane Mentzer is a sculptor and installation artist whose work engages landscape and environments, both natural and constructed. Her work has been exhibited at The Bolinas Museum and the Koahsiung Museum of Fine Arts in Taiwan. She has had residencies at the Headlands Center for the Arts, Djerassi Resident Artists Program and the Hall Farm Center in Vermont among others. Mentzer has created many extraordinary installations and environments throughout her years as an artist, always maintaining a respect for materials and an instinct for natural forms and process. She lives in Mill Valley, California.