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Brought up in New York City, Jenny Krasner has worked with welded steel sculptures, digital photographic composites, mixed media assemblage and performance art employing innovative conceptual, visual and technological styles. Photographing throughout America, Europe and Asia, Krasner brings a diverse global and stylistic perspective as an educator and creator. Krasner was recently chosen to create a ten by forty-two foot installation for the 56^th 2015 Edition of the Venice Biennale in the Swatch Pavilion at Arsenale Nord. The recent Recipient of a 6 month residency fellowship at The Swatch Art Peace Hotel in Shanghai, China, Krasner was also appointed as a committee member on the College Art Associations Services to Artists Committee 2012-2015. Exhibitions include: The Bronx Museum, The Jersey City Museum, The Trenton Museum, Johnson & Johnson World Headquarters, NURTUREart, Oxford University and The American Academy in Rome. Krasner is the recipient of the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Grant, The Moore Scholarship for Fine Art and the Oxford University Scholarship to Italy. She is featured in the New York Foundation for the Arts “Business of Art” website, The New Orleans Review and recently exhibited her solo exhibition at Shanghai Art Space. Krasner received an M.F.A. from Columbia University, B.F.A. and M.A. from The Ruskin School of Fine Art, Oxford University and B.A. from Hamilton College. Krasner has lectured and taught at Spelman College, Emory University, Pratt and The Savannah College of Art and Design in Atlanta and Savannah. Krasner lives and works in New York City.

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BORN
New York, New York

EDUCATION

Columbia University, New York, NY; M.F.A.
Oxford University, The Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art, Oxford, England; B.F.A., M.A.
Hamilton College, Clinton, NY; B.A.

EXHIBITIONS

The Venice Biennale, 56th Edition, “All the World’s Futures” curator by Okwui Enwezor, 10′ x 42′ installation in the Swatch Pavillion, Arsenale Nord

The Clemente, group exhibition, 107 Suffolk Street, NYC

FACES & TRACES – a tribute to freedom, creativity and vision. A contemporary arts exhibition, The Swatch Art Peace Hotel, Shanghai October 31st, 2014 – January 31st, 2015

Resnick Gallery, “Ism’s: A Political and Social Dialogue”, Three person exhibition: Jenny Krasner, Tenjin Ikeda, and Tracy J. Molloy, 1 University Plaza, Brooklyn, NY

Artspace, “Something Blue”, group exhibition, New Haven, ConnecticutChinart Space, group exhibition, Association Francaise Des Collectionneurs Chinoises, Ave des Champs-Elysées 120,

Paris, France
SH Art Space, Solo Exhibition, “The Shanghai Series”, Curated by Liu Jinzhu, 111 Liyang Art District, Shanghai, China
Minsheng Art Museum, performance piece “In my Dreams”, Red Town, Shanghai, China
Kan Kan Media Space, “Here, There and Everywhere” Curated by Paulina Salas Ruiz, Graffiti Park, Shanghai, China
Swatch Art Peace Hotel, Solo Exhibition, “Made in China”, Bund 19, Shanghai, China
102 Gallery, group show, (M50)Moganshan Lu, Shanghai, China
SURGE art fair, River South Art Center, Nan Suzhou Lu, Shanghai, China
Ian Peck Gallery, NYC
The Foreign Correspondents Club, “Cambodia Reflections”, Siem Reap, Cambodia
The Dewberry Gallery, “Paper Doesn’t Lie”, Atlanta, GA
The Tomasulo Gallery, “Party Line” Jenny Krasner, Dahlia Elsayed and Amy Wilson, Cranford, NJ
Studioplex, Atlanta, GA
Shannon Grant Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Stone Four Media, Atlanta, GA
New York State Environmental Agency, “Artists who work with Discards; Media and Message”
Jenny Krasner, Chakaia Booker, and Valeri Larko Bolton’s Landing, NY
Stone Four Media, ARTvision 2007, Atlanta, GA
Museum of Contemporary Art, “Off-The-Wall”, Atlanta, GA
Emory University, “Emory Recycles” Atlanta, GA
Solo Exhibition: FUSION, “The Beijing Series”, West 54^th St., NYC
Solo Exhibition: Norton Hall, “Selected Photographs“, East 37^th St., NYC
Solo Exhibition and Performance Piece: “On The Street”, Krasner Gallery NYC
Makor/Steinhardt Center of the 92nd Street Y, a One Day Multi-Media Festival. NYC
“Wondering” curated by Anat Litwin, 92nd Street Y, NYC
Thirdstone Gallery, Saugatuck, Michigan
Up Front Art Gallery, “Surprise Package”, curated by John Scott. Chelsea, NYC
Spike Gallery, “Nurturing the New”, Chelsea, NYC
NURTUREart, “It was here a minute ago”, curated by Veronica Mijelshone, NYC
Proctor Gallery, Santa Rosa Beach, FL
The Seaside Institute, Santa Rosa Beach, FL
Debs & Co., “Art Star/Sausage Factory”, NYC
‘Quinn’, a nomadic art event, Bulldog Studios Curated by Gregory Slick, Beacon, NY
Symbol Gallery, ‘Angels’, NYC
Williamsburg Art + Historical Center, ‘Brave Destiny’ Brooklyn, NY
Galerie Lelong, ‘Postcards on the Edge’, NYC
Rotunda Gallery, curated by Greg Brickey, Jersey City, NJ
Victory Hall, “Built to Form”, Jersey City, NJ
Sperone Westwater, ‘Postcards on the Edge’, NYC
Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College, Clinton, NY
NY Urban Experience Museum, ‘Cat Calls’, NYC
Ian Peck Gallery, 980 Madison Ave., NYC
Alliance Francaise, “Traces of Provence”, NYC
The Seaside Institute, “2D/3D”, Seaside, FL
‘Young at Art’, The Hope Center for the Visual and Performing Arts, Jersey City, NJ
Lindenberg Gallery, “Projects Room Exhibition”, 20^th St. Chelsea, NYC
Art on the Waterfront, ‘Peninsula Park Project’, curated by Robert Costa, Jersey City, NJ
B.U.M.F. Expo, curated by Robert Costa, Morgan Industrial Center, Jersey City, NJ
American Academy in Rome, Solo Exhibition: “Photographic Collages of Rome”, Rome, Italy
Richard Anderson Gallery, “The Passions of Art”, curated by Leon Golub, Chelsea, NYC
Fischer Center, “Absolute Exhibition”, Curated by James Surls, Snowmass Village, Colorado.
AAA Gallery, Solo Exhibition Chelsea, NYC
Erector Square Gallery, “Inspired Fear”, curated by Eileen Doktorski, New Haven, CT
Lukacs Gallery, “Body Apart”, Curated by Eileen Doktorski, Fairfield, CT
Tomasulo Gallery, Union County College, Cranford, NJ
Montclair State Art Gallery, “Exploring Undefined Boundaries”, Montclair, NJ
Ben Shahn Gallery, “Art: New Jersey”, curated by Ellen Harris, Director of the Montclair Art Museum
and Michael Bzdak, Director of the Johnson & Johnson Art Gallery, Wayne, NJ
New Jersey State Museum, “New Jersey Arts Annual”, Trenton, NJ
The Bronx Museum, “Artist in the Marketplace”, The Bronx, NY
Solo Exhibition: Johnson & Johnson Gallery, Johnson & Johnson World Headquarters, New Brunswick, NJ Jersey City Museum “Passages in Art”, curated by Alejandro Anreus, Jersey City, NJ
ALJIRA, A Center for Contemporary Art, “Definitive Decade”, Newark, NJ
Nabisco Gallery, “An Extra Dimension”, Nabisco Brands Inc., East Hanover, NJ

AWARDS + RESIDENCIES

TransCultural Exchange Conference, Boston, full scholarship
The Swatch Art Peace Hotel Shanghai China, Artist Residency Fellowship May 1st – Sept 1st
Awarded the New York Foundation for the Arts, Strategic Opportunity Stipend
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Residency Fellowship, Sweet Briar, VA
Photographic Residency in Siem Reap, Phnom Penh and Battambang, Cambodia with
humanitarian photojournalists: Karl Grobl, Gavin Gough, Marco Ryan and Matt Brandon
Makor/Steinhardt Center of the 92^nd Street Y, Artist-in-Residence through January 2006.
92^nd Street Y, Artist-in-Residence Scholarship NYC
The Seaside Institute, ‘Escape to Create’ Fellowship Seaside, FL
American Academy in Rome, Visiting Artist
The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Fellowship
Selected artist, “Artist in the Marketplace”, The Bronx Museum, Bronx, NY

PUBLICATIONS

Far Enough East, Literary Journal, Front Cover Photograph, 6 Digital Artworks and 5 Photographs included in Issue

YTL Life Magazine, Hong Kong, Featured artist interview, Issue 17 .pdf file
Featured on Photography of China web site, curated by Art Historian Marine Cabos
LOFT  “Spaces”, Hong Kong,  issue 8

The New Orleans Review, Collage Collaboration with writer Heather Sellers, Seven pieces, September Issue
Zeek Magazine, Cover, July issue
The Hamilton Review, interview, spring issue, p. 49

New York Foundation for the Arts, ‘Gallery Without Walls’, The Current, November issue.
“Power Play X”, 3^rd Floor Project Magazine, December Issue.
“Interview”, Goodie Magazine, December Issue
“It Was Here a Minute Age”, New York Magazine, April 18^th, p. 95, April 28^th, p. 101

“Sculptors in the City”, by Dan Bischoff, The Star- Ledger, October 20^th

“Inspired Fear”, by Michael Rush, Review, Sept.15
“Charting the Essence of Omnipresent Fear, by William Zimmer, The New York Times, Sept. 20

“Unusual Materials”, by William Zimmer, The New York Times, August 6, p.10
“A Robust Presentation in Arts Annual at State Museum”, by William Zimmer, The New York Times, June 5, p.12.
“Show Serves as a Cosmopolitan Clearing House for New Talent”, by Vivian Raynor, The New York Times, July 26, p.20.
“Silence Reigns in a Sculpture Garden With an Air of Mystery”, by Vivian Raynor, The New York Times, August 25, p.12

SELECTED PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS

COLLEGE ART ASSOCIATION

College Art Association Committee Member, Services to Artists Committee
College Art Association Conference, New York City,  Saturday ARTspace lectures:
“Art as Social Practice; Activism, Ethics and The Law”

TEACHING + LECTURES

Lecture, LIU, Brooklyn, “Made in China” April 22nd
Presentation, Seaside Repertory Theater “Made in China; A Mixed-Media Journey” Seaside, Fl
Visiting Artist, Seaside Neighborhood School, Seaside, Fl
Professor, Savannah College of Art and Design – Atlanta
Adjunct Professor, Spelman College, Atlanta, GA
Savannah College of Art and Design – Atlanta: Lecture: Professional Practices; The Business of Art
New York State Environmental Agency Conference: Artists Panel and lecture “Artists who work with Discards;
Media and Message”  Jenny Krasner, Chakaia Booker and Valeri Larko, Bolton’s Landing, NY
Emory University,Fine Art Department: Guest Lecturer: “Post-Schmutz: A Visual Diary of Detritus” Atlanta, GA
Visiting artist, Brookdale College, Brookdale, NJ
Nassau College, “Art Forum” lecture and presentation, Nassau County, NY
Savannah College of Art and Design – Savannah: Lecture and presentation
Savannah College of Art and Design – Savannah: Week long mixed-media workshop
Seaside Institute, lecture and presentation at the Seaside Institute, Seaside, FL
Makor/Steinhardt Center, of the 92^nd Street Y, lecture and presentation, NYC
Pratt, New York, visiting artist

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