Bio & CV
Portrait by Jeff Stockton
Jennifer Chenoweth’s artistic inquiry into the creative process and use of materials parallels the philosophic inquiry of becoming and being. She incorporates all approaches of art making in mixed media, from careful rendering in oil paint, to casting concrete in modular forms, to outsourced fabrication with industrial finishes.
Professional Achievements: Jennifer was the Featured Artist for the Umlauf Garden Party in 2013, and gave an Insights talk at the Umlauf Sculpture Garden and Museum. Her recent work has been shown at The People’s Gallery at Austin City Hall 2006-2013; at the Courtyard Gallery for a solo show, and at the Creative Research Lab in group shows at The University of Texas at Austin; at her studio and home for the East Austin Studio Tour since its inception in 2003; at Decorazon Gallery in Dallas, Texas producing a collaborative show Shine + Burn: Chenoweth & Campbell in 2008, and at art fairs in London, Miami, New York and Santa Fe. She was a presenter for Pecha Kucha Austin Vol. 8. Her work has also been shown in Kansas City, Santa Fe, San Antonio and Houston.
Education: Chenoweth holds a B.F.A. in Painting and Sculpture from Kansas City Art Institute in Kansas City, Missouri; a M.A. from the “Great Books” program at St. John’s College in Santa Fe, New Mexico; and a M.F.A. in Painting from The University of Texas at Austin in Austin, Texas. Additionally, Jennifer has taken private studio courses from Sam Scott in Santa Fe and an intensive language course in ancient Greek.
Current: Chenoweth has served as a panelist for the City of Austin’s Art in Public Places program, and is a WBE certified vendor through the City of Austin as Fisterra Studio. She founded GenerousArt.org to support creativity and community through art sales that sustain artists and nonprofits. She was an Essentials Class Member of 2012 in Leadership Austin. She works in Austin, Texas in her studio, and as a member of collaborative design teams, designing and creating commissioned private and public artwork.
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