Artist statement

Fragments of the past echo within my installations. I create visual narratives combining self-portraiture and appropriated family snap-shots. Steel, glass, resin, ink, and satin become tangible reminders and residue from these narratives. The fragility of satin and glass is held together by the imprinting of ink and the fortification of steel. Multiple repetitive elements reiterate and reconstruct the moment. Repetition becomes a metaphor for the fragmentation of a memory and the desire to recapture those ephemeral moments. Resin and glass frames recreate the experience of procession down an aisle: from the panoramic view of innumerable unidentified faces, to an intimate vignette from another’s rite of passage.

I have been working in site - specific installations, which concentrate on narratives combining self-portraiture and appropriated family snap-shots. These installations focus on specific moments delineating rites of passage or moments in the changing make-up of the family structure, or in a woman's life.

I use my experiences to interpret how photographs and narratives become tangible reminders. In blending familial photographs and self-portraits, I am echoing fragments of my past with my current perspective on experiences of my mother and grandmother.

As an artist, my goal is to exhibit, lecture and conduct workshops. It is important to me to continually experiment with my work technically, educate myself further in a multitude of media, and challenge myself conceptually to broaden my themes and content in my work. I have many future projects, which involve the development of my work, giving lectures and workshops for the public, and exhibiting in different parts of the country and the world.

With my installations, I am trying to express concepts of memory and the passage of time — universal concepts to which an audience can relate. Through national and international exhibitions, workshops and lectures, I hope to use the public’s response to inform my work and further develop my artistic voice.

Education
M.F.A., 1996, Printmaking, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
B.F.A., 1994, Cum Laude, Photography, S.U.N.Y. at Purchase College, Purchase, NY
B.A., 1991, Art History and Fine Arts, Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY

Solo Exhibitions
2008 - Current Work, Frans Masereel Centre, Kasterlee, Belgium
- Current Work, Women's Studio Workshop, Rosendale, NY
- Current Work, Youens Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
- Returning, Radford University Art Museum, Radford, VA
- Gallery Imperato, Baltimore, MD
2007 - Recollection, Projects Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
- Washington Square Windows, New York University, New York, NY
- Recollection, Bridge Art Fair Chicago, Represented by Marx Saunders Gallery, Chicago, IL
- Recollection, Glass Weekend, Represented by Marx Saunders Gallery, Wheaton Arts Museum, Millville, NJ
- Oracle, Pictura Gallery, Dordrect, Netherlands
- Oracle 2, Kunstoffice, Berlin, Germany
2006 - Recollection, Bridge Art Fair Miami, Represented by Marx Saunders Gallery, Chicago, IL
- Nesting, Marx Saunders Gallery, Chicago, IL
- Fantasma, Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2005 - Mending, Scuola di Grafica, Venice, Italy
- Re-collect, Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, PA
- Implied Narratives, Pittsburgh Center for Glass, Pittsburgh, PA
- Translucency, Spare Room, Baltimore, MD
- Sending, District Fine Arts, Detroit, MI
2004 - Organica, The Glass Gallery, Bethesda, MD
- Reliquaries, Spector Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
- Class of 1940, Howard County Art Center, Ellicott City, MD
2003 - Intimate, R. Duane Reed Gallery, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
- New Glass Works, The Glass Gallery, Bethesda, MD
- Current Work, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
2001 - Floating into Ether, Aron Packer Gallery, Chicago, IL
- Rest, Gallery 402, New York, NY
- Hilltop, (Site-Specific Window Installation Exhibition), Art Center/South Florida, Miami
- Arrival, (Site-Specific Window Installation Exhibition), Art Center/South Florida, Miami
2000 - Longing, Spaces Gallery, Cleveland, OH
- Transcendence, Henry Street Settlement, Abrons Art Center, New York, NY
1998 - Touch, School 33, Baltimore, MD
1997 - Matrimonia, Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA

Two Person Exhibitions
2008 - Time Capsules, Gallery Imperato, Baltimore, MD

Group Exhibitions
2008 - Invitational, Modern Masters Fine Arts Gallery, Palm Springs, CA
- Curated Exhibition from the Museum masters Program, American University Museum, Washington, DC
- Kunstoffice-Ziell V, Kunstoffice, Berlin, Germany
2007 - Transformation 6: Contemporary Works In Glass, Contemporary Craft Museum, Pittsburgh, PA
- Art Miami, Represented by Marx Saunders Gallery, Chicago, IL
- Invitational Exhibition of Past Fellows, The Gallery at Wheaton Arts, Millville, NJ
2006 - Home, Bridge Art Fair Chicago, Represented by Marx Saunders Gallery, Chicago, IL
- -Glass Now, The Liberty Museum, Philadelphia, PA
- Light, Cranbrook Museum of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
- Afterlife, Philadelphia Glass Works, Philadelphia, PA
- Hot Glass 2006, One Seagate Gallery, Arts Commission of Greater Toledo, Toledo, OH
- Tierney Communication Exhibition, Represented by Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2005 - Residency Exhibition, Kala Institute for the Arts Gallery, Berkley, CA
- 30 Something, Kala Art Institute, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
- Selected Works of the Grantees, Maryland State Arts Council, Baltimore, MD
- Natural Selection, Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
- Stepping Out, Byron Roche Gallery, Hinsdale Center for the Arts, Hinsdale, IL
- 4, Aron Packer Gallery, Chicago, IL
- Sticks and Stones, Invitational Group Exhibition, Curated by Eileen Toglini
- In Exile, 13th Tallinn Print Triennial, Tallinn, Estonia
- Cast Glass Fellows, The Gallery at Wheaton Village, Millville, NJ
- Red Dot, Spector Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
- (In)Vestment, Bahdeebahdu Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
- Invitational Represented Artist Exhibition, The Glass Gallery, Washington, D.C.
2004 - Small Works, Aron Packer Gallery, Chicago, IL
- Print National Biennial, Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, PA
- Red Dot, Spector Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
- Charmed and Embraced, Bahdeebahdu Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2003 - Fellowship Exhibition, The American Museum Glass, Millville, NJ
- Two-Person Exhibition, Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
- Invitational Two-Person Exhibition, The Glass Gallery, Bethesda, MD
- Collected Evidence, ArtSpace Gallery, Richmond, VA
- Doppelganger, Laura Mesaros Gallery, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
2002 - Sculptural Objects Functional Art Convention, Represented by Aron Packer Gallery, Chicago, IL
- Invitational Two-Person Exhibition, Salem State College, Salem, MA
- Hopscotch, The Painted Bride Center, Philadelphia, PA
- Insights, Invitational Two-Person Exhibition, The Glass Gallery, Bethesda, MD
2001 - Contemporary Glass, Sculptural Objects Functional Art Convention, Represented by The Glass Gallery, Chicago, IL
- Glass Weekend, Represented by the Glass Gallery, Millville, NJ
- Group Show (Invitational Exhibition), Aron Packer Gallery, Chicago, IL
- The Art of Glass, Greater Reston Art Center, Reston, VA
- Open Book, Art Gallery, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
- Contemporary Glass, Hodgell Gallery, Sarasota Springs, FL
- Innovations in Printmaking Exhibition, Curated and Juried Exhibition, Delaplaines Art Center, Frederick, MD
- Summer Show, The Glass Gallery, Bethesda, MD
2000 - Minimal Glass, Sculptural Objects Functional Art Convention, Represented by The Glass Gallery, Chicago, IL
- Elements 2000 Exhibition, Silicon Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
- Lost and Found, Morgan Contemporary Glass, Pittsburgh, PA
- Complexity/Simplicity, The Glass Gallery, Bethesda, MD
1999 - Sculptural Objects Functional Art Convention, Represented by The Glass Gallery, Chicago, IL
- (Re:)Collect, Art Center/South Florida, Miami Beach, FL
- 23rd International Biennial of Graphic Art, International Centre of Graphic Arts, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Vanities, Dalton Gallery, Agnes Scott College, Decatur, GA
- Just Thinking of You, Network Gallery, Pontiac, MI
- Portrait / Identity, Rosenburg Gallery, Goucher College, Baltimore, MD
- Art and Technology Exhibition, Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, MI
- Vital Signs, Caesar Chavez Arts Center, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA
- Hemicycle Exhibition, Corcoran Museum of Art, Washington, DC
- National Juried Photography Exhibition, University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT
- Artist Fellowship Exhibition, Project Space, Corcoran Museum of Art, Washington, DC
- Pressed and Pulled Contemporary Views in Printmaking, Visual Arts Gallery, Georgia College & State University, Milledgeville, GA
- Contemporary Innovations in Photography, Point Seven Gallery, Toledo Photography Gallery, Toledo, OH
- The Artist Heraldry Show, McLean Center for the Arts, Council Room, McLean, VA
- 9th Annual New Image Exhibition, New Image Gallery, James Madison Univ., Harrisonburg, VA

Collections
Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, NY
Cranbrook Museum of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
The American Museum of Glass Art, Millville, NJ
Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
The Hyatt, Philadelphia, PA
The Women’s Studio Workshop, Rosendale, NY
Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH
The California Community Foundation, Los Angeles, CA
Various Private Collectors

Publications
Catalogue of Solo Exhibition, Recollection, Radford University, Radford, VA 2008
Representation in Catalogue, Transformation, Museum of Contemporary Crafts, Pittsburgh, PA, 2008
Representation in Catalogue, Kala 25, Kala Institute of Arts, Berkeley, CA, 2008
Representation in Catalogue “Hot Glass 2006”, Art Commission of Greater Toledo, Toledo, OH
Representation in Catalogue “Glass Now”, Liberty Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Callowhill Newspaper, Artist Selected, November 2006, Philadelphia, PA
Spaces Gallery Catalogue, 10th Anniversary of Spacelab, Cleveland, OH, 2005
Baltimore City Paper, Spare Room, Baltimore, MD, 2005
Representation in Catalogue, Print National Biennial, Lancaster Museum of Art, 2004
Representation in Space Lab Installations Catalogue, Spaces Gallery, Cleveland, OH
Representation in the Catalogue for In Exile, 13th Tallinn Triennial, Tallinn, Estonia
“Six Artists: Jennifer Blazina, Glass Artist,” Log Home Design, April/May 2003
Representation in the Catalogue Sofa Chicago, 2001
“On the Scene” Chicago Journal, November 29, 2001
“Art Focus: Jennifer Blazina, Artist,” Sarasota Downtown, April/May 2001
85 Unsung Heroes of the Non-Profit Community 2000 Annual Report, California Community Foundation, 2000
Representation in Catalogue “Hot Glass 2000”, Art Commission of Greater Toledo, Toledo, OH
Representation in International Biennial Graphic Arts Catalogue. Ljubljana, Slovenia. 1999
“Portrait/Identity” Catalogue, The Rosenberg Gallery, Goucher College
Representation in “Pressed and Pulled VIII: National Juried Printmaking Exhibition Catalogue, ”Georgia College and State University, Fall 1999
“Re:(collect)” Catalogue November/December 1999, Art Center/South Florida
“Fragments of a Collective Mind” Washington Review, June/July 1998
“Maryland Art Place, Critics’ Residency Program,” Washington Review, April/May 1998

Artist Lectures
Artist Lecture at Returning, Radford University Art Museum, Radford, VA, 2008
Artist Lecture at Glass Weekend, Represented by Marx Saunders Gallery, Wheaton Arts Museum, Millville, NJ, 2007
Artist Workshop and Lecture at Oracle, Pictura Gallery, Dordrect, Netherlands, 2007
Artist Lecture at Oracle 2, Kunstoffice, Berlin, Germany, 2007
Artist Workshop and Lecture at Kala Institute for the Arts, Berkley, CA, 2007
Marx Saunders Gallery, Chicago, IL, 2006
Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA 2006
Master’s College of Library Science, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, 2006
Scuola Di Graphica, Venice, Italy, 2005
Panelist at Glass Weekend at Wheaton Village, Millville, NJ, 2005
Center for Creative Studies Academy, Detroit, MI, 2005
Pittsburgh Center For Glass, Pittsburgh, PA, 2005
Artist Workshop at the Pittsburgh Center For Glass, Pittsburgh, PA, 2005
College of Media Arts and Design, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, 2003
Creative Glass Center of America, Millville, NJ, 2003
Salem State College, Salem, MA, 2002
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, 2002
West Virginia Gateway Artist Grant, Shepherdstown, 1999
Panelist at Dumbarton Oaks Museum, Washington, DC, 1999
Neuberger Museum of Art, Writing Through the Arts, Purchase, NY, 1996
Maryland Institute of Art, Baltimore, MD, 1996

Workshops and Panels
Kala Institute for the Arts, Berkley, CA, 2008
Kala Institute for the Arts, Berkley, CA, 2007
Pittsburgh Center For Glass, Pittsburgh, PA, 2005
Scuola di Graphica, Venice, Italy, 2005
Panelist at Glass Weekend at Wheaton Village, Millville, NJ, 2005
Panelist at Dumbarton Oaks Museum, Washington, DC, 1999

Artist Residences and Commissions
Resident Artist, Toos Neger, Dordrect, Netherlands, 2009
NEA Recipient, Resident Artist, Woman’s Studio Workshop, Rosendale, NY, 2008
Resident Artist, Frans Masereel Centre, Kasterlee, Belgium, 2008
Resident Artist, Kala Institute of Art, Berkley, CA, 2007
Resident Artist, Woman’s Studio Workshop, Rosendale, NY, 2006
Commission, The Hyatt, Philadelphia, PA 2006
Resident Artist, Scuola di Grafica, Venice, Italy, 2005
Resident Artist, Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, PA, 2005
Resident Artist, Kala Institute of Art, Berkley, CA, 2005
Resident Artist, Creative Glass Center of America, Millville, NJ, 2003
Resident Artist, Blue Mountain Center, Blue Mountain Lake, NY, 2001
Resident Artist. Millay Colony for the Arts, Austerlitz, NY, 2001
Commissioned Artist, California Community Foundation, Los Angeles, CA, 2000
Installation for entryway and Annual Report 2001
Resident Artist, Art Center/South Florida, Miami, FL, 1998-Current

Honors
National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship Grant, Supporting Women’s Studio Workshop, 2008
Drexel University Faculty Development Grant, 2006 and 2008
Independence Foundation Artist Fellowship Grant, 2005
Maryland State Art Council Individual Artist Grant, 2005
Windows of Opportunity Grant, Leeway Foundation, Philadelphia, PA, 2005
Kala Art Institute Fully Funded Fellowship, 2005
Drexel University Faculty Development Grant for the Kala Art Institute, 2005
Artist Award, Print National Exhibition, Lancaster Museum, PA, 2004
Creative Glass of Philadelphia Grant Recipient, Philadelphia, PA, 2004
West Virginia University Travel Grant, 2003
Blue Mountain Center Fellowship, 2001
Nancy Graves Sculpture Fellowship for the Millay Colony for the Arts, 2001
West Virginia Gateway Visiting Artist Grant, 1999
Maryland State Arts Council Grant for Excellence in Sculpture, 1997

Professional Experience
Assistant Professor, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
Printmaking and Drawing Coordinator