Jenny Kendler

Jenny Kendler

Jenny Kendler in Chicago Reader
Born New York, New York
Occupation Artist / Activist

Jenny Kendler is an American artist, activist and naturalist. Since 2014 she has been the first Artist-in-Residence with the Natural Resources Defense Council.[1][2] Her notable projects include Music For Elephants,[3] Tell it to the Birds[4]', Sculpture---> Garden, One Hour of Birds[5] and Milkweed Dispersal Balloons.[6] She is also part of a cross-disciplinary team awarded a major grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation's Humanities Without Walls initiative to present her public art and community-engagement project Garden for a Changing Climate in 2018.[7]

Education

Kendler received a BFA (summa cum laude) from Maryland Institute College of Art in 2002[8] and a MFA from School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2006.[9]

Exhibitions

Kendler’s work has been exhibited in over 400 locations, including the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Pulitzer Arts Foundation, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art, the Kochi-Muziris Biennale the Chicago Biennial at the Elmhurst Art Museum and Exit Art.

References

  1. ↑ https://www.nrdc.org/media/2014/140604 Acclaimed Chicago Artist Jenny Kendler is NRDC's First Artist-In-Residence
  2. ↑ https://www.nrdc.org/stories/can-public-art-save-planet
  3. ↑ https://www.nrdc.org/onearth/played-ivory-keys-what-elephant-extinction-sounds
  4. ↑ https://www.artslant.com/ny/articles/show/43488-jenny-kendler-translates-confessions-into-birdsong
  5. ↑ http://indymoca.org/exhibitions/2016/01/jenny-kendler-and-molly-schafer-animal-umwelt-3/
  6. ↑ http://home.marfadialogues.org/news/monarch-food-cart-debuts-in-st-louis/
  7. ↑ http://www.humanitieswithoutwalls.illinois.edu/initiatives/changing-climate/currentprojects.html
  8. ↑ https://www.mica.edu/Admission_and_Financial_Aid/MICA_Creatives_at_Work/Jenny_Kendler_02.html
  9. ↑ http://www.saic.edu/news/jenny-kendler-mfa-2006-merges-activisim-and-art-nonprofit-work


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