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Jennifer L. Howard Kicinski
1109 17th Avenue East #104
Seattle WA 98122
206.227.2207
Education
University of Oregon
M.F.A., Jewelry and Metalsmithing, 2001
University of Texas at Austin
B.F.A., Studio Art, 1998
Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science, University of North Texas
Diploma, 1993
Recent Selected Exhibitions
2007
SOFA, Charon Kransen Arts, Palm Beach, Florida
2006
Untitled, Souvenir, Seattle, Washington (group)
Glass/Wear, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, Missouri (invitational)
2005
Jewelry, Souvenir, Seattle, Washington (solo)
Concourse A, Seattle Tacoma International Airport
In Our Own Image, Ancient Grounds Gallery, Seattle, Washington
Embracing the Sacred and the Secular: Reliquaries in Contemporary Metals, (invitational) Heights Arts, Cleveland Heights, Ohio
SOFA, New York, Aaron Faber Gallery, New York, New York
Artists’ Choice, (invitational) Aaron Faber Gallery, New York, New York
Juncture, (invitational) Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, Texas
2004
Love Fests and Fist Fights, (invitational) Crawl Space Gallery, Seattle, Washington
Metal and Otherwise: Jewelry Media Connections, Florida Craftsmen Gallery, St. Petersburg, Florida
2003
New Works in Metal, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, Washington
Materials: Hard and Soft, Meadows Gallery, Greater Denton Arts Council, Denton, Texas
2002
Intrinsic Appeal, Post Picasso Online Gallery, www.postpicasso.com
Amalgamate, (invitational) Slocumb Gallery, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee
Exhibition in Print, Metalsmith Magazine
2001
MFA/01, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, Oregon
Sense, Thesis Exhibition, Robert Canaga Gallery, Eugene, Oregon
Professional Experience
Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, Washington
Instructor
Basic soldering and mechanisms workshops for Winter term 2006, Earring workshop for Spring term 2006.
Outcast and Company, Seattle, Washington
Production Assistant
Assist in wax work and fabrication for a production and one-off casting shop. (September 2005- present)
Seattle University, Seattle, Washington
Adjunct Professor
Two dimensional design and color theory (Fall 2004)
Art For Kids, Seattle, Washington
Instructor
Instruct after school art program for elementary school students. (September 2002- June 2004)
Micki Lippe, Seattle, Washington
Studio Assistant
Form and fabricate silver and gold jewelry. (December 2001- April 2002)
University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon
Coordinator, Laverne Krause Gallery
Responsibilities included coordination of yearly exhibition schedule, publicity, supervision of work-study students, purchasing, general maintenance, and pedestal and temporary wall construction. (September 1999- June 2001)
University of Oregon Craft Center, Eugene, Oregon
Instructor, Chain Making Workshop
Conducted small class teaching a variety of chain making techniques. (February 2000)
University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon
Instructor, Summer Intensive Workshop, Photo Techniques and Metal
Conducted a one-week intensive workshop focusing on photo etching brass and copper as well as pattern fusion with brass and silver. (August 1999)
Honors and Activities
Juror, Pratt Fine Arts Center Scholarships
July 2005
Visiting Artist, North Seattle Community College
April 2005
President, Seattle Metals Guild
August 2005 - present, board member since 2004
Selected Participant in the EDGE Professional Development Program
Artist Trust professional development program for emerging artists, 2003.
Graduate Teaching Fellowship
Art department faculty nominated merit scholarship, University of Oregon 1999-2001.
Studio Art Research Award
Art Department faculty nominated cash award, University of Texas at Austin 1997.
Ollie Trout Silver Award
Metalsmithing department raw material award and piece selected for placement in the Ollie Trout Jewelry Collection, University of Texas at Austin 1996.
Bibliography
2005
“Jewelry Artists are Flourishing in Seattle” Seattle Post-Intelligencer, December 15, 2005
“Are You Cut Out for Custom?” Lapidary Journal, Vol. 58, No. 11, 2005 interview and photographs, p. 28
2004
“New Works in Metal,” Metalsmith, Vol. 24, No. 2, 2004 review and photograph, p. 53
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