jennyhalpern@gmail.com
b. Merrillville, Indiana
Lives and works in Chicago, Illinois

Education
2023 MFA School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Lecturer, Art Teacher, and Professional Experience
2025-26 Visual Arts Instructor, The Chicago High School for the Arts
2025 Juror for NEIU Art + Design's Studio Art Exhibition, Chicago
2025 Lecturer, From Drawing to Painting, Summer, ACE, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2025 Lecturer, SAIC Painting and Drawing Studio, Summer, ECPSI, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2025 Guest Art Critic, Introduction to Sculptural Practices, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2024, Lecturer, Studio Drawing: Multi-Level, Fall, Spring, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2024, Lecturer, Painting Materials + Methods, Fall, ACE, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2024 Lecturer, Digital Design: Adobe InDesign, Summer, ACE, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2024 Art Teacher, Music House School of Performing Arts, Chicago
2024 Art Teacher, Digital Design, Bennett Day Middle School, Chicago
2023–24 Art Teacher, Pre-K–8th Grade, St. Ailbe Catholic School, Chicago

Substitute Teacher
2025 Advanced Painting Studio, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2025 Figure Drawing: Multi-Level, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2025 GEMS World Academy Chicago
2023-2025 Latin School of Chicago

Solo & Two-Person Exhibitions
2025 What Couldn’t Be Said, What Remains, Remembers, Artist in Residence at Art City, Chicago
2025 Shadow Between with Jeremy Carter, NEIU Fine Arts Center Gallery, Chicago
2025 Structures Latin School Gallery, Chicago
2024 Puppy Love, Yes Project Space Gallery, Chicago

Group Exhibitions
2025 Chicago Cultural Center (upcoming)
2025 Compass, Parlour and Ramp Gallery, Chicago
2025 What We Carry, Noyes Gallery, Chicago
2025 Let’s Be Real, Heaven Gallery, Chicago
2024 Same To You, Matthew Heberlein Contemporary, Chicago
2024 Maisons Fragiles, RUSCHWOMAN Gallery, Chicago
2024 We are our own healers. We are our own medicine. School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2024 Full & Fragmented Affections, Zhou B Art Center, Chicago
2023 Loving Forms, JULIUS CAESAR Pop-Up for Chicago Exhibition Weekend, Chicago
2023 The First Show, Ivory Gate Gallery, Chicago
2023 Last Call, Color Club, Chicago
2023 MFA Graduate Exhibition, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2022 Homeplace, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2021 Cassiopeia’s Perspective, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2021 Fifth Annual, Line Dot Editions, Chicago
2021 UnScarred, International Art Show
2021 Making It, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2020 Small Works, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago
2020 Unmuted, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago
2020 Touch, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago
2020 Post-Baccalaureate Graduate Exhibition, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2020 ART-IN-PLACE, CNL Projects and Terrain Exhibitions, Chicago
2019Continuous Span, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago
2019 Untitled, Players Centre for Performing Arts, Sarasota, Florida
2018 Urban|Nature, School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Curatorial
2024 Deep End, Larissa Borteh, CuffandPost, Chicago
2023 Exploding Jack, Roland Miller, CuffandPost, Chicago
2023 Love Note, Stasia Lev, CuffandPost, Chicago

Awards, Fellowship, and Residency
2026 The Chicago Teacher Residency, Academy for Urban School Leadership, Chicago
2025 El Greco Fine Arts Award, Barcelona, Spain
2024 Painting and Drawing Teaching Fellowship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2023 Albert Krehbiel Scholarship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2023 Ox-bow Scholarship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2022-23 Grace & Walter Smith Grant, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2022 Joseph and Emily Gidwitz and Rosaline Cohn Scholarships, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2022 Elizabeth Graham Scholarship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago