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

Education
2023 Master in Fine Arts, Painting and Drawing, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
2020 Post-Baccalaureate, Painting and Drawing, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

Art Teacher
2025 Summer Semester, Lecturer, From Drawing to Painting, ACE, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois (upcoming)
2025 Summer Semester, Lecturer, SAIC Painting and Drawing Studio, ECPSI, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois (upcoming)
2025 Spring Semester, Guest Art Critic, Introduction to Sculptural Practices, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
2024, Fall-Spring Semesters, Lecturer, Studio Drawing: Multi-Level, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
2024, Fall Semester, Faculty, Painting Materials + Methods, ACE,The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
2024 Summer Semester, Faculty, Digital Design: Adobe InDesign, ACE, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
2024 Summer Camp, Art Teacher, Music House School of Performing Arts, Chicago, Illinois
2024 Fall Semester, Art Teacher for Digital Design, Bennett Day Middle School, Chicago, Illinois
2023–24 Fall-Spring Semesters, Art Teacher, Pre-K–8th Grade, St. Ailbe Catholic School, Chicago, Illinois

Solo, Two Person Shows
2025 Ivory Gate Gallery, Chicago, Illinois (upcoming)
2025 Shadow Between, NEIU Fine Arts Center Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
2025 Structures Latin School Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
2024 Puppy Love, Yes Project Space Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

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

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

Awards & Fellowship
2024 Painting and Drawing Teaching Fellowship, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
2023 Albert Krehbiel Scholarship, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
2023 Ox-bow Scholarship, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
2022-23 Grace & Walter Smith Grant, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
2022 Joseph and Emily Gidwitz and Rosaline Cohn Scholarships, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
2022 Elizabeth Graham Scholarship, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois