Jen Durbin
b.   Springfield, Illinois, 1971

EDUCATION:

2003        MFA    Yale University | Sculpture
2000        BFA     School of the Art Institute of Chicago | Sculpture
1993        BA       University of Wisconsin – Madison | Journalism/English
 
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

2017        SILAS VON MORISSE GALLERY | Brooklyn, NY | "90 Moves in Nine Seconds"  | April 2017 - extended December 2017
2015        NEWD Art Show | Brooklyn, NY | “There & Not-There, Frames 290-381" | Selected Solo Installation |
                Co-Directors:  Kibum Kim / Kate Bryan
2010        MOTUS FORT GALLERY | Tokyo, Japan | 'Day for Night'
2006        George T. Dennis Visual and Performing Arts Center Gallery, Southeastern Illinois College | Harrisburg, IL | “Woz”
2004        Capsule Gallery | New York, New York |  “Psychic”

GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

2011        Curbs & Stoops |  Brooklyn, NY | "Goodbye Space Shuttle"
2010        Parlor Antics |  Brooklyn, NY
2008        The Rubelle and Norman Schafler Gallery | Pratt Institute | Brooklyn, NY | "Crossing Disciplines:Light” | curated by Keith Sonnier

PROFESSIONAL WORK:

2020        In conversation with Erin Dudley , Executive Director | Gallery 222 -  Hurleyville
                Performing Arts Center | NY
2017        In conversation with Nick Ravich, Producer | Art 21 PBS | NY
2017        In conversation with Jonathon Goodman, critic | Art 3 - Silas Von Morisse Gallery NY
2009-14   Instructor & Visiting Critic | Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) | Baltimore, MD
2013        Museum of Non-Visible Art | Yale Radio | Interview with Brainard Carey
2013        Recipient of the Inc. Magazine/ Clinton Foundation Entrepreneurial Fellowship for founding The 1896 Studios & Stages
2012        Gorky's Granddaughter  | Interview with Zachary Keating
2011        Ona  Christine Chambers b. 11/15/11,
                Floyd Alexander Chambers b. 11/15/11
2008-on   Founder | The 1896, Studios & Stages |Brooklyn, NY | Sole Proprietor | www.the1896.com
2005- 9    Instructor | Pratt Institute | Brooklyn, NY
2005- 7    Founder | The Milk Factory Art Studios | Brooklyn, NY | Sole Proprietor