EDUCATION

2006
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago : Master of Fine Arts in Studio

2002
Maryland Institute College of Art : Bachelor of Fine Arts, Summa Cum Laude


SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2012
BOLT Residency Gallery @ the CAC : Title TBA : Chicago, IL (upcoming, Oct. 2012)

2011
ADA Gallery : Archipelago : Richmond, VA (upcoming, Nov. 26, 2011)
Johalla Projects : Solastalgia : Chicago, IL

2010
barbara&barbara Gallery : Early Thaw of the Northwest Passage : Chicago, IL (collaboration with L. Burritt & M. Schafer)

2009
The COOP : Cohabit : Chicago, IL

2007
Kasia Kay Art Projects : Wunderkammer : Chicago, IL
NOVA Gallery : Drowning World : Chicago, IL


GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2011
Mulherin + Pollard : Mundus Ingognita : New York, NY
Bolt Residency Gallery @ the CAC : Aftermath : Chicago, IL
Co-Prosperity Sphere : Level Eater II : Chicago, IL
Bolt Residency Gallery @ the CAC : PREVIEW : Chicago, IL
Root Division : A Live Animal : San Francisco, CA
Kristi Engle : Wicked Little Critter : Los Angeles, CA
Gallery 5 : Skulls : Richmond, VA
Peanut Gallery : INCANTATION : Chicago, IL
NEXT Art Fair : ACRE Gallery booth : Chicago, IL
MDW Art Fair : ACRE Gallery booth : Chicago, IL
Texas State University Gallery : Endangered Species Print Project : San Marcos, TX

2010
Roxaboxen : Death Rites : Chicago, IL
Ador'n : In the Flesh : Chicago, IL
Johalla Projects : Wild Card : Chicago, IL
The Post Family Gallery : There, Now it Will Last Forever : Chicago, IL
Columbia University : Art for Sustainability : New York, NY
Grey Market Pop-Up Gallery : Earth, Fire, Wind, Water, Heart : New York, NY

2009
Columbia College : Glass Curtain Gallery : RE:Figure : Chicago, IL
Chinese Characters Gallery : Art for Sustainability : Budapest, Hungary
Northeastern University : CSC Gallery : Art for Sustainability : Boston, MA
Bailliwik #7 : a catalog exhibition : Autumn 2009 Issue

2008
Exit Art : It's Not Easy : New York, NY
Yeosu Art Festival : Garden of Delights : Yeosu, Korea
Beverly Arts Center : Faketure Film Festival II : Beverly, IL
Estudiotres Gallery : SummerGroup08 : Chicago, IL
Claremorris Gallery : Protagonist : Dublin, Ireland (3 person show)
The 8th Annual Chicago Anarchist Film Festival : Keep the Quiet Down : Chicago, IL
Medicine Park Gallery : Henbane - Dialectics of the Feminine Sublime : Chicago, IL
Ellen Curlee Gallery : Grounded : St. Louis, MO
Lloyd Dobler Gallery : Really Rad Videos II : Chicago, IL

2007
Lloyd Dobler Gallery : One by One : Chicago, IL
Estudiotres Gallery : unNatural : Chicago, IL
Bailliwik #5 : a catalog exhibition : Autumn 2007 Issue
Beverly Arts Center : Faketure Film Festival : Chicago, IL
Lollapalooza 2007 : Public Art in Grant Park : Chicago, IL
Ellen Curlee Gallery : Free Rein/Full Play - New Chicago Photography : St. Louis, MO
NOVA Gallery : Soup : Chicago, IL

2006
Teti Gallery : Salon des Dessins : Chicago, IL
Gallery 2 : Spun from the Web : Chicago, IL
ATC Art Fair : Chicago, IL
The Contemporary Artists Center : Back to Nature : North Adams, MA
Gallery 2 : Golden Girls - Fantasies, Utopias, & Alter-Egos : MFA Thesis Show : Chicago, IL
Gallery 2 : Mash-UP! : Chicago, IL

2005 to 2000

DiCesare Gallery : In/Convenience : Brooklyn, NY
Plant Zero : VASPArts 2004 : Richmond, VA
Johns Hopkins Black Box : Intermedia Festival '02 : Baltimore, MD
Oella Mills Gallery : !Splash : Ellicot City, MD
MICA Theater : Channel Organix Video Festival : Baltimore, MD
Maryland Institute : Inflatable Television Video Festival : Baltimore, MD
Baltimore Museum of Art : Roll out the Red Carpet : Baltimore, MD


RESIDENCIES

2011-2012
BOLT Residency @ the Chicago Artists' Coalition : Chicago, IL

2010
ACRE (The Artists' Cooperative Residency and Exhibitions Project) : Steuben, WI


BIBLIOGRAPHY

The Chicago Tribune : Lauren Viera : Artists’ coalition moves into 21st century : July 14, 2011
The American Scholar : Vanessa Schipani : Endangered Species Print Project : Fall 2010
Gapers Block : Endangered Species Print Project : 2010
NY Arts Magazine : Featured Artists : 2010
Blanket Magazine : Cosmos Issue : re_action : 2010
ReadyMade Magazine : Jan/Feb 2010 Issue : Endangered Species Print Project : 2010
Boing-Boing.net : Endangered Species Condom Illustration by Jenny Kendler : 2010
Orion Magazine : Jan/Feb 2010 Issue : Endangered Species Print Project : 2010
ParasolMag : Issue 5 : Interview with Jenny Kendler : 2009
NewCity : Sara McCool : Art Break - Endangered Species Print Project : 2009
Juxtapoz : Save the Whales! And the Seychelles Sheath-tailed Bat, and The Indri Lemur : 2009
The Green Life : The Sierra Club's Blog : Della Watson : Rare Art for Rare Animals : 2009
Design Milk : Erin Loechner : The Endangered Species Print Project : 2009
Bear Deluxe Magazine : Wunderkammer : 2009
Lady Lavona's Cabinet of Curiosities : (Wo)man and Nature : 2008
Businessweek : Stacy Perman : Business Advice for Artists from Artists : 2008
NewCity Magazine : Kelly McClure : The Stinking Nightshade : 2008
Time Out Chicago Magazine : Alicia Eler : Henbane - Dialectics of the Feminine Sublime : 2008
CS Magazine : Jessica Cochran : Review of Wunderkammer : 2007
Daily Candy : Wunderkammer at Kasia Kay Art Projects : 2007
Newcity Magazine : Jason Foumberg : Eye Exam : 2007
Vocalo.org - Broadcast and Webcast Radio : Drowning World Interview : 2007
Flavorpill : Audrey M. Mast : Issue 141 Animalistic Flavor : 2007
The Chicago Reader : Tamara Faulkner : Drowning World at Nova Gallery : 2007
Art MoCo Web Magazine : Sabine Modder : The Top of the World : 2006
Golden Girls Exhibition Catalog : Faith Wilding : Letter to a Young Woman Artist : 2006
CenterStage Chicago : Joanne Hinkel : Art and What Ales You : 2005


AFFILIATIONS

OtherPeoplesPixels.com : Co-founder : since 2005
Henbane Collective : Founding Member : since 2007
Wunderkammer - A Journal of Environmental Art : Writer/Creator : since 2008
The Endangered Species Print Project : Co-founder : since 2009
threewalls Gallery : Executive Board : since 2010
ACRE : Executive Board : since 2011


AWARDS/HONORS/LECTURES

Gold Addy Award : For Center for Biological Diversity’s Endangered Species Condoms : 2011
ACRE Residency : Visiting Artist : Performative wild foraging workshop : Steuben, WI : 2011
Fecal Face Dot Com : Photo of the Day : 2008
FlavorPill : Cover Artist : 2008
The Chicago Reader : Cover Image : 2006
Union League Civic and Arts Foundation : Finalist : 2006
Art Institute of Chicago : Lecture : Furry Fantasies and the Feminine Sublime : 2006
Art Institute of Chicago : Lecture : Film & Fairy Tales : 2006