Artist Lectures and Workshops
2021
Alternative Printmaking on Glass Corning Glass Studio, Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY
Alternative Printmaking on Glass FOCI, Minneapolis, MN
2020
Visiting Artist Lecture Arizona Glass Alliance, Scottsdale, AZ
Visiting Artist Lecture New Mexico Glass Alliance, Santa Fe, NM
Alternative Printmaking on Glass Flint Museum, Flint, MI
2019
Screen-Printing & Kiln Forming Master Class Glass Pavilion, Toledo Museum of Art,
Toledo, OH
Lecture Glass Pavilion, Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH
Alternative Approaches to Scree-Printing Appalachian Center for Craft, Tennessee Tech University, Smithville, TN
2018
Visiting Artist Lecture and Screen-Print on Glass Workshop
Tyler School of Art Glass Department, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
Panelist Four Women in Glass, Sculptural Objects Functional Art and Design, Chicago, IL
Lecture and Workshop Pittsburgh Glass Center, Pittsburgh, PA
Panelist and Workshop Women in Glass, Glass Art Society Conference, Venice, Italy
Visiting Artist Lecture Eesti Kunstiakadeemia, Tallinn, Estonia
GAPP Resident Lecture GlasSalon, Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH
2017
Invited Visiting Artist West Texas A&M University, Canyon, TX
Artist Presentation at Glass Weekend 2017, Wheaton Arts, Millville, NJ
Resident Artist Presentation Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem, Israel
2016
Fellowship Presentation Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem, Israel
Gallery
Presentation Ha’mizgaga Glass Factory Museum, Nachsholim, Israel
2015
Artist Presentation Lindenwood University, St. Charles, MO
Artist
Presentation and Workshop Pittsburgh Glass Center, Pittsburgh, PA
2013
Resident Artist Presentation Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY
Artist Presentation, University of Dallas, Dallas, TX
2012
Artist Presentation European Ceramic WorkCentre, Den Bosch, The Netherlands
2011
Artist Presentation European Ceramic WorkCentre, Den Bosch, The Netherlands
2010
Time for Light SPEC Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
Sculpted Memory Presentation Rush Gallery, New York, NY
Artist Presentation Pictura Gallery, Dordrecht, The Netherlands
2009
Artist Presentation William De Kooning Academy, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Artist Presentation Toos Neger, Dordrecht, Netherlands
2008
Artist Presentation Youens Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
NEA Recipient, Resident Artist Presentation Woman’s Studio Workshop, Rosendale, NY
Artist Presentation Radford University Art Museum, Radford, VA
2007
Artist Presentation Kunstoffice, Berlin, Germany
Artist Presentation Pictura Gallery, Dordrecht, Netherlands
Artist Presentation Projects Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Artist Presentation Glass Weekend 2007, Wheaton Arts Museum, Millville, NJ
2006
Resident Artist Lecture Woman’s Studio Workshop, Rosendale, NY
Artist Presentation Marx Saunders Gallery, Chicago, IL
2005
Artist Presentation Kala Institute for the Arts, Berkley, CA
Artist Presentation Scuola Di Graphica, Venice, Italy
Artist Presentation Center for Creative Studies Academy, Detroit, MI
Selected Publications
2020
48th International Glass Invitational Award Exhibition Habatat Galleries, Royal Oak, MI
Domestic Tools Blue Spiral 1, Asheville, NC
2019
Prime Habatat Galleries, Chicago, IL
47th International Glass Invitational Award Exhibition Habatat Galleries, Royal Oak, MI
2018
Glass Now 2018, Catalogue Liberty Museum, Philadelphia, PA
Sound and Vision, Catalogue Liberty Museum, Philadelphia, PA
46th International Invitational Exhibition, Catalogue Habatat Galleries, Royal Oak, MI
Conference Reflections, CatalogueGlass Arts Society, Murano, Italy
2017
Glass Weekend 2017, Catalogue Wheaton Art and Cultural Center, Represented by Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery, Millville, NJ
Glass Now, Catalogue Liberty Museum, Philadelphia, PA
Glass Art Society Members Juried Exhibition, Catalogue Glass Wheel Studio, Norfolk, VA
Millefiori, Catalogue Freemont Gallery, Seattle, WA
Philadelphia glass-art museum to spotlight philanthropists, artists and Jen Blazina, Hot Sheets Review Urban Glass, Brooklyn, NY
2016
Glow, Catalogue Pilchuck Gallery, Seattle, WA
2015
Glass Weekend 2015, Catalogue Wheaton Art and Cultural Center, Represented by Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery, Millville, NJ
Enchanted Forrest, Catalogue Pilchuck Gallery, Seattle, WA
2014
Square Foot, Catalogue Art Basel, Projects Gallery, Miami, FL
Hot Glass 2014, Catalogue Art Commission of Toledo, OH
2013
The Art of the Fellowship, Catalogue Museum of American Glass, Millville, NJ
14th Annual Glass Exhibition, Catalogue National Liberty Museum, Philadelphia, PA
2012
9, Catalogue Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, P. R. China
Hot Glass 2012, Catalogue GAS Conference, Toledo, OH
Unlived Histories, Catalogue Flanders Gallery, Raleigh, NC
“Westward Ho”, Review Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, PA
2011
Museum of the 21st Century, Catalogue Vienna, Austria
“Jen Blazina’s Cast Glass Objects and Panels Explore Memory and Heirlooms,” Review Glass Quarterly Magazine, New York, New York
Celebrating 40 Years, Catalogue Pilchuck Glass School, Seattle, WA
Holding Memory, Catalogue John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI
Sculpted Memory, Catalogue Rush Gallery, New York, NY
2010
Ni Una Mas, Catalogue Pearlstein Gallery Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
Sculptural Objects Figurative Art 2010, Catalogue Chicago, IL
“Ni Una Mas”, Review Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, PA
Affordable Art Fair, Catalogue New York, NY
2009
Sculptural Objects Figurative Art, Catalogue New York, NY
20th International Printmaking Exhibition, Catalogue Los Angeles Printmaker Society, Los Angeles, CA
Recollection, Catalogue Art Basel, Miami, FL
Sculptural Objects Figurative Art Chicago 2009, Catalogue Chicago, IL
Drukwerk Buiten de Marge, Catalogue Pictura Gallery, Dordrecht, The Netherlands
“Recollection”, Review Art Papers
Transformation 6: Contemporary Works in Glass, Catalogue
2008
Recollection, Catalogue Radford University, Radford, VA
Multiplicitocracy, Catalogue The Kasden Museum of Art, American University, Washington, D.C.
One, Catalogue Kala 25, Kala Institute of Arts, Berkeley, CA
2006
Hot Glass 2006, Catalogue Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH
2005
Space Lab Installations, Catalogue Spaces Gallery, Cleveland, OH
2004
Print National Biennial, Catalogue Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, PA
2003
Sculptural Objects Figurative, Catalogue Art Chicago Represented by The Glass Gallery, Bethesda, MD
2001
In Exile, Catalogue 13th Tallinn Triennial, Tallinn, Estonia
Sculptural Objects Figurative Art Chicago 2001, Catalogue Represented by The Glass Gallery, Chicago, IL
85 Unsung Heroes of the Non-Profit Community Annual Report, Catalogue California Community Foundation, Los Angeles, CA
1999
International Biennial Graphic Arts, Catalogue Ljubljana, Slovenia
Artist Statement
As an artist, I am intrigued with the idea that what is precious to one person will be discarded by another. My work is influenced by commonplace possessions, familial vignettes and photographs. These evoke an ephemeral sense of past memories. Whether found in a second-hand shop or passed down from my family, I am often attracted to and captivated by the lost beauty of subtle images and materials.
By re-creating and casting momentos in glass and metal, I transform their history in my own voice. The process allows me to capture and hold on to another time in the past. Photographs and chosen objects allude to narratives of fleeting moments.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2021
Solo Exhibition FOCI, Minneapolis, MN
2020
Solo Exhibition Koelsch Haus Gallery, Houston, TX
2019
Garden of Decadence Lyon College, Batesville, AL
2018
Images of Israel Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem, Israel
2017
Floating Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem, Israel
Works as an Invited Visiting Artist West Texas A&M University, Canyon, TX
2016
Ephemera Ha’mizgaga Glass Factory Museum, Nachsholim, Israel
Winter-scape The Glass Market, Corning Museum of Art, Corning, NY
2015
Intertwined Koelsch Haus Gallery, Houston, TX
Homage to Corning The Glass Market, Corning Museum of Art, Corning, NY
Outdated Lindenwood University, MO
2014
Outdated Packer Schopf Gallery, Chicago, IL
Reflections FotoFest 2014, Koelsch Gallery, Houston, TX
2013
Minimal Decadence University of Dallas, Dallas, TX
2012
Collection Thompson Gallery, Furman University, Greenville, SC
Westward Ho Pearlstein Gallery, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
Sweet and Sickly European Ceramic WorkCentre, Den Bosch, The Netherlands
2011
Menagerie Outdoor Installation, Djerassi Artist Residency Program, Woodside, CA
Collection European Ceramic WorkCentre, Den Bosch, The Netherlands
A Remembrance Koelsch Gallery, Houston, TX
Watches Paxton Gate Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2010
Bittersweet Affordable Art Fair, Divergence Fine Art Gallery, NY, NY
A Garden of Decadence Pictura Gallery, Dordrecht, Netherlands
2009
Relics Koelsch Gallery, Houston, TX
Ephemeral Narratives Silica Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2008
Ephemera Women’s Studio Workshop, Rosendale, NY
Returning Radford University Art Museum, Radford, VA
Inaugural Exhibition Youens Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2007
Oracle Kunstoffice, Berlin, Germany
Recollection Museum of American Glass, Millville, NJ
RecollectionArt Chicago, Marx Saunders Gallery, Chicago, IL
2006
Recollection The Bridge International, Art Basel Miami, Miami, FL
Nesting Marx Saunders Gallery, Chicago, IL
Fantasma Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2005
Mending Scuola di Grafica, Venice, Italy
Selected Group Exhibitions
2020
Tools of the Trade Blue Spiral 1, Asheville, NC
48th International Glass Invitational Award Exhibition Habatat Galleries, Royal Oak, MI
Scaled Down Blue Spiral 1, Asheville, NC
Domestic Tools Blue Spiral 1, Asheville, NC
Covid-19 Blue Spiral 1, Asheville, NC
Botanicals Blue Spiral 1, Asheville, NC
2019
Prime Habatat Galleries, Chicago, IL
47th International Glass Invitational Award Exhibition Habatat Galleries, Royal Oak, MI
Grand Opening Koelsch Gallery, Houston, TX
Domestic Matters: Uncommon Apron Peters Valley School of Craft, Layton, NJ
Beauties of the Common Tool Gravy Gallery and Studio, Philadelphia, PA
Summer Instructors Exhibition Appalachian Center for Craft, Tennessee Tech University, Smithville, TN
Hot Glass Arts Commission of Ohio, Toledo, OH
2018
Sculptural Objects Functional Art and Design, Chicago Represented by Habatat Galleries, Royal Oak, MI
46th International Glass Invitational Award Exhibition Habatat Galleries, Royal Oak, MI
Ears of Buddha: Mystical Powers Koelsch Gallery, Houston, TX
Hot and Cold FOCI, Glass Center, Minneapolis, MN
Some Like It Hot Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
Glass Now 2018 The National Liberty Museum, Philadelphia, PA
Sound and Vision The National Liberty Museum, Philadelphia, PA
2017
Glass Weekend 2017 Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery, Millville, NJ
Glass Now The National Liberty Museum, Philadelphia, PA
Glass Art Society Members Juried Exhibition Glass Wheel Studio, Norfolk, VA
Art on Fire Pittsburgh Glass Center, Pittsburgh, PA
Millefiori Freemont Gallery, Seattle, WA
Breaking the Glass Ceiling: Women in Glass Wayne Arts Center, Wayne, PA
Embodiment Pittsburgh Glass Center, Pittsburgh, PA
2016
Glass Fashion Show Toledo Museum of Art, Glass Pavilion, Toledo, OH
Glow Pilchuck Gallery, Seattle, WA
Hang in 3D Koelsch Haus, Houston, TX
Bounded Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
2015
Reincarnation The Art Car Museum, Houston, TX
Glass Weekend 2015 Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery, Wheaton Arts, Millville, NJ
Shattered Chandra Cerrito Gallery, Oakland, CA
Works in Jewelry Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
Enchanted Forrest Pilchuck Gallery, Seattle, WA
Way Kool Koelsch Gallery, Houston, TX
2014
Square Foot Art Basel, Projects Gallery, Miami, FL
Influencers Printmaking Center of NJ, Branchburgh, NJ
Hot Glass 2014 Art Commission of Toledo, Toledo, OH
2013
The Art of the Fellowship Museum of American Glass, Millville, NJ
Common Discourse Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
Glass Weekend 2013 Wexler Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
14th Annual Glass Exhibition National Liberty Museum, Philadelphia, PA
4 Wexler Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Treat Yourself Koelsch Gallery, Houston, TX
Rock and Roll Koelsch Gallery, Houston, TX
2012
9 Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, P. R. China
Lights, Camera, Action Koelsch Gallery, Houston, TX
Surrogates University of Delaware Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Hot Glass GAS Conference, Toledo, OH
The Fire Continues The Gallery of Fine Craft, Millville, NJ
Unlived Histories Flanders Gallery, Raleigh, NC
2011
Holding Memory John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI
Art in Public Spaces Museum of the 21st Century, Langenois, Austria
Glass Weekend 2011 Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery, Millville, NJ
Identify Yourself Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MS
Celebrating 40 Years Pilchuck Glass School, Seattle, WA
Sculpted Memory Rush Arts Gallery, New York, NY
10x10x10 Pittsburgh Glass Center Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
2010
It’s a Group Thing Koelsch Gallery, Houston, TX
Ni Una Mas Pearlstein Galleries, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
Transformation 6: Contemporary Works in Glass Hunter Museum of American Art,
Chattanooga, TN
Art on Fire Pittsburgh Glass Center, Pittsburgh, PA
Transformation 6: Contemporary Works in Glass Western University, Seattle, WA
Group Exhibition Jack Fischer Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Hot Glass Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH
Into the Void Index Art Center, Newark, NJ
Represented Artists Exhibition Koelsch Gallery, Houston, TX
2009
Drukwerk Buiten de Marge Pictura Gallery, Dordrecht, Netherlands
Sculptural Objects Figurative Art 2009 Represented by Silica Gallery, Chicago, IL
State of the Union Philadelphia Arts Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
National Print Exhibition Los Angeles Printmaking Society, Los Angeles, CA
Sculptural Objects Figurative Art 2009 Represented by Silica Gallery, New York, NY
The Art of the Reclaimed Object Mesa Contemporary Art Center, Tucson, AR
Glass Weekend 2009 Wheaton Arts, Represented by Silica Gallery, Millville, NJ
Vision Realized Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
Gen-X Modern Masters Fine Arts Gallery, Palm Springs, CA
Salon Pictura Gallery, Dordrecht, Netherlands
Alumni Exposition Gallery of Fine Craft, Wheaton Arts, Fine Arts Gallery, Millville, NJ
2008
Time Capsules: 2 Person Exhibition Gallery Imperato, Baltimore, MD
Contemporary Works in Glass Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
Red Dot Represented by Gallery Imperato, New York, New York, NY
Multiplicitocracy American University Museum, Washington, D.C
Kunstoffice-Ziell V Kunstoffice, Berlin, Germany
Transformation 6: Contemporary Works in Glass Philadelphia Art Alliance,
Philadelphia, PA
The Art of the Reclaimed Object Mesa Contemporary Art Center, Tucson, AR
Spirit James Backas Gallery, Baltimore, MD
4 Aron Packer Gallery, Chicago, IL
Cast Glass Fellows The Gallery at Wheaton Art, Millville, NJ
(In)Vestment Bahdeebahdu Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Invitational Represented Artist Exhibition The Glass Gallery, Bethesda, MD
Residencies and Fellowships
2021
Invited Resident ArtCube, Jerusalem, Israel
Invited Resident Artist Gent Glass, Gent, Belgium
2020
Invited Artist Flint Museum of Art, Flint, MI
2019
Invited Artist Djerassi Resident Artists Program, Woodside, CA
2018
Invited Fellowship Eesti Kunstiakadeemia, Tallinn, Estonia
Invited Fellowship Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem, Israel
Resident Artist Glass Artist Pavilion Project, Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH
2017
Invited Fellowship Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem, Israel
Invited Visiting Artist West Texas A&M University, Canyon, TX
2016
Invited Fellowship Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem, Israel
2015
Artist in Resident MIET, Beers, The Netherlands
2013
Resident Artist Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY
2012
Resident Artist European Ceramic WorkCentre, Den Bosch, The Netherlands
2011
Resident Artist Djerassi Resident Artists Program, Woodside, CA
Resident Artist European Ceramic WorkCentre, Den Bosch, The Netherlands
2010
Resident Artist Toos Neger Residency Program, Dordrecht, The Netherlands
2009
Resident Artist Frans Masereel Centre of Printmaking, Kasterlee, Belgium
Resident Artist Toos Neger Residency Program, Dordrecht, The Netherlands
Resident Artist Women’s Studio Workshop, Rosendale, NY
2008
Nation Endowment for the Arts Recipient Women’s Studio Workshop, Rosendale, NY
Resident Artist Frans Masereel Centre of Printmaking, Kasterlee, Belgium
2007
International Fellowship Artist Kala Institute of Art, Berkeley, CA
Resident Artist Women’s Studio Workshop, Rosendale, NY
2006
Invited Artist in Resident Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, PA
2005
Resident Artist Women’s Studio Workshop, Rosendale, NY
2003
Resident Artist Creative Glass Center of America, Millville, NJ
2001
Resident Artist Blue Mountain Center, Blue Mountain Lake, NY
Resident Artist Millay Colony for the Arts, Austerlitz, NY
Selected Honors
2019
Westphal Faculty Development Grant Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
2019 Faculty Summer Research Award for Tenure/Tenure Track Grant Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
Bronze Scholarship Pennsylvania Academy of Art, Philadelphia, PA
2018
Louis and Bessie Stein Family Fellowship to Israel in 2018 Drexel University,
Philadelphia, PA
Drexel University International Grant - Travel to Estonia Drexel University,
Philadelphia, PA
Bronze Scholarship Pennsylvania Academy of Art, Philadelphia, PA
2017
Urban Glass Scholarship Urban Glass Center, Brooklyn, NY
Westphal Faculty Development Grant Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
Celebrity Foundation Scholarship Corning Museum of Art, Corning, NY
2016
Drexel University International Grant - Travel to Israel Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
Westphal College of Media Arts and Design Faculty Grant Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
2015
Urban Glass Scholarship Brooklyn, NY
Corning Museum of Glass Scholarship Corning, NY
Bronze Scholarship Pennsylvania Academy of Art, Philadelphia, PA
2014
Bronze Scholarship Pennsylvania Academy of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Pilchuck Glass School Scholarship Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
Corning Museum of Glass Scholarship Corning, NY
2011
International Travel Grant Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
Anne & Rodney Pearlman Fellow Djerassi Resident Artists Program, Woodside, CA
2009
1st Place Award National Print Exhibition, Printmaking Society, Los Angeles, CA
2008
National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship Grant Supporting Women’s Studio Workshop, Rosendale, NY
Westphal Faculty Development Grant Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
2006
Westphal Faculty Development Grant Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
2005
Independence Foundation Artist Fellowship Grant Philadelphia, PA
Maryland State Art Council Individual Artist Grant Baltimore, MD
Windows of Opportunity Grant Leeway Foundation, Philadelphia, PA
Kala Art Institute of Art Fully Funded Fellowship Berkley, CA
Collections
Corning Museum of Glass Corning, NY, USA
Imagine Museum Petersburgh, FL
Museum of American Glass Millville, NJ, USA
Neuberger Museum of Art Purchase, NY, USA
The Hyatt Philadelphia, PA, USA
The National Liberty Museum Philadelphia, PA, USA
Ha’mizgaga Glass Factory Museum Nachsholim, Israel
Djerassi Resident Artists Program Woodside CA, USA
Woman’s Studio Workshop Rosendale, NY, USA
Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design Jerusalem, Israel
Frans Masereel Centre Kasterlee, Belgium
Kala Institute of Art Berkley, CA, USA
Cranbrook Museum of Art Bloomfield Hills, NY, USA
California Community Foundation Los Angeles, CA, USA
Mesa Contemporary Art Center Tucson, AR, USA
Various Private Collections
Gallery Representation
Habatat Galleries Royal Oak, MI
Blue Spiral 1 Asheville, NC
Koelsch Haus Gallery Houston, TX
Corning Museum of Glass Market Corning, NY
Packer Gallery Chicago, IL