Cirriculum Vitae
Candace Jensen
Visual Artist, Calligrapher, Writer & Spiritual Ecologist
Westminster West, VT
www.candacejensen.com | @artist.cjensen | artist.cjensen@gmail.com
Represented by Amos Eno Gallery, Brooklyn, NY | amoseno.org
Current Positions Held
2021- Brodsky Center Advisory Council | Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2020- Book Arts and Letterpress Programming Director | Ruth Stone House, Goshen, VT
Co-Founder and Director of Programming | In Situ Polyculture Residency, Westminster, VT
Art Director & Assistant Copy Editor | Iterant Mag, Ruth Stone House, Goshen, VT
Education
2019 Ayurveda Wellness Coach 300 Hour Certification | Shakti School, Charlottesville, VA
2018 Master of Fine Arts | Painting, Drawing, Printmaking and Written Thesis
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA), Philadelphia, PA
2015 500 Hour Advanced Yoga Teaching Certification | Sri Yoga Teacher Training, San Francisco, CA
2015 Bookbinding Core Certificate Program | San Francisco Center for the Book, San Francisco, CA
2014 Letterpress Core Certificate Program | San Francisco Center for the Book, San Francisco, CA
2008 Bachelor of Fine Arts summa cum laude | Painting & Drawing, minors in Metalsmithing & Art History
Tyler School of Art (Temple University), Elkins Park and Philadelphia, PA
-2007 Spring Tyler School of Art in Rome, Italy
-2006 Summer Edinburgh School of Fine Art, Scotland
2004 High School Diploma summa cum laude | Stroudsburg High School, Stroudsburg, PA
Solo & Dual Exhibitions
2022 To the Letter (working title) with Coleman Stevenson | Amos Eno Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2021 Terrestrial Texts | June-July 2021 at the Southern Vermont Arts Center, Manchester, VT
2020 Arts and Letters | Nov 2020-May 2021 at the Putney Public Library, Putney, VT
Deep Green Query | March-Sept 2020, Amos Eno Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2019 Illuminated Essays, at the 42nd Annual Wind Challenge | Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA
2018 Aesthetics of the Felt World, MFA Thesis Exhibition | Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Museum,
Philadelphia, PA
2010 Drawings on Paper | Orange Salon, San Francisco, CA
2008 Frank Zappa Et Al, BFA Thesis Exhibition | Tyler School of Art Gallery, Elkins Park, PA
Select Group Exhibitions
2022 Arts & Ecology (working title)| Amos Eno Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2020 Resonance | Fellowship at PAFA, Online Exhibition:
Mother Altar | Mother Gallery, Beacon, NY *Curated by Chie Fueki
2019 Plus One | Amos Eno Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Fridge Show | The Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT *Curated by Annelies Kamen of Crybaby
93rd Annual International Competition Online Exhibition | The Print Center, Philadelphia, PA
2018 Long Night | Amos Eno Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Map | 1969 Gallery, Lower East Side, NYC *Curated by Josephine Halvorson and Didier William
First Edition 2018: New Philadelphia Printmakers | Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA
In/Flux | InLiquid Gallery, Crane Arts, Philadelphia, PA
KoMASK Masters Salon: Printmaking | Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Antwerp, Belgium
2017 Confluence | Forge & Finish Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Annual Small Works Show | Frameworks Studio & Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Warming | Springside Chestnut Hill Academy, Philadelphia, PA *Curated by Dr. Kevin Richards
Gods & Beasts | Gallery 128, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Under Pressure | Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA *Curated by Didier William
2016 The Female Gaze | Gallery 8, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Campus, Philadelphia, PA
Out of Sight, Out of Mind | Gallery 128, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Museum, Philadelphia, PA
2015 Making a Meal of It | Norton Factory Studios, Oakland, CA *Curated by Anna Valdez
TASTE Exhibition | Root Division, San Francisco, CA
Curator
2020 Typos + Spills + Broken Glass | In collaboration with Melissa Joseph & Emmitt Smith, Amos Eno Gallery, Brooklyn
2017 Confluence | Forge & Finish Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Tear Down That Wall | Broad Street Studio, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Museum, Philadelphia, PA
Bibliography
2021 Disobedient Futures, Cambridge Writer's Workshop (publication details forthcoming)
2020 'Poetry In Isolation', Iterant Online, Issue 1 (May/June ‘20) | Ruth Stone House, Goshen, VT
InsideVoices Covid-19 Interview Series feature, March 31st; Instagram @inside_voices_art
‘Can Poetry Save Nature?’, Bianca Stone with Candace Jensen | Ruth Stone House Podcast, 02/25/20, Goshen, VT
2019 Studio Visit Magazine 43 & 44 *curated by Francine Weiss, Senior Curator, Newport Art Museum
| Open Studios Press, Boston, MA
2018 ‘The Aesthetics of the Felt World’ MFA Thesis Manuscript
| Arcadia Fine Arts Library at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
KoMask 2017-18 Masters Printmaking Salon Catalog
| Award KoMASK Masters Printmaking 2018 PDF
Residencies
2021 The Arctic Circle Residency, Fall Art & Science Expedition | Svalbard, Norway
2020 Vermont Studio Center, Vermont Artists Week | Johnson, Vermont
2019 The Sable Arts Project, Guest Artist, July 2019 | Stockbridge, VT
Light Gray Art Lab, Norway Art Camp Traveling Residency | Hardangerfjord, Norway
Vermont Studio Center, 4 Week Printmaking Residency | Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont
2018 Women’s Creative Writing & Drawing Retreat | Putney, Vermont
Orion Magazine Environmental Writers’ Workshop | The Omega Institute, Rhinebeck, NY
2014-16 Resident Artist | Norton Factory Studios, Oakland, CA
2013-14 Resident Artist | Studio 17, San Francisco, CA
Awards
2020 VT Community Foundation Arts Endowment Fund, Artist & Writer’s Grant | Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2019 Awagami Paper Award | The Print Center’s 93rd Annual International Competition, Philadelphia, PA
Vermont Studio Center Artist & Writer’s Grant | Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2018 93rd International Competition Semifinalist | The Print Center, Philadelphia, PA
42nd Annual Wind Challenge Fellowship Recipient | Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA
MFA Dean’s Award | Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA), Philadelphia, PA
2017 Fine Arts Venture Fund Grant Recipient | Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA), Philadelphia, PA
2016 MFA Merit Grant | Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA), Philadelphia, PA
-Graduate Grant and Former Trustees Scholarship
2008 BFA Academic Merit Scholarship | Tyler School of Art (Temple University), Elkins Park and Philadelphia, PA
-Harry Rosen Certificate of Excellence
-Esther Rosen Scholarship
Events
2021 Next Galaxy Writing Retreat & Seminar| Ruth Stone House & Blueberry Hill Inn, Goshen, VT
Getting Off the Planet | EcoArtSpace Artist Panel Discussion & Talk (online)
2020 Inaugural Poetry Chapbook Printing Publication Series | Putney Library, Putney, VT
EcoPoetics eSalon and Deep Green Query Poetry Reading | Amos Eno Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Typos, Spills & Broken Glass, In collaboration with guest curator Melissa Joseph | Amos Eno Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2019 Sublime Salon with artist Sam Jones: ‘Perpetual Becoming’ | Amos Eno Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2018 Art For the Cash Poor | InLiquid Gallery, Spring Arts District, Callowhill, Philadelphia
Guerrilla Warfare: Screen-printing Your Protest | McGuire Gallery, PAFA Museum
2018 Inaugural PAFA MFA Thesis Symposium | Hamilton Auditorium, PAFA, Philadelphia, PA
2017 Print Nation | PAFA Print Shop, Philadelphia, PA
Art Actions in Solidarity | Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Campus, Philadelphia, PA
Editions
2020 Ruth Stone House poetry broadsides for Essential Ruth Stone book release, limited edition of 26 hand type-set
and letterpressed broadsides. Printed in-house | Ruth Stone House, Goshen VT
Inaugural Poetics of Ecology Letterpress Chapbook, edition of 150 hand typeset and letterpressed chapbooks,
printed in-house | In collaboration with Putney Library Writer in Residence and Head Librarian, Putney, VT
2019 Poetry Broadsides for Summer Reading Series, 8 editions of 25-50 letterpress broadsides
| In collaboration with Ruth Rodriguez, printed in-house at Antidote Books, Putney, VT
2018 Poetry Broadsides for Putney Mountain Association Poetry Contest, 3 editions of 30 letterpress broadsides
| In collaboration with Antidote Books, Putney, VT and printed at Big Wheel Press, Easthampton, MA
Serigraph Edition Printer for artist David Schutter, edition of 10 two-color diptychs
| PAFA Press, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2017 ‘Love Power 2017’ Community Letterpress open-Edition with Amos Paul Kennedy Jr.
| PAFA Press, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Etching Edition Printer for artist and curator Ruth Fine, edition of 25 two copper-plate single color prints
| PAFA Press, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Professional Experience
| Commercial & Fine Art |
2021 Directory Member Eco Art Space (online)
2019-21 Board of Directors | Amos Eno Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2019 Letterpress Edition Printer, Letterpress Artist, Calligrapher | New England
-Clients Include: Antidote Books (Putney, VT), private calligraphy commissions, wedding invitations
2005 – present Graphic Design, Calligraphy, and Hand Lettering
-Clients & Employers Include: Whole Foods Market, Yoga Works, La Cocina Kitchen Incubator,
Sanctuary Yoga, Quest Chiropractic, and private clients in New England, Philadelphia & San Francisco, CA
| Critic & Teacher |
2019 Guest Artist and Critic, July 2019 | The Sable Arts Project, Stockbridge, VT
2018 Print Shop Tech and Graduate Teaching Assistant | Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA), Philadelphia, PA -Intaglio, Monotype & Letterpress
2017 Graduate Teaching Assistantships | PAFA, Philadelphia, PA
-Animal Drawing
-Intaglio Printmaking
-Painting Materials and Techniques
| Yoga & Tantra |
2019-20 Hatha & Ayurveda, Public & Private | Putney Moves, Putney, VT
2019 Tantric Hatha Yoga Teacher | Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2016-18 Yoga Teacher and Co-Founder of ‘Yoga at PAFA’ | PAFA, Philadelphia, PA
2014-15 Program Director & Teacher, Employee Wellness Program
| de Young Museum & Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA
2012-16 Hatha Yoga & Vinyasa Teacher | Northern California
-Clients Include: AKQA Marketing Firm, Trulia Inc. and Yoga Tree (Yoga Works)