Cirriculum Vitae
Candace Jensen
Visual Artist, Polymath, Deep Ecology
Westminster West, VT on unceded lands of the Elnu Abenaki in the Dawnland of Turtle Island
www.candacejensen.com | @artist.cjensen | artist.cjensen@gmail.com
Represented by Amos Eno Gallery, Brooklyn, NY | amoseno.org
Currently
2021- Brodsky Center Advisory Council | Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Member | Eco Art Space (online)
Faculty at large | Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA
Board Member and Vice Chair | Bull Creek Common Lands Inc., Athens, VT
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 Editor | Iterant Mag, Ruth Stone House, Goshen, VT
2018- Exhibiting Artist & Curator Member | Amos Eno Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Education
2019 Ayurveda Wellness Coach 300 Hour Certification | Shakti School, Charlottesville, VA
2018 MFA | 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 BFA 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 Exhibitions
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
Yantra & Tantra Paintings | The Putney Tavern Grange Hall, Putney Moves, Putney, VT
2018 Aesthetics of the Felt World | 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 Recalling the Chimæra with Thomas Little and Coleman Stevenson | Amos Eno Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Emergence: An Interactive Art Exhibition | Main Street Arts, Saxtons River, VT
Towards a New Animism | Amos Eno Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2021 Where’er His Silent Beams Intrude | Amos Eno Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2020 Resonance | Fellowship at PAFA, Online Exhibition: https://www.fellowshipgallery.org/res-o-nance
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 / Catalyst
2022 Towards a New Animism co-curated with Joyce Yamada| Amos Eno Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
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
2022 Disobedient Futures, Cambridge Writer's Workshop (publication details forthcoming)
E·ratio Postmodern Poetry Journal, poem ‘Just as All Things Come’ (published March 2022)
'Artist Candace Jensen on Illuminations and Mythologies in Her Practice'
| Ante Mag (NYC), Interview with Indep. Curator Douglas Turner, (Alchemy Open Call First Prize)
2020 Poetry In Isolation, Iterant Online, Issue 1 (Summer ‘20) | Iterant Mag Quarterly Poetry & Art, 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 | Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Antwerp, Belgium
Residencies & Creative Retreats
2022 The Arctic Circle Residency, Fall Art & Science Expedition | Svalbard, Norway
Wild & Sovereign Retreat | County Clare, Ireland
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 & Courses
2022 Next Galaxy Writing Retreat & Seminar| Ruth Stone House & Blueberry Hill Inn, Goshen, VT
Iterant Mag & Gigantic Sequins AWP Offsite Reading | Young American Cidery, Germantown (Philly)
Calligraphy: Decorated Capitals | Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA
Artist & Filmmaker Discussion: Towards a New Animism and Invisible Hand | Amos Eno Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2021 Poetry Reading & Plumbless Icebox Broadside Launch with Bianca Stone, Molly Dickinson & Alicia Mountain (online)
Next Galaxy Writing Retreat & Seminar| Ruth Stone House & Blueberry Hill Inn, Goshen, VT
Getting Off the Planet | EcoArtSpace Artist Panel Discussion & Talk (online)
The Art of Calligraphy | Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA (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
2022 Poetry Broadsides for Poets.Org, Toi Derricotte. Edition of 200 TBC
2021 Poetry Broadsides for Iterant Mag Issues 1-4. Editions of 50 and 100 3-color risographs.
Printed at Looky Here print shop, Greenfield, Mass.
Poetry Broadside for 10Forward and Catherine Bresner. Edition of 75 one-color, 2-impressions on French paper.
Printed in-house | Ruth Stone House, Goshen VT
Poetry Broadsides for Iterant Mag Issue 6. Editions of 47, 2 color letterpress on Cranes.
Printed in-house | Ruth Stone House, Goshen VT
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
Past Professional Experience
| Commercial & Fine Art |
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
Graduate Student Member | Alumni Association, PAFA, Philadelphia, PA
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)