(lives and works in Los Angeles, California)

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EDUCATION
2004
Master of Fine Arts in Photography and Video, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Navona Fellowship recipient

1997
Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon

1995
Bachelor of Arts, American Studies, University of Missouri at Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri

1995
Salt Institute for Documentary Field Studies, Summer Institute, Portland, Maine

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS/PROJECTS
2009
In Lieu of Gifts, The Green Lantern, Chicago, Illinois (solo)

2008
Bellwether, Vox Populi, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Vonzweck, The Barn, Chicago, Illinois
Bellwether, Alternator Gallery, Kelowna, British Columbia

2007
Liar Lies: Contemporary Performance for the Camera, DePaul Art Museum, Chicago, Illinois
COMA #9, California Occidental Museum of Art, Chicago, Illinois
DePaul Faculty Video Screening, Chicago Filmmakers, Chicago, Illinois

2006
A Parliament of Owls, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas
Jenny Walters, VONZWECK, Chicago, Illinois {solo}
Versus, Gallery 40000, Chicago, Illinois (collaboration with Heather Mekkelson)

2005
Songs and no reason to be still, Galerie André Kermer, Leipzig, Germany {solo}
Hey, Hot Shot, Jen Bekman Gallery, New York, New York
Keep It in the Family (screening), WORM, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Meanwhile: Jenny Walters & Tessa Wendt, ThreeWalls, Chicago, Illinois
Detroit Museum of New Art International Film and Video Festival, Detroit, Michigan
Chicago's Own: Songs and no reason to be still (screening), Chicago Filmmakers, Chicago, Illinois
Cross Cuts, The Self Center: New Video Art from Chicago, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, California
Rebuttal, Green Lantern, Chicago, Illinois

2004
EASTinternational, Juried Competition (jurors: Neo Rauch & Gerd Harry Lybke), Norwich Gallery, Norwich, England
Blind Spot Experimental Radio Project, member, actor, writer, WLUW 88.7FM, Chicago, Illinois
Formfit, The Great Space, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
MFA Thesis Exhibition, Gallery 400, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Small Victories, Modest Contemporary Art Projects, Chicago, Illinois
GARDENfresh DVD Survey, VideoHQ, Kansas City, Missouri
Guest Critic, Goat Island summer performance institute, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

2003
Fast Track: Race Day, 1/Quarterly Space, Chicago, Illinois
Chicago Artists Month Public DVD Projection, GARDENfresh, Chicago, Illinois
Love and Lust, New Works Gallery, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

2002
Current Works, winner of the Excellence Award, Society for Contemporary Photography, Kansas City, Missouri
Fresh Blood, Dirt Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri
Place Names the Place: Photographs by Jenny Walters and Catherine Archias, The Other Space, Kansas City, Missouri

GRANTS/AWARDS
2005 & 2007 Community Arts Assistance Program Grant, City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and the
Illinois Arts Council

RESIDENCIES
2005 Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, Florida

BIBLIOGRAPHY
2004
Flash Art, “News: East International,” October
Modern Painters, “East International 2004,” Autumn
Art Monthly, “East International 2004,” September
“The Twilight Margin: thoughts on the work of Jenny Walters,” catalogue essay by Matthew Goulish for EASTinternational, Norwich Gallery, Norwich, England
24HourMuseum.net, “International In the East - Norwich Gallery Goes Global,” September

2002
Review Magazine (Kansas City, Missouri), "Women Artists: Redefining Roles and Rules," November
The Kansas City Star (Kansas City, Missouri), "Fresh Young Talent Grows at Dirt Gallery," October 11