Jennifer Bieniek
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Jennifer Bieniek’s Bio
Jennifer Bieniek resides with her husband and three daughters in San Antonio, Texas where she works as an art teacher and freelance artist. She works in fiber arts/ soft sculpture, and installation art related to creation and feminine experiences.
Jennifer began experimenting with fiber arts as a teenager eventually pursuing it as her focus in college. She received her B.F.A. in Studio Art Fiber from Texas State University in 1998. After teaching high school art for many years Jennifer reconnected with her own personal art practice in 2015 and began graduate school. Jennifer served as a teaching intern at Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas in the spring of 2018 and just completed a second teaching internship at Southwest School of Art in San Antonio, Texas in the fall of 2018. Jennifer is graduating with a M.F.A. in Painting from Savannah College of Art and Design this December 2018. After graduate school she hopes to teach studio art courses at a college or university in her area.
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Education
2019 M.F.A Painting, Savannah College of Art & Design
2010 EC-12 Art Teaching Certification, Texas State University
1998 B.F.A. Studio Art, focus in Fibers, Texas State University
Experience
2019 Reagan High School, NEISD, San Antonio, TX
AP Studio Art Teacher
2018 Southwest School of Art, San Antonio, TX
Teaching Internship
2018 Texas State University, San Marcos, TX
Teaching Internship
2011- Sam Houston High School, SAISD, San Antonio, TX
2015 Head Art Teacher
Solo Exhibitions
2018- M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition, Fruiting Bodies, Flax Studio,
2019 San Antonio, TX
Group Exhibitions
2018 2018 Solo Showdown, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, TX
2018 College Expo, 500X Gallery, Dallas, TX
2018 Mystery, Magic, Metaphor, Myth…, Walkers’ Gallery, San- Marcos, TX
2015 Collaborative Work, Instituto Cultural de Mexico Art
Museum, San Antonio, TX
2013 Collaborative Work, Tobin Center for the Performing Arts, San Antonio, TX
1998 Senior Thesis Exhibit, Texas State University Art Gallery,
San Marcos, TX
1997 Art & the Environment, Sculptural Installations, Aquarena Springs, San Marcos, TX
Commissions
1995- 5 Private Commissions
2015
Published Work
2017 Psychic Fertility Oracle Tarot Deck illustrations,
Dr. Julie Von – New Clinic, New York, NY
Public Works
2015 Sam Houston High School Historical Mural Restoration,
San Antonio, TX
2014 Ms. Fiesta Public Service Project MLK Park Beautification Mural, San Antonio, TX