Academic Education
M. Ed. Secondary Education, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, completed May 2011
M. Ed. Educational Leadership, University of Alaska, Southeast, completed June 2010
Teacher Certification, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, completed May 2007
B.A. English, Teaching Emphasis, University of Washington, completed 2001
Art Education
Studied mask carving with Ron Manook, West Valley High School, Fairbanks, AK; carving and 2D Northwest Coast Design with Marvin Oliver, University of Washington; sculpture with Wendy Croskrey, University of Alaska Fairbanks; carving and Northwest Coast design with Duane Pasco and Randi Purser, Suquamish, WA; weeklong carving study with Dempsey Bob, The Evergreen State College Longhouse; printmaking workshop with Marwin Begaye, The Evergreen State College Longhouse
Teaching
May 2019 Breathing Life into the Indigenous Arts Campus Fundraiser (led Carving Yup’ik Story Knives Workshop), The Evergreen State College Longhouse, Olympia, WA
January 2015 – June 2018 Native American Art, Chief Kitsap Academy, Poulsbo, WA
September 2010 – December 2015 Alaska Native Art, 3-D Art, North Pole High School, North Pole, AK
Solo Exhibitions and Residencies
2021 Yupik Jen at Daybreak Star Indian Cultural Center Sacred Circle Gallery, Seattle, WA
2019 First Thursday Art Walk at King Street Station, Seattle, WA
2019 King Street Station yəhaw’ Artist Residency, Seattle, WA
2019 First Thursday Art Walk at Chief Seattle Club, Seattle, WA
Group Exhibitions and Events
2022 In The Spirit Contemporary Native American Juried Art Show, Washington State History Museum, Tacoma, WA
2022 The Homelands Collection, 2nd Edition, Raven Makes Gallery, Sisters, OR
2021 Across the Waters: Longhouse at 25, The Evergreen State University Evergreen Gallery, Olympia, WA
2021 Masks, Prints and Pedestal Art with Lillian Pitt, Jeffery Moose Gallery, Bainbridge Island, WA
2021 Close to Home, ARTS at King Street Station, Seattle, WA
2021 Tradition Keepers: A Women’s Exhibition, Stonington Gallery, Seattle, WA
2021 There’s No “I” In Identity, Gallery One, Ellensburg, WA
2020 The Homelands Collection, 1st Edition, Raven Makes Gallery, Sisters, OR
2020 Prints and 3D with Lillian Pitt, Jeffery Moose Gallery, Bainbridge Island, WA
2020 Native Artists of the Salish Sea, Northwest Art Alliance, Online Exhibition
2020 Skyward, Stonington Gallery, Seattle, WA
2020 Lena | Ceara | Jennifer, Stonington Gallery, Seattle, WA
2019 40th Anniversary Group Show, Stonington Gallery, Seattle, WA
2019 Group print show, Jeffrey Moose Gallery, Bainbridge Island, WA
2019 Artist vendor – The Autry Museum Native American Art Marketplace, Los Angeles, CA
2019 In The Spirit Contemporary Native American Juried Art Show, Washington State History Museum, Tacoma, WA
2019 Masks: The Art of Becoming, Stonington Gallery, Seattle, WA
2019 yəhaw’ Exhibition, King Street Station, Seattle, WA
2019 Artist vendor – the Heard Museum Guild Indian Fair and Market
2018 Fast Forward: Skateboards & Paddles, Stonington Gallery, Seattle, WA
2018 Masters of Disguise IV: Group Mask Exhibition, Stonington Gallery, Seattle, WA
2017 Tears of Duk’WibahL, Evergreen Gallery at The Evergreen State College
2017 In The Spirit Contemporary Native American Juried Art Show, Washington State History Museum, Tacoma, WA
2016 In The Spirit Contemporary Native American Juried Art Show, Washington State History Museum, Tacoma, WA
2014 In The Spirit Contemporary Native American Juried Art Show, Washington State History Museum, Tacoma, WA
2012 University of Alaska Fairbanks Sustainable Art Show, Fairbanks, AK
2011 University of Alaska Fairbanks Sustainable Art Show, Fairbanks, AK
Awards and Honors
2021 Anchorage Museum Virtual Artist Residency
2020 - 2021 The MAC (McMillen Artist Community) Fellow, The Robert B. McMillen Foundation
2020 - 2021 Pacific Northwest Art Fellow, Nia Tero
2019 Polar Lab: Collective, collections research for emerging Alaska Native and the Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center artists at the Anchorage Museum, Anchorage, AK
2018 yəhaw’ show Mentorship Participant
2017 Tears of Duk’WibahL International Indigenous Art Gathering, Participating Artist
2016 The Evergreen State College Longhouse Native Creative Development Grant
2016 Honoring Innovation Award, In The Spirit Contemporary Native American Juried Art Show
2012 Second Place, UAF Sustainable Art Show
2011 Honorable Mention, UAF Sustainable Art Show
Collections
Washington State Convention Center Addition Entryways Artwork, scheduled completion in spring 2022
Private collections in Alaska, Oregon, Washington, California, Michigan, Florida, and Arizona
City of Seattle Portable Artworks Collection
Percent for Art – “As We Go Through Our Days,” Ryan Middle School, Fairbanks, AK