Jen Blazina
Jen Blazina
As an artist, I am intrigued with the idea that what is precious to one person will be discarded by another. My work is influenced by commonplace possessions, familial vignettes and photographs. These evoke an ephemeral sense of past memories. Whether found in a second-hand shop or passed down from my family, I am often attracted to and captivated by the lost beauty of subtle images and materials. By re-creating and casting momentos in glass and metal, I transform their history in my own voice. The process allows me to capture and hold on to another time in the past. Photographs and chosen objects allude to narratives of fleeting moments.
Jen Blazina is a sculptor and printmaker who uses glass as her primary medium. She currently resides in Philadelphia where she is a working artist and professor at Drexel University in the College of Media Arts and Design.
Blazina’s work is in multiple collections such as the Neuberger Museum of Art, The Imagine Museum, The Cranbrook Museum of Art, and the Corning Museum of Glass to name a few. Blazina has been awarded numerous residencies including: the Corning Artist in Residency at the Corning Museum of Glass in Corning, New York; GAPP Residency at Toledo Museum of Art in Toledo, OH; Bezalel Art and Design Academy in Jerusalem, Israel; and the Creative Glass Center of America in Millville, NJ. She has been awarded prestigious grants as the Bessie and Louis Stein Fellowship; Independence Foundation Grant; and a National Endowment for the Arts Grant. She has just been nominated for the 2022 Pew Fellowship Award in the Excellence of Craft through the PEW Charitable Foundation of Philadelphia, PA.
Jen Blazina received her M.F.A. in printmaking from Cranbrook Academy of Art, her B.A. from Sarah Lawrence College in New York and her B.F.A., cum laude, from the State University of New York at Purchase College.
Bergstrom Mahler Museum of Glass, Neenah, WI
Palmer Museum of Art, Penn State University, University Park, PA
Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY, USA
Imagine Museum, Petersburgh, FL
Museum of American Glass, Millville, NJ, USA
Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, NY, USA
The Hyatt, Philadelphia, PA, USA
The National Liberty Museum, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Ha’mizgaga Glass Factory Museum, Nachsholim, Israel
Djerassi Resident Artists Program, Woodside CA, USA
Woman’s Studio Workshop, Rosendale, NY, USA
Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem, Israel
Frans Masereel Centre, Kasterlee, Belgium
Kala Institute of Art, Berkley, CA, USA
Cranbrook Museum of Art, Bloomfield Hills, NY, USA
California Community Foundation, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Mesa Contemporary Art Center, Tucson, AR, USA
Various Private Collections
2025 Influences by a Collection, Bergstrom Mahler Museum of Glass, Neenah, WI
2023 Jen Blazina New Works, The Study Hotel, Philadelphia, PA
Fellowship Solo Exhibition, Haifa Gallery, Haifa, Israel
2022 The Garden of Memory, Solo Exhibition, Blue Spiral 1, Asheville, NC
Viewing, FOCI, Minneapolis, MN
What She Wore, Solo Exhibition, Koelsch Haus Gallery, Houston, TX
2021 Atari 2021, Limited, Habatat Galleries, Detroit, MI
2019 Garden of Decadence, Lyon College, Batesville, AL
2018 Images of Israel, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem, Israel
2017 Floating, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem, Israel
Works as an Invited Visiting Artist, West Texas A&M University, Canyon, TX
2016 Ephemera, Ha’mizgaga Glass Factory Museum, Nachsholim, Israel
Winter-scape, The Glass Market, Corning Museum of Art, Corning, NY
2015 Intertwined, Koelsch Haus Gallery, Houston, TX
Homage to Corning, The Glass Market, Corning Museum of Art, Corning, NY
Outdated, Lindenwood University, MO
2014 Outdated, Packer Schopf Gallery, Chicago, IL
Reflections, FotoFest 2014, Koelsch Gallery, Houston, TX
2013 Minimal Decadence, University of Dallas, Dallas, TX
2012 Collection, Thompson Gallery, Furman University, Greenville, SC
Westward Ho, Pearlstein Gallery, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
Sweet and Sickly, European Ceramic WorkCentre, Den Bosch, The Netherlands
2011 Menagerie, Outdoor Installation, Djerassi Artist Residency Program, Woodside, CA
Collection, European Ceramic WorkCentre, Den Bosch, The Netherlands
A Remembrance, Koelsch Gallery, Houston, TX
2011 Watches, Paxton Gate Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2010 Bittersweet, Affordable Art Fair, Divergence Fine Art Gallery, NY, NY
A Garden of Decadence, Pictura Gallery, Dordrecht, Netherlands
2009 Relics, Koelsch Gallery, Houston, TX
Ephemeral Narratives, Silica Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2008 Ephemera, Women’s Studio Workshop, Rosendale, NY
Returning, Radford University Art Museum, Radford, VA
Inaugural Exhibition, Youens Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2007 Oracle, Kunstoffice, Berlin, Germany
Recollection, Museum of American Glass, Millville, NJ
Recollection, Art Chicago, Marx Saunders Gallery, Chicago, IL
2006 Recollection, The Bridge International, Art Basel Miami, Miami, FL
Nesting, Marx Saunders Gallery, Chicago, IL
Fantasma, Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2005 Mending, Scuola di Grafica, Venice, Italy
Group Exhibitions (Selected)
2023 Animalia 2.0, Blue Spiral 1 Gallery, Asheville, NC
Archive of A.I.R., Past Present Projects, Philadelphia, PA
Gravity Bound, Habatat 8th Annual Glass Coast Weekend, Habatat Galleries, Sarasota, FL
Present Tense, Pearlstein Gallery, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
51st Annual International Glass Invitational Award Exhibition, Habatat Galleries, Royal Oak, MI
2022 Glass Art Fair, Habatat Galleries, Royal Oak, MI
Art As A Tool For Communication, The Rincliffe Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Beyond Glass, Wayne Arts Center, Wayne PA
CraftNow Fundraiser, CraftNow, Philadelphia, PA
50th Annual International Glass Invitational Award Exhibition, Habatat Galleries, Royal Oak, MI
12 Jars: The Path of Life, Habatat Galleries, Royal Oak, MI
Its Not Always Black and White, The Imagine Museum, St. Petersburgh, FL
2021 Glass Art Fair, Habatat Galleries, Royal Oak, MI
Botanicals, Blue Spiral 1, Asheville, NC
Collect, Oolite Arts, Miami, FL
50 Years, Habatat Galleries, Royal Oak, MI
CraftNow Fundraiser, CraftNow, Philadelphia, PA
49th International Glass Invitational Award Exhibition, Habatat Galleries, Royal Oak, MI
Knit.Weave.Stitch, Blue Spiral 1, Asheville, NC
Celebrating 30!, Blue Spiral 1, Asheville, NC
2020 Tools of the Trade, Blue Spiral 1, Asheville, NC
48th International Glass Invitational Award Exhibition, Habatat Galleries, Royal Oak, MI
Scaled Down, Blue Spiral 1, Asheville, NC
The Glass Art Fair, Habatat Galleries, Detroit, MI
Covid-19, Blue Spiral 1, Asheville, NC
2019 Prime, Habatat Galleries, Chicago, IL
47th International Glass Invitational Award Exhibition, Habatat Galleries, Royal Oak, MI
Grand Opening, Koelsch Gallery, Houston, TX
Domestic Matters: Uncommon Apron, Peters Valley School of Craft, Layton, NJ
Beauties of the Common Tool, Gravy Gallery and Studio, Philadelphia, PA
Summer Instructors Exhibition, Appalachian Center for Craft, Tennessee Tech University, Smithville, TN
Hot Glass, Arts Commission of Ohio, Toledo, OH
2018 Sculptural Objects Functional Art and Design, Chicago, Represented by Habatat Galleries, Royal Oak, MI
46th International Glass Invitational Award Exhibition, Habatat Galleries, Royal Oak, MI
Ears of Buddha: Mystical Powers, Koelsch Gallery, Houston, TX
Hot and Cold, FOCI, Glass Center, Minneapolis, MN
Some Like It Hot, Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
Glass Now 2018, The National Liberty Museum, Philadelphia, PA
Sound and Vision
The National Liberty Museum, Philadelphia, PA
2017 Glass Weekend 2017, Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery, Millville, NJ
Glass Now, The National Liberty Museum, Philadelphia, PA
Glass Art Society Members Juried Exhibition, Glass Wheel Studio, Norfolk, VA
Art on Fire, Pittsburgh Glass Center, Pittsburgh, PA
Millefiori, Freemont Gallery, Seattle, WA
Breaking the Glass Ceiling: Women in Glass, Wayne Arts Center, Wayne, PA
Embodiment, Pittsburgh Glass Center, Pittsburgh, PA
2016 Glass Fashion Show, Toledo Museum of Art, Glass Pavilion, Toledo, OH
Glow, Pilchuck Gallery, Seattle, WA
Hang in 3D, Koelsch Haus, Houston, TX
Bounded, Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
2015 Reincarnation, The Art Car Museum, Houston, TX
Glass Weekend 2015, Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery, Wheaton Arts, Millville, NJ
Shattered, Chandra Cerrito Gallery, Oakland, CA
Works in Jewelry, Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
Enchanted Forrest, Pilchuck Gallery, Seattle, WA
Way Kool, Koelsch Gallery, Houston, TX
2014 Square Foot, Art Basel, Projects Gallery, Miami, FL
Influencers, Printmaking Center of NJ, Branchburgh, NJ
Hot Glass 2014, Art Commission of Toledo, Toledo, OH
2013 The Art of the Fellowship, Museum of American Glass, Millville, NJ
Common Discourse, Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
Glass Weekend 2013, Wexler Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2013 14th Annual Glass Exhibition, National Liberty Museum, Philadelphia, PA
4, Wexler Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Treat Yourself, Koelsch Gallery, Houston, TX
Rock and Roll, Koelsch Gallery, Houston, TX
2012 9, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, P. R. China
Lights, Camera, Action, Koelsch Gallery, Houston, TX
Surrogates, University of Delaware Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Hot Glass, GAS Conference, Toledo, OH
The Fire Continues, The Gallery of Fine Craft, Millville, NJ
Unlived Histories, Flanders Gallery, Raleigh, NC
2011 Holding Memory, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI
Art in Public Spaces, Museum of the 21st Century, Langenois, Austria
Glass Weekend 2011, Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery, Millville, NJ
Identify Yourself, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MS
Celebrating 40 Years, Pilchuck Glass School, Seattle, WA
Sculpted Memory, Rush Arts Gallery, New York, NY
10x10x10, Pittsburgh Glass Center Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
2010 It’s a Group Thing, Koelsch Gallery, Houston, TX
Ni Una Mas, Pearlstein Galleries, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
Transformation 6: Contemporary Works in Glass, Hunter Museum of American Art,
Chattanooga, TN
Art on Fire, Pittsburgh Glass Center, Pittsburgh, PA
Transformation 6: Contemporary Works in Glass, Western University, Seattle, WA
Group Exhibition, Jack Fischer Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Hot Glass, Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH
Into the Void, Index Art Center, Newark, NJ
Transformation 6: Contemporary Works in Glass, Western University, Seattle, WA
Represented Artists Exhibition, Koelsch Gallery, Houston, TX
2009 Drukwerk Buiten de Marge, Pictura Gallery, Dordrecht, Netherlands
Sculptural Objects Figurative Art 2009, Represented by Silica Gallery, Chicago, IL
State of the Union, Philadelphia Arts Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
National Print Exhibition, Los Angeles Printmaking Society, Los Angeles, CA
Sculptural Objects Figurative Art 2009, Represented by Silica Gallery, New York, NY
The Art of the Reclaimed Object, Mesa Contemporary Art Center, Tucson, AR
2009 Glass Weekend 2009, Wheaton Arts, Represented by Silica Gallery, Millville, NJ
Vision Realized, Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
Gen-X, Modern Masters Fine Arts Gallery, Palm Springs, CA
Salon, Pictura Gallery, Dordrecht, Netherlands
Alumni Exposition, Gallery of Fine Craft, Wheaton Arts, Fine Arts Gallery, Millville, NJ
2008 Time Capsules: 2 Person Exhibition, Gallery Imperato, Baltimore, MD
Contemporary Works in Glass, Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
Red Dot, Represented by Gallery Imperato, New York, New York, NY
Multiplicitocracy, American University Museum, Washington, D.C
Kunstoffice-Ziell V, Kunstoffice, Berlin, Germany
Transformation 6: Contemporary Works in Glass, Philadelphia Art Alliance,
Philadelphia, PA
The Art of the Reclaimed Object, Mesa Contemporary Art Center, Tucson, AR
Spirit, James Backas Gallery, Baltimore, MD
4, Aron Packer Gallery, Chicago, IL
Cast Glass Fellows, The Gallery at Wheaton Art, Millville, NJ
(In)Vestment, Bahdeebahdu Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Invitational Represented Artist Exhibition, The Glass Gallery, Bethesda, MD
