born in Toronto, Ontario CAN
lives in New York

S O L O  EXHIBITIONS
2024
Seeing through Yesterday, The Other Side Gallery, Utica NY SEP 6 - 28

Screen of Memory, Artisan Gallery, The Broome County Arts Council, Binghamton, NY JUL

 
2015
Aurora Sojourn, Gallery 135, Sumter Co. Cultural Center, Sumter, SC JUL 16 - AUG 14
 
2014
Lickety Splitvideo projectionSumter Co. Cultural Center, SC OCT 24 - 30
 
2012
DwellPocket Productions.org :: AIR national proposal invited to create site-specific work along the Palmetto Trail annual, Columbia, SC MAY - OCT 
 
Swell Hartwick College, Oneonta, NY FEB 16 – MAR 16
  
Magnolia, Kershaw County Fine Arts Center, Camden, SC JAN 20 - FEB 29
 
2011
A Glimpse, Spark & Flash, Llewellyn Gallery, Alfred State College, Alfred, NY MAR 22 - APR 08  AlfredState.edu.JenPepper

2010
That which cannot be held, Robineau Gallery, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY JAN 29 - APR 04  EversonMuseum.JenPepper

Architecture of a Cloud, Mural Gallery, The Frank W. Cyr Center, Stamford, NY SEP - OCT

2008
Tautologos, University of Massachusetts @ Dartmouth, New Bedford, MA JAN 19 – MAR  15 UMassd.edu.Tautologos.JenPepper

2007
Slipstream, STRING ROOM GALLERY, Wells College, Aurora, NY NOV 07- DEC 14

Farm Works, artist project installed on CNY agricultural farm, Madison, Co., NY OCT

2006
Field Notes, UNIVERSITY GALLERY, University of South Carolina @ Sumter, SC MAY-JUN

Recent Work, GEORGE WATERS GALLERY, Elmira College, Elmira, NY NOV 14 – DEC 09

2005
Broken English, EARLVILLE OPERA HOUSE, Earlville, NY OCT-NOV

Lickety Split, installation, LOUPE GALLERY, Prattsburgh, NY- MAY

Stream, CHAPMAN GALLERY, Cazenovia College, NY APR – Reviewed in Sculpture - Nov. 05, Vol. 24 No. 9, illust.

2001
Slieve, FULTON STREET GALLERY, Troy, NY

1999
Anatomy of the Read, 1912 GALLERY, Emory & Henry College, Emory, VA

Above Din, PENELIC GALLERY, Allegheny College, Meadville, PA

1998
Sounding, BROWNSON GALLERY, Manhattanville College, Purchase, NY

1997
Trace, ALICE & WILLIAM JENKINS GALLERY, Crealde School of Art, Winter Park, FL

Body of Experience, McINTOSH GALLERY, University of Western Ontario, CANADA catalogue

1996
Merging Presence, MANWARING & GALLERY 66, Connecticut College, New London, CT

1995
Built Upon The Body, MARY PORTER SESNON ART GALLERY, University of CA @ Santa Cruz

1994
Sculpture and Works on Paper, SECOND STREET GALLERY, Charlottesville, VA

1992
Recent Work, CHARTER OAK CULTURAL CENTER GALLERY, Hartford, CT

1990
Recent Work, THE SLATER MEMORIAL MUSEUM OF ART, Norwich, CT

ARTISTS’ RESIDENCIES NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL INVITATIONS
2022 > 2024
- Vermont Carving Studio, granted Independent artist in residence, West Rutland . VT JUN

2021
- Granted sabbatical leave SP 2021
Invited artist in residence 
- Kunstnarhuset Messen, Ålvik, NORWAY  MARCH   khmessen.no
- Icelandic Textile Centre Residency, Blönduós, Northwest coast, Iceland JULY
Textilsetur.residency.is

2020
- Vermont Carving Studio, granted Independent artist in residence, West Rutland . VT AUG 

2017
- The Matilda Joslyn Gage Foundation, Fayetteville, NY JUN > AUG matildajoslyngage.org

2016
Raumas Artist Residency, Rauma, FINLAND > deferred

2015
- Kunstnarhuset Messen, Ålvik, NORWAY  MARCH   khmessen.no
- Nes Artist Residency, Skagaströnd, ICELAND  APRIL  neslist.is
- Gæsteatelier Hollufgård, Odense, DENMARK  MAY  gah.dk

2012
Dwell, Palmetto State Trail Park & Pocket Productions.org :: artist in residence, national invitation to create site-specific work along the Palmetto Trail annual, Columbia, SC . MAY - OCT 

2011
- South Carolina State National Parks Residency Program, Cheraw, SC . JUN

2010    
- The Weir Farm Art Center National Historic Site, artist in resident program, Wilton, CT . MAY-JUN  https://www.nps.gov/wefa/getinvolved/artist-in-residence-program.htm

2009      
- Resident fellow OSAGE ARTS COMMUNITY, Belle, MO . MAR-APR  osageac.org

- South Carolina State Parks Residency Program, Hickory Knob, Pickens, SC . FEB 

2008     
- Resident fellow Fundación Casa Museo SOLAINA DE PILOÑO international residency program, Galicia, SPAIN . JUL  https://www.escapadarural.com/que-hacer/vila-de-cruces/casa-museo-a-solaina-de-pilono

- Sumter Co. Cultural Commission, residence in community, SC . SEP-OCT

2006        
- The Art Colony Galichnik, Republic of Macedonia, invited international artist to participate in Macedonian Biennial Exhibition, National Gallery, Skopje, MACEDONIA JUN-SEP 2007   https://npmavrovo.mk/activity/art-colony-galichnik

2004                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      - The Constance Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts, Open Studio Recipient, Ithaca, NY APR  saltonstall.org

2003    
- Foundation Valparaiso, Mojacar, Almeria, SPAIN, JUN  fundacionvalparaiso.com

Constance Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts, Open Studio Recipient, Ithaca, NY OCT    

2002    
- Virginia Creative Center for the Arts, Sweet Briar, VA JUN   vcca.org

2001     
- Fulton Street Gallery Funded Residency Program, Troy, NY AUG

- Anam Cara Artists’ Colony, Eyeries, Beara, West Cork, IRELAND JAN   anamcararetreat.com

2000       
-  The Corporation of Yaddo Colony for the Arts, Saratoga Springs, NY,  A.I.R. JUN  yaddo.org​

Anam Cara Artists’ Colony, The Beara Peninsula, West Cork, IRELAND, A.I.R. DEC 00-JAN 01                                       

1997
- Sculpture Space, Inc., Utica, NY, A.I.R. JUL + AUG  sculpturespace.org

1995    
- The Millay Colony for the Arts, Inc., Austerlitz, NY, A.I.R. AUG  millaycolony.org
 
GRANTS, AWARDS + FELLOWSHIPS
2023
Impact of the Arts Award, special recognition for service to the field,  LeMoyne College, Visial & Performing Arts, Syracuse, NY APR 14

Pinet Funding awarded, Cazenovia College​, NY
Cazenovia College Faculty Development grant recipent

2022
Pinet Funding awarded, Cazenovia College​, NY
Cazenovia College Faculty Development grant recipent

2019
Pinet Funding awarded, Cazenovia College, NY
Cazenovia College Faculty Development grant recipent

2018
Cazenovia College Faculty Development Grant awarded

2017
Cazenovia College Faculty Development Grant awarded

2016
Cazenovia College Faculty Development Grant awarded
 
2015
Pinet Funding awarded, Cazenovia College
Cazenovia College Faculty Development grant recipient 
 
2014
Pinet Funding awarded, Cazenovia College
Cazenovia College Faculty Development Grant awarded
 
2013
Cazenovia College Faculty Development Grant awarded
 
2012
Cazenovia College Faculty Development Grant awarded 
 
2010
Pinet Funding awarded, Cazenovia College
Cazenovia College Faculty Development Grant awarded 

New York Foundation for the Arts, S.O.S. Grant recipient, Strategic Opportunities Stipend awarded

2008
New York Foundation for the Arts, S.O.S. Grant recipient, Strategic Opportunities Stipend awarded

Pinet Funding awarded, Cazenovia College 
Cazenovia College Faculty Development Grant awarded

2007
New York Foundation for the Arts, S.O.S. Grant recipient, Strategic Opportunities Stipend awarded

Cazenovia College Faculty Development Grant awarded

Pinet Conference Panelist Funding awarded, Cazenovia College
Faculty Development Fund, Cazenovia College awarded

2006
Astraea National Visual Artist grant recipient AUG

Cazenovia College Faculty Development Grant awarded

Pinet Conference Panelist Funding awarded, Cazenovia College

New York Foundation for the Arts, S.O.S. invited panelist for grant proposal awards, Strategic Opportunities Stipend, CNY Region, NY

2004
New York Foundation for the Arts, S.O.S. Grant recipient, Strategic Opportunities Stipend awarded

The Sumter County Cultural Commission, Sumter, SC

Pinet Conference Panelist Funding awarded, Cazenovia College 

Cazenovia College Faculty Development Grant awarded

The Elizabeth Firestone Foundation for the Arts, grant recipient for catalogue publication

2003
New York Foundation for the Arts, S.O.S. Grant recipient, Strategic Opportunities Stipend awarded

Summer Research Grant Recipient, Cazenovia College, Cazenovia, NY

Cazenovia College Faculty Development Grant awarded

2001
Summer Research Grant Recipient, Alfred University, Alfred, NY

2000
New York Foundation for the Arts, S.O.S. Grant recipient, Special Opportunities Stipend awarded

National Endowment for the Humanities, Research Grant recipient, Alfred University, NY

1999
Constance Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts, Sculpture Fellows Recipient, Ithaca, NY

1994
Funded Residency Program, New York State Council for the Arts, Sculpture Space, Inc., Utica, NY, A.I.R. JUL-AUG

1995
The McClennen Fellows, The Millay Colony for the Arts, Inc., Austerlitz, NY, A.I.R. AUG

1993
Pew Fellows Recipient in Education, Long Island University, Brooklyn, NY

1989
Solo Exhibition Recipient, The Slater Memorial Museum of Art, Norwich, CT

1988
Second Place Award Recipient, Artworks Gallery, Hartford, CT

Open Award Recipient, Chautauqua Art Association Galleries, Chautauqua, NY

Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society Member, The University of Connecticut at Storrs, chapter

1987
Graduate Teaching Fellows, The University of Connecticut, School of Fine Arts, Storrs

Special Graduate Student Fellows, The University of Connecticut, Graduate School, Storrs

1986
John J. Leidy Merit Scholarship, The Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
  
TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2012
In Words, Drown I, J. Pepper + Tammy Renée Brackett, Kirkland Art Center Gallery, Clinton, NY NOV 13 - DEC 7
 
Swell, installation Foreman Gallery, Hartwick College, Oneonta, NY FEB 16 - MAR 16
 
2006 
J. Pepper + Erica Duffy, OLIN GALLERY, Washington + Jefferson College, Washington, PA SEP 15-OCT 15

2003
J. Pepper & M. Nelson, Munson Williams Proctor Institute, School of Art, Utica, NY

1998
J. Pepper & C. Harper, THE BARN GALLERY, Middle Tennessee State Univ., Murfreesboro, TN

1997
Accumulations: J. Pepper & C. Prusa, TRAHERN GALLERY, Austin Peay State University, TN

1996
Sedimentations: J. Pepper & C. Dobie, ERECTOR SQUARE GALLERY, New Haven, CT

SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025
Kirkland Art Center Gallery, Clinton, NY 

2024
The Wilson Gallery, LeMoyne College, OCT 29 - DEC 16

2022 > 2024
Annual Members Exhibition, The Carving Studio & Sculpture Center, West Rutland, VT JUN - AUG

Members' Exhibit, The Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center, Auburn, NY AUG 27 - OCT 18

2021
Pandemonium, Chroma Projects Art Lab, Carlottesville, VA SEP 13 - NOV 3

Kentler International Drawing Space, Brooklyn, NY OCT

2020
Made in New York 2020, The Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn, NY AUG 7 -  SEP 27

Kentler International Drawing Space, Brooklyn, NY SEP 12 - OCT 10

Division of Art & Design Faculty Biannual, Art Gallery in Reisman Hall, Cazenovia NY FEB 27 - MAR 16

2019
Reveal, Stone Quarry Hill Art Park, Cazenovia, NY OCT 4 - 31

En Route/En Camino, Centre d'Art La Rectoria, Sant Pere de Vilamajor, Catalonia, SPAIN JUN 01-30

CAZarts, members' exhibition, Art Gallery in Reisman Hall, Cazenovia, NY MAY


2018
Made in NY 2018, The Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn, NY APR 20 - JUN3

2017
Art & Design Faculty, The Mercer Gallery, Monroe Community College APR 6 - MAY 6
 
2016
Made in NY 2016, The Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn, NY MAR 26 - MAY 22
Assembling Wonder, Cazenovia Public Library, NY  MAY 31 -SEP

2015
Kentler International Drawing Space, Brooklyn, NY  APR 10 - MAY 16
Studio OPEN, KH Messen AiR, Ålvik, NORWAY MAR 26
 
2014
Kentler International Drawing Space, works on paper, Brooklyn, NY APR 12 - MAY 17
 
Nation II at the Alamo, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY JAN 04 - MAR 03 www.sideshowgallery.com
 
Stone Canoe #8, ArtRage Gallery, Syracuse, NY JAN 11 - FEB 08
 
2013
Kentler International Drawing Space, works on paper, Brooklyn, NY APR 12 - MAY 12
 
Sumter Collects II, Sumter Co. Gallery of Art, Sumter, SC FEB 28 - APR 19
 
Stone Canoe 7, Community Folk Art Center, Syracuse, NY JAN 12 - FEB 23
 
The Connective Thread :: Gandee Gallery, Fabius, NY JAN 18 - MAR 3
 
Earlville Opera House :: Earlville, NY, group exhibition of works by Studio Art Faculty from Cazenovia College JAN 26 - MAR 2
 
2012
Clandestine, curated by Gualberto Orozco :: Work - Detroit, Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design, University of Michigan, NOV 30 - DEC 21
 
Kentler International Drawing Space, works on paper, Brooklyn, NY APR 13 - MAY 13
    
2011
Twin Twin II Edition, curated by Matt Freedman, Pierogi Gallery, Brooklyn, NY SEPT 05 - OCT
 
Impact, Swing Space Gallery, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH OCT 06- OCT 27 https://immigration.osu.edu/impact-swing-space-gallery
   
Made in NY 2011, Schweinfurth Memorial Center, Auburn, NY MAR26 - MAY29

Visual Phrasing, Therese A. Maloney Art Gallery, College of Saint Elizabeth, Morristown, NJ JAN 20-APR 17 www.cse.edu/academics/academic-areas/culture-humanities/art/news-detail.dot?id=132309
 
Time Lapse: 1971-2011 Four Decades of Art, curated by Shelby Graham & UCSC students, Mary Porter Sesnon Art Gallery, University of California at Santa Cruz, APR 5 - MAY 7  http://art.ucsc.edu/galleries/exhibitions
 
Stone Canoe, XL Projects Gallery, Syracuse, NY JAN 26- FEB 20

Faculty Biennial, Art Gallery in Reisman Hall, Cazenovia College, NY JAN 26 - FEB 25

2010
Szozda Gallery, Syracuse, NY DEC

Your Documents Please, Fine Light Inc., 601 West 26th St., 8th Floor, Chelsea, NYC exhibition runs through NOV. 21 www.yourdocumentsplease.com

Made in NY 2010, Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center, Auburn, NY  MAR 27 - MAY 16

Stone Canoe, XL Projects Gallery, Syracuse, NY JAN 04- 24

Sabbatical Returns: 4 Faculty, Art Gallery @ Cazenovia College, NY JAN 26 - FEB 26

2009
Col·lage & As·sem·blage, The Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center, Auburn, NY AUG29-OCT17

Your Documents Please, traveling group show to the following gallery venues:
Galerie Kurt im Hirsch, Berlin, GERMANY JAN09

GALÉRIA Z, Bratislava, SLOVAKI FEB12-MAR8

Galería Ajolote Arte Contemporáneo, Guadalajara, MEXICO APR17-MAY8

2008
Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center, Auburn, NY co-curated with John McQueen the exhibition Made in NY 2008, JUN thru AUG

Your Documents Please, traveling group show to:
THE MUSEUM OF ARTS + CRAFTS – ITAMI, Itami-shi, JAPAN APR 4 – 20

ZAIM GALLERY and Galerie Paris, Yokohama, JAPAN AUG2-AUG17

2B Galéria, Budapest, HUNGARY NOV 01- DEC 06

IX Xuntanza Obradoiro International, A SOLAINA DE PILOÑO, Museo Ramón Maria Aller, Lalin Ponteverra, SPAIN NOV 8- NOV 28

The Object + Beyond: The Everson Museum of Art Biennial Exhibition, Syracuse, NY JUN 13- AUG 28

Open Focus, THE KIRKLAND ART CENTER, Hamilton, NY MAY

2007
Galichnik Biennial, Mala Stanica, National Galleries of Macedonia, Skopje, MACEDONIA JUN 5 – SEP 10

2006
Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center, Auburn, NY Sculpture: Carved, Cast + Constructed, MAR 4- APR 22

Saltonstall Fellows @ The Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Ithaca, NY JUN 24- AUG 20

Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center, Auburn, NY Made in NY 2006, JUN thru AUG

Onondaga Community College Art Gallery, Objects + Implications, OCT 15 - NOV 18

2005
Cracks in the Pavement: Gifts in the Urban Landscape, site specific installation,
www.cracksinthepavement.com Charleston, SC

Faculty Show, Gallery @ CAZENOVIA COLLEGE, Cazenovia, NY

2004
CON/TEXT: Impulse, Order, Response, GRIMSHAW-GUDEWICZ Art Gallery Bristol Community College, Fall River, MA JAN22–FEB19

Buoyancy of Place, site specific installation, City of Sumter, SC OCT1-NOV1

2003
Accessibility: From The Outside In, site specific installation The Finger Poets, Sumter, SC

Conversation, group exhibition, HOWARD CO. CENTER FOR THE ARTS, Ellicott City, MD

2002
SIDESHOW, group exhibition, Brooklyn, NY, December

KENTLER INTERNATIONAL DRAWING SPACE, Brooklyn, NY, Nov-Dec

Hopscotch: Associative Leaps in the Construction of Narrative, Painted Bride Art Center, Philadelphia, PA

Group Exhibit, BEARA ARTS GALLERY, Castletownbere, Co. Cork, IRELAND

2001
Drawings, MILL COVE GALLERY, Castletownbere, Co. Cork, IRELAND

Word/Text/Language, CLAYPOOL YOUNG ART GALLERY, Morehead State University, KY

Blurred Boundaries, THE ARTS CENTER OF THE CAPITAL REGION, Troy, NY curated by: Thomas Piche, Senior Curator, Everson Museum & Glenn Adamson, Milwaukee Art Museum

Pierogi: The Flatfiles, BLOCK ARTSPACE, Kansas City, MO Jan. 19-Feb. 28

2000
The Saltonstall Fellows’ Exhibition, STATE OF THE ART GALLERY, Ithaca, NY

Pierogi 2000: The Flatfiles, YERBA BUENA CENTER FOR THE ARTS, San Francisco, CA

Pierogi 2000: The Flatfiles, POST GALLERY, Los Angeles, CA Nov.18-Dec. 16

1999
Quirk Work: Herzog, Lum, McShane & Pepper, FEED GALLERY, Brooklyn, NY

Take a Notion, curated by Margaret Bodell director of MARGARET BODELL GALLERY, Ltd., alternative space for textile arts at D.L. CERNEY, New York, NY

She, HOLLAND TUNNEL GALLERY, Brooklyn, NY

The Object of Sculpture, WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY GALLERIES, Dayton, OH

Pierogi 2000: The Flatfiles, ROSENWALD-WOLF GALLERY, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA NOV4-DEC 14

1998
Crest Hardware Show, CREST HARDWARE, Brooklyn, NY

Body Parts, THE RICE GALLERY, THE ALBANY INSTITUTE OF HISTORY & ART, Albany, NY

Selected Alumni Exhibition, THE WILLIAM BENTON MUSEUM OF ART, Storrs, CT

Invitational Showcase, THE UNIVERSITY GALLERY, University of Bridgeport, CT

1997
Art on Paper, WEATHERSPOON ART GALLERY, University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Know New York, ELIZABETH LEACH GALLERY, Portland, OR

Parker, Pepper, Urquhart, Valentine, CHI MEAT, Brooklyn, NY

Multiplism as a Feminist Strategy, NYC Women’s Caucus for Art, PHOENIX GALLERY, NY,NY

Representing Herself; GEORGIA COLLEGE, Milledgeville, GA

Current Undercurrent: Working in Brooklyn, THE BROOKLYN MUSEUM OF ART, NY

New York Drawers: PIEROGI 2000 Flatfiles, GASWORKS GALLERY, London, England

New York Drawers: PIEROGI 2000 Flatfiles, CORNERHOUSE GALLERY, Manchester, UK

1996
Cross Sections-Beyond Surface, BACA DOWNTOWN GALLERY, Brooklyn, NY

Heat, ARTEMISIA GALLERY, Chicago, IL

Light Show, 8th FLOOR PROJECTS, New York, NY, catalogue, illustrated

Rutgers National Works on Paper, STEDMAN ART GALLERY, Camden, NJ, catalogue, illus.

1995
Nine from The Maryland Institute College of Art, GEORGE MASION UNIVERSITY, Fairfax, VA

Contemporary Prints and Drawings, DALTON GALLERY, Agnes Scott College, Decatur, GA

New American Talent Traveling Exhibition, Texas Fine Arts Association, LAGUNA GLORIA ART MUSEUM, Austin, TX, catalogue, illustrated

Women Role Models: Hero/Anti-Hero, BACA DOWNTOWN GALLERY, Brooklyn, NY

1994
Works on Paper, TRANSMISSION GALLERY, Glasgow, SCOTLAND

Water Temple, MARYLAND ART PLACE (M.A.P.), Baltimore, MD

New American Talent Traveling Exhibition (through 1995), Texas Fine Arts Association, LAGUNA GLORIA ART MUSEUM, Austin, TX, catalogue, illustrated

1993
Promotional Copy, GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM OF ART/SOHO, NY, NY, contributing book artist

Kelser, Pepper, Miller Smith, 101 WOOSTER STREET GALLERY, New York, NY

Beyond Body, 494 GALLERY, New York, NY

August Artifact, E.M. DONAHUE GALLERY, New York, NY

Florida National Exhibition, FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY GALLERY, Tallahassee, FL

Aperture, WINDOWS ON FLATBUSH, Long Island University, Brooklyn, NY

Women in the Visual Arts, ERECTOR SQUARE GALLERY, New Haven, CT

1992
Material Girls, GREENVIEW ARTS CENTER GALLERY, Chicago, IL

Women in the Visual Arts, ERECTOR SQUARE GALLERY, New Haven, CT

1990
Duffy, Pepper, Viti: Three Alumni, MUNSON WILLIAMS PROCTOR ART INSTITUTE, Utica, NY

Matrix International, MATRIX GALLERY, Sacramento, CA

Issue:Earth, BRANDSTATER GALLERY, Loma Linda & Las Sierra Universities, Peoria, IL

Elements of Drawing, AMMO ARTISTS’ SPACE, Brooklyn, NY

1989
Connecticut Artists’ Exhibition, THE SLATER MEMORIAL MUSEUM OF ART, Norwich, CT

National Drawing & Print Exhibition, HARTMANN & HEUSER GALLERY, Bradley University, IL

RE/Meaning, MFA Thesis, ATRIUM GALLERY, The University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT

1988
The Next Generation, 10 Nation Artists, PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF THE ARTS, Marietta, PA

Chautauqua National Exhibition of American Art, CHAUTAUQUA ART ASSOC. GALLERY, NY

Connecticut Artists, ARTWORKS GALLERY, Hartford, CT

Women in the Visual Arts, MATRIX GALLERY, Sacramento, CA

CATALOGUES
Stone Canoe 16
A Journal of Arts, Literature and Social Commentary
Number 16, Downtown Writers Center, Syracuse, NY, FEB 2022, illustrated

Stone Canoe 15
A Journal of Arts, Literature and Social Commentary
Number 15, Downtown Writers Center, Syracuse, NY, MAR 2021, illustrated

Stone Canoe 14
A Journal of Arts, Literature and Social Commentary
Number 14, Downtown Writers Center, Syracuse, NY, MAR 2020, illustrated p.194+195

Cæsura, The Journal of the Poetry Center San José, To be Determined
www.pcsj.org ISBN 978-0-9850301-6-2  Library of Congress # 2018959562
illustrated p. vii, viii, 3, 6  DEC 2018

50 Haikus, Volume 1, Issue 13,  Prolific Press, Johnstown, PA
https://prolificpress.com hardcopy & virtual, APR 2018

Stone Canoe 12
A Journal of Arts, Literature and Social Commentary
Number 12, Downtown Writers Center, Syracuse, NY, illustrated, 2018

50 Haikus, Volume 1, Issue 12, Prolific Press, Johnstown, PA
https://prolificpress.com/bookstore/50-haikus-c-5/50-haikus-volume-1-issue-12-p-227.html hardcopy & virtual, OCT 2017

Stone Canoe 10
A Journal of Arts, Literature and Social Commentary
Number 10, Downtown Writers Center, Syracuse, NY, illustrated, 2017 illlustrated cover

Skagaströnd Review
E
ditor Andrea Webster, Skagaströnd, ICELAND MAR 2016, illustrated.
 
Stone Canoe 8
A journal of ideas and art from Upstate New York, Vol. 8, Syracuse University Press, Syracuse, NY 2014, illustrated.
 
Stone Canoe 7
A
 journal of ideas and art from Upstate New York, Vol. 7, Syracuse University Press, Syracuse, NY 2013, illustrated.
 
Catalogue essay & guest curator , TONY (The Other New York), Everson Museum of Art and Stone Quarry Hill Art Park, Cazenovia, NY, SEP 22 - JAN 06 2013
 
Fundación Casa Museo SOLAINA DE PILOÑO Biennial exhibition catalogue, Galicia, SPAIN 2008

Galichnik Biennial exhibition catalogue, published by MALA STANICA National Galleries of Macedonia, Skopje, MACEDONIA, 2007

Space Questions: art + nature + culture, site specific installations in South Carolina, 2004, Sumter, SC illus., served as art director of catalogue and obtained publication granting funds

Pepper, Jennifer. Charles W. Goolsby: Sfumato: Italian Landscape Monotypes, authored exhibition catalogue essay: “Liminal Ports: Italian Landscape Monotypes by Charles W. Goolsby,” 1912 Gallery, Emory & Henry College, Emory, VA, March, 2003 http://zeeman.ehc.edu/art/sfumatoessay/sfumatoessay.html

Dobie, Elizabeth Ann, Body of Experience, McIntosh Gallery, The University of Western Ontario, 1997, London, Ontario, Canada, illustrated

Eighth Floor Gallery, NY SOHO ARTS, 1996, New York, NY, illustrated

Rutgers University, Rutgers National Works on Paper, 1996, Camden, NJ, illustrated

Texas Fine Arts Association & Laguna Gloria Art Museum, New American Talent, Tenth Exhibition, 1994 Austin, TX, illustrated

Florida State University Gallery & Museum, Combined Talents: The Florida National, 1993, Tallahassee, FL illus.

Brandstater Gallery, Issue:EARTH, 1991 Exhibition, La Sierra University, 1991, Riverside, CA, illustrated

Parker, William E., RE/meaning, The University of Connecticut, 1989, Storrs, CT, illustrated

Waite, William, The 31st Annual Chautauqua National Exhibition of American Art, 1988, Chautauqua Institute, Art Association Galleries, NY, illustrated

PUBLICATIONS + REVIEWS
Hill, Kate, Eagle Bulletin News Online, "Financial difficulties force Cazenovia College to announce plans to close," DEC 12, 2022 online + print, illustrated https://eaglenewsonline.com/new/schools/2022/12/12/financial-difficulties-force-cazenovia-college-to-announce-plans-to-close/

Hill, Kate, Eagle News Cazenovia Republic, Cazenovia College Art Gallery’s Group Exhibition Celebrates the Natural Landscape, OCT 24, 2022 on-line + print, illustrated
https://eaglenewsonline.com/things-to-do/arts/2022/10/24/cazenovia-college-art-gallerys-group-exhibition-celebrates-the-natural-landscape/

The Post Standard, Syracuse, NY, "The Schweinfurth Art Center: Upstate Art Time for Central New York fall exhibits," Sun, SEP 11, 2022, p. 17

Hill, Kate, Cazenovia Republican & Eagle Bulletin News Online, "Cazenovia College Art Gallery begins fall semester with multi-media group exhibition, SEP 6, 2022, p. 16, online + print, illustrated https://eaglenewsonline.com/things-to-do/arts/2022/09/06/cazenovia-college-art-gallery-begins-fall-semester-with-multi-media-group-exhibition/
 
Pepper, Jen, ART SPIEL.org, "Sbari Urquhart: Selections from the Fuzzy Museum & Other Warm Worlds"  MAR 8, 2021, digital art publication https://artspiel.org/shari-urquhart-selections-from-the-fuzzy-museum-and-other-warm-worlds/#more-9217

Two Coats of Paint, digital art publication "2020s Grim Atmosphere of Loss: Shari Urquhart and other" DEC 31, 2020 John Fritsch & Jen Pepper 
https://www.twocoatsofpaint.com/2020/12/2020s-grim-atmosphere-of-loss.html

Hill, Kate, "Artists Selected for Made in NY Juried Exhibition," Eagle newspapers, NY, 07.27.2020, illustrated. https://eaglenewsonline.com/things-to-do/arts/2020/07/27/local-artists-selected-for-made-in-ny-juried-exhibition/

"L'obra d'artistes dels Estats Units, a Sant Pere," Catalan, SPAIN, Julián Vásquez, El 9 Nou, 3 June, 2019.

Cazenovia College, "Associate Professor Jen Pepper Finds Artistic Enrichment in Norway, Iceland and Denmark," Faculty Profile pages, Cazenovia, NY, June 23, 2016, illustrated. http://www.cazenovia.edu/academics/faculty- profiles/art-design/jen-pepper
 
Collins, Jane, "'Aurora Sojourn' captures essence of Scandinavia," The Item, Sumter, S.C., July 18, 2015, p.A3, illustrated.
 
Moore, Ivy, "Gallery presents 'Aurora Sojourn,' The Item, Sumter, S.C., July 12, 2015, p.A1 + p.C17, illustrated. http://theitem.com/lifestyles/
 
Grimelid Oppedal, Vilde,  "Kledde seg i fjorden", Hordaland Folkeblad, Norheimsund, NORWAY, June 19, 2015, p.10,  illustrated. 
 
Grimelid Oppedal, Vilde, "Strikkar fjorden," Hordaland Folkeblad, Norheimsund, NORWAY, April 7, 2015, p.10, illustrated. Khmessen.no/blog/
 
Juried art show opens at UW-EC," Leader-Telegram, Thursday, March 28, 2013, Eau Claire, WI p. 1C.
 
Sculpture magazine - March 2011, a publication of the International Sculpture Center, Washington D.C. Vol. 30 No. 2 illustrated p.68-69
http://www.sculpture.org/documents/scmag11/mar_11/mar11.shtml

Rushworth, Katherine, "A Way with Words; visual artist Jen Pepper molds and shapes language," photos by Michelle Gabel, The Good Life, Central New York Magazine, March/April 2011, illus. p.139-147
"Jen Pepper at Alfred State College," The Alfred Sun, Thursday, April 7, 2011, Alfred, NY Vol. 126 No. 14, p. 5, illustrated.

Kern, Steven, “New Everson exhibits grows out of Impressionists,” The Post-Standard, Sunday, February 07, 2010 Syracuse, NY also @ http://blog.syracuse.com/entertainment/2010/02/new_everson_exhibits_grow_from.html

Stone Canoe 4, a journal of ideas and art from Upstate New York, Vol. 4, Syracuse University Press, Syracuse, NY 2009, illustrated.

Moore, Ivy, "Wunderkammers: Why do we collect?Students work with N.Y. artist to create ‘cabinets of wonder’," The Item, December 7, 2008, Sumter, SC, illustrated.

Dufort, Jon, “The Object and Beyond,” Syracuse New Times, August 13, 2008, Syracuse, NY, illustrated.

Mellor, Carl, “Made to Order,” Syracuse New Times, August 13, 2008 Syracuse, NY

Rushworth, Katherine, “2008 Everson Biennial Stellar,” The Post-Standard, Sunday, June 22, 2008 Syracuse, NY, illustrated.

Johnson, Melinda, “2008 Everson Biennial, The Object and Beyond,” The Post-Standard, Sunday, June 8, 2008 Syracuse, NY, illustrated.

Coffta-Sims, Kathy, "Art, Farm and Public Intersect at Cazenovia’s Critz Farms,” The Post-Standard, Syracuse, NY, Saturday, October 20, 2007 Sec. B2, illustrated

Moore, Ivy, “Sumter Life: NC Mountains,” The Item, photographic contributions, Sunday July 22, 2007 p. 6C

Pepper, J.E., special to The Item, ‘Blues Chapel’ visually arresting, thought-provoking homage, Sumter, SC Sunday, July 16, 2006 p.5C

Collins, Jane G., The Item, ‘Field Notes’ enters mind…challenges viewer, Sumter, SC, Tuesday, June 27, 2006 illus. p.1D

Diversions, The Item, listed artist, June 17, 2006 p. 2

University of South Carolina Sumter, Times:Calendar, Sumter, SC, June 15, 2006, illustrated p. 4

Rushworth, Katherine, The Post-Standard, STARS. Pushing Sculpture’s Boundaries, Syracuse, NY April 2, 2006

The Post-Standard, Art Calendar: Modern Sculpture, Syracuse, NY March 19, 2006

Girdwain, Jessica, Skaneateles/Auburn Citizen, Sculpture exhibit showcases variety, Skaneateles, NY March 8, 2006

Sculpture magazine – Nov. 2005, published by International Sculpture Center, Washington, D.C. Vol. 24 No. 9, illustrated, p. 73

Pepper, J.E., The Item, See ‘Mavens’ for acting, laughs. Sumter, SC, Thurs. June, 2, 2005

The Post-Standard/ Stars, Using Yesterday for Today, Sun. April 10, 2005 . Syracuse, NY, illustrated

Campbell, Caitlin, The Quad, Cazenovia College Student Newspaper, Chapman Gallery Features Professor’s Art, Vol. III, Issue III. Spring 2005

Gikerson, Mary Bentz, Free Times; Columbia’s Free Weekly, Art, Nature and Sumter. Thurs. Oct. 14, 2004 Columbia, SC.

Collins, Jane G., The Item, Panorama, Accessibility2004 explores community through art. Thurs. Oct. 7, 2004 Sumter, SC, illustrated

Cook, Dan. Free Times, Columbia’s Free Weekly, Accessibility Highlights Sumter Arts Scene, Columbia, SC.

Boyce, David, The Standard-Times, BCC Exhibit places artists’ dialogue in Con/Text, Sun. Feb. 1, 2004, New Bedford, MA

The Standard-Times, BCC Gallery puts artists into Con/Text, Thurs. Jan. 22, 2004, New Bedford, MA, illustrated

Moore, Ivy, The Item, Panorama, Arts Thrive in 2003, Thurs. Jan. 1, 2004, Sumter, SC, illustrated

Allen, Mike, The Roanoke Times, Twigmama, Mon. Nov. 3, 2003, Roanoke, VA

Day, Jeffrey, The State, Arts: Giving outside artists Accessibility works beautifully, review, Fri. Oct. 3, 2003, Columbia, SC, illustrated

Collins, Jane, The Item, Panorama, 10 Installation artists involve, celebrate community, review Oct. 1 2003, Sumter, SC, illustrated

Carolina Arts: Accessibility 2003: From the Outside In, Installation Art Exhibit, Vol. 7, No. 9, Sept. 2003

Moore, Ivy, The Item, Week Promises Art…, Sept. 23, 2003, Sumter, SC

Moore, Ivy, The Item, Panorama, Accessibility 2003 From the outside in, Sunday, Sept. 21, 2003 , Sumter, SC

Frost, Steve, The Alphadelphian, Vol. 7, #1, News From Women’s Studies Faculty & Celebration of Gay History Months, Alfred University, Fall 2002, Alfred, New York

Inthirakoth, Tim, The Fiat Lux, Spectrum brings awareness to AU, October 8, 2002, Alfred University Student Newspaper, Alfred, New York

Yaddo News, Variations Exhibition, illustrated, Fall 2002, Saratoga Springs, NY

Fallon, Roberta, Philadelphia Weekly, Volume 31, #7, Talking Outside of the Box, February 13, 2002 Philadelphia, PA

Young, Angela, The Alphadelphian, Volume 6, #2, AU Art Professor’s Work Featured in National Exhibition Alfred University, Spring 2002, Alfred, New York

Times Union; Arts Section; Exhibitions, Sunday, July 22, 2001, Albany, NY

Jaeger, William, Times Union; Life & Leisure; Crafting an Art Debate, Friday, Nov. 24, 2000, Troy, NY

Richards, Annette; The Alphadelphian, Newsletter of AU Women’s Studies Program; From Doll Dress to Dipping Digits: The Evolution of Jennifer Pepper’s Art Work, Vol. 4, Issue 1, Fall 2000, illustrated

Hardman, Emilie; The Fiat Lux, Alfred University Newspaper, Pepper Knits a Nice Presentaion; Women’s Studies Roundtable, November 15, 2000, Vol.94, Issue 6, Alfred, New York

Williams, Evan; The Sculpture of Serendipity, IthacART Supplement The Bookpress, Oct./Nov. 2000,illustrated

Guariglia, Sarah, The Fiat Lux, Alfred University Newspaper, A & E Features, Sept. 27, 2000, illustrated

The Ithaca Journal, Thursday, September 7, 2000, Ithaca, New York, cover of The Ticket, illustrated

Art In America: Museums, Galleries, Artists Annual 2000-2001, Vol. 88, No. 8, Brandt Art Publications, Inc. NY, NY. Listed artist pp. 304

Art In America: Museums, Galleries, Artists Annual 1999-2000, Vol. 87, No. 8, Brandt Art Publications,Inc., NY, NY. Listed artist pp. 276

Laster, Paul, “Brooklyn Spice,” http://www.artnet.com/magazine/reviews,laster/laster10-19-99html

Washington, LaSonya, Sidelines Features, “Art Barn Gallery Exhibits Engaging Eye Candy,”
September 2, 1999, Murfreesboro, TN

Allen, Jane Ingram, Sculpture, “Inspiration and Renewal: Sculpture Residencies,” Vol. 17 No.2,
Washington, D.C., 1998, illustrated

Times Union, “Exhibition/Openings,” March 13, 1998, Albany, NY, illustrated

Wright, Peg Churchill, Daily Gazette, “Rice Gallery Displays Art of Human Figure,” January 29, 1998, Schenectady, NY, illustrated

Bishop, Phillip, The Orlando Sentinel, “Artistry Multiplied,” Sunday, May 4, 1997, illustrated

Kahn, Robin, editor, Time Capsule, Creative Time, Inc., 1995, New York, NY, contributing artist illustrated exhibited at The Paula Cooper Gallery and The International Women’s Conference, Beijing, China, 1995

Birke, Judy, New Haven Register, “Pepper’s Works Adds Zest to Erector Square Exhibit,” Sunday, May 14 1995

Kahn, Robin & Mimi Somerby, editors, PROMOTIONAL COPY, contributing artist illustrated, D.A.P.
Publishers, 1993, New York, NY. Exhibited at The Guggenheim Downtown Museum of Art

Braid, Bernice & Cris Gleicher, editors, Orientation Seminar 1: The University – Discovery and Change photographic contribution, covers, Long Island University, Brooklyn Campus, Copley Publishing Group, 1993, Acton, MA

Scalora, Sal, “Regional Reviews: Connecticut; Jennifer Pepper Recent Work,” Art New England, JUN+JUL 1992

Rousseau, Rita, “Art Show Looks at the Fabric of Women’s Lives,” News-Star, Chicago, IL, 1992

Scalora, Sal, “Car Parts, Body Parts,” Harford Advocate, Hartford, CT, March 1992

Perkins, Isabel, “Critic’s Choice,” New Haven Advocate, New Haven, CT, March, 1992

Dalkey, Victoria, “Show Comes in Loud and Clear,” The Sacramento Bee, Sacramento, CA, March, 1991

Schindler, Richard, “Regional Reviews: CT, Slater Memorial Museum/Jennifer Pepper,” Art New England, April 1990

Bannon, Anthony, “Last CAA National Exhibition for Waite,” Chautauquan Daily, July, 1988
 
INTERNATIONAL + NATIONAL LECTURES + VISITING ARTIST PARTICIPATION 
2024
Seeing Through Yesterday, The Other Side Gallery, Utica, NY SEP 28

The Artisan Gallery, Broome Arts Council, Binghamton, NY JUL 20

2018
The University of Connecticut, visiting artist, Storrs, CT APR 17-19

2015
HAKU Kundskule, guest lecturer,  Norheimsund, NORWAY MAR 20
 
2013
Visiting artist and juror, University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire MAR 27 - 30
 
2012
Guest Curator, TONY (The Other New York), Everson Museum of Art and Stone Quarry Hill Art Park, Cazenovia, NY, SEP 22 - JAN 06 2013, catalogue
 
"Swell," guest lecture MAR 16, Foreman Gallery, Hartwick Gallery,
Oneonta, NY
 
"Magnolia," guest lecture JAN 20 @ Kershaw Co. Fine Arts Center, Camden, SC, JAN 20
 
2011
"A Glimpse, Spark & Flash," guest lecturer APR 08 @ Llewellyn Gallery, Alfred State College, Alfred, NY solo exhibition dates MAR 22 - APR 08
 
SUNY Oswego, APR 20-21, visiting artist + lecture, Oswego, NY

2010
The Wilton Public Library, Wilton, CT guest lecturer artist in residence Weir Farm Art Center, MAY27 www.wiltonlibrary.org/events

Artist Open: "That which Cannot be Held," The Everson Museum of Art . Syracuse . NY MAR 18

2009
Truman State University, Art Dept. guest lecturer Kirksville, MO MAR29

2008
The Astraea Visual Art Fellows panel, The Sackler Center for Feminist Art, The Brooklyn Museum of Art, NY OCT 25

2007
“Constructing Identity,” authored + presented @ 16th Annual Women + Society Conference Marist College, Poughkeepsie, NY OCT 26 – OCT 28

Great Minds + Great Ideas lecture series “Dipping Digits: From Gramma’s Sweaters, The Ethernet + Back Again,” @ Cazenovia + Manlius Public Libraries (SP07)

2006
Performing Identity: Women’s Studies Annual Interdisciplinary conference, Middle Tennessee State University

Construction of Gender, The Art of Gender in Everyday Life III, Anderson Gender Center, Idaho State University Pocatello, ID March 30 http://www.isu.edu/andersoncenter/conference_schedule.html

Objects + Implications, artist + gallery lecture, Onondaga Community College, Syracuse, NY OCT

Macedonian National Radio artist interview, Republic of Macedonia, AUG
Macedonian National Television broadcast, Republic of Macedonia, AUG

Field Notes, artist + gallery lecture, University of South Carolina @ Sumter JUN

2005
14th Annual Women’s Studies Conference, Marist College, Poughkeepsie, NY, authored + presented
paper: Digital Flickerings + Femme Technology SEP 23-24

Syracuse University, Department of Art, Fibers Program, visiting artist, graduate critiques APR

Buoyancy of Place, site specific work by J.E. Pepper, Cazenovia Open Forum, Cazenovia, NY APR

2004
Buoyancy of Place, recent site specific installation, Lunch Forum @ Cazenovia College NOV

The Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY Artists Talk on Art, lecture, JAN 30

2003
The Western Social Science 45th Annual Conference, Las Vegas, NV, authored + presented paper: Identity: 3 Postmodern Constructions, APR 9 – 12

Munson Williams Proctor Art Institute, School of Art, Utica, NY

The University of Connecticut @ Storrs, Storrs, CT, Department of Art

2000
The Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD, visiting artist

Panelist: How Feminist Aesthetics has Affected the Arts The American Society for Aesthetics 59th Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, Minnesota OCT 24-27

The Beara Arts Society in association with Anam Cara, Artist’s Colony, West Cork, Ireland

1999
In conjunction with Quirk Work Exhibition, Feed Gallery, visiting artist lecture for Parsons School of Art, Brooklyn, NY

Emory & Henry College, Emory, VA, lecture.

1998
Bergren Forum, Alfred University, Alfred, NY, lecture.

The Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD, visiting artist and panelist.

Manhattanville College, Art Department, Purchase, NY, lecture.

1997
Syracuse University, Department of Art, Syracuse, NY, lecture

University of Connecticut, Department of Art, Storrs, CT, lecture

Multiplism as a Feminist Strategy, Phoenix Gallery, New York, NY, panelist, exhibiting artist

TRACE, Alice & William Jenkins Gallery, Crealde School of Art, Winter Park, FL, lecture

Body of Experience, McIntosh Gallery, The University of Western Ontario, CAN, lecture

1996
Saint Frances’ Residence Program, Art Program, New York, NY, lecture

1995
The Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD, visiting artist

BACA Downtown Gallery & Performance Space, Brooklyn, NY, visiting artist + exhibition

1994
The University of California at Santa Cruz, visiting artist and solo exhibition

1993
Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, VA, visiting artist and solo exhibition

The Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD, lecture

1992
NYC School District #32, “Multicultural Arts Program in Education,“ Brooklyn, NY, panelist
 
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Kunstnarhuset Messen, Ålvik, NORWAY 
Fundación Casa Museo SOLAINA DE PILOÑO, Galicia, SPAIN
Mala Stanica, National Galleries of Macedonia, Skopje, Republic of MACEDONIA
South Carolina National Parks, McCormick, SC
Fundación Valparaiso, Mojacar, Almeria, SPAIN
 
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
The Estate of Paul J. Schupf Collection, Hamilton, NY
Theresa Harder Smith, Utica, NY
Meredith Boggia, Brooklyn, NY
Deb & Kevin Ryan, Syracuse, NY
Charlotte Bonde, DENMARK
Bolette Mohr Sillassen, Odense, DK
Birgitte Lykke Madsen, Odense, DK
Hooymans & Pulles, Ålvik, NORWAY 
Merete & Bjorn Otto Wallevik, Ålvik, NORWAY 
Steve Orman, Rainham, Kent, UK
Sherry & Dan Todd, Kirksville, MO
Don Nicoulin, Brooklyn, NY
Karen Gibbons, Brooklyn, NY
Susan & Jim Allen, Sumter, SC
Peggy & Booth Chilcutt, Blythewood, SC
Watson & Holmes, Sumter, SC
Carla Damron, Columbia, SC
Maria Kirbey-Smith, Camden, SC
Paul Seba, Belle, MO
Victoria Milne, Brooklyn, NY

BOARD MEMBER
The Carving Studio & Sculpture Center, West Rutland, VT 2024

PROFESSIONAL TEACHING
Visiting Professor, Pratt Munson College of Art + Design, Utica, NY, current
Gallery Coordinator, Pratt Munson Gallery, College of Art + Design, Utica, NY AUG 2023 - MAY 2024

Professor of Studio Art & Design, Division of Art + Design, CAZENOVIA COLLEGE, NY AUG 2003 - MAY 2023

The Reisman Hall Art Gallery Director + Curator, CAZENOVIA COLLEGE, Cazenovia, NY MAY 2005 - MAY 2023

Full time teaching appointment at Alfred University from 1999-2003, Assistant Professor of Fine Arts, Division of Human Studies, BAFA program

1989-1999 Lived and worked in Brooklyn, New York full time, teaching, museum + commericial gallery experience, Public School teaching in Brooklyn, NY grades K>12

EDUCATION
1987-1989
The University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, Master of Fine Arts, with distinction

1985-1987
The Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD, Bachelor of Fine Arts

1979-1981
Munson Williams Proctor Art Institute, School of Art, Utica, NY