SELECTED SOLO + SMALL GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 - Jennifer Crupi: Collective Gestures—Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, IN
2023 - Jennifer Crupi: Sculptural Jewelry— Joan Derryberry Art Gallery, Tennessee Tech University, Cookeville, TN
2014 - Jennifer Crupi: A Display of Gestures—Museum of Craft and Design, San Francisco, CA
2012 - Jennifer Crupi: The Articulate Body—Lawrence Art Center, Lawrence, KS
2010 - Jennifer Crupi—Beyond Words: Expressive Gestures—ArtSpace Gallery, New Haven, CT
2007 - In Situ—Bakalar Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
2007 - Guarded Gestures—Art Museum, Radford University, Radford, VA
2007 - The Process of Gender—Nancy Dryfoos Gallery, Kean University, Union, NJ
2006 - Devices for Improved Living—Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, WI
2002 - Jennifer Crupi: The Nonverbal Exchange—Gallery of South Orange, South Orange, NJ
1997 - MFA Thesis Exhibition—The College Art Gallery, State University of New York at New Paltz
1995 - Jennifer Crupi: Metalwork and Design—The Cooper Union, 7th Floor Gallery, New York, NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 - Craftforms 2023— Davenport Gallery, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA.
2023 - Best of the East—311 Gallery, Raleigh, NC
2023 - 7 Metalsmiths at Work—Schick Art Gallery, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
2023 - Gestures: Past Present and Future—Koblenz State Museum/Ehrenbreitstein Fortress, Koblenz, Germany
2022 - Beyond Words. Fountain Street Gallery, Boston, MA
2022 - Modern Craft. Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, IN
2021 - Unique Minds: Creative Voices. Lewis Arts Center CoLab, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
2021 - A Fine Craft. Indiana University Kokomo Downtown Art Gallery, Kokomo, IN
2021 - ReVision and Respond: New Jersey Arts Annual. Newark Art Museum, Newark, NJ
2021 - Metal + ? =. In Splop Design Gallery (online exhibition).
2020 - American Contemporary Craft—LHU Center for the Arts, Lubbock, Texas
2020 - Materials: Hard + Soft—Patterson-Appleton Arts Center, Denton, Texas.
2019-20 - Body Control—Museum Arnhem, Arnhem, Netherlands.
2019-20 - Gestures—Museum of Communication Berlin and Museum of Communication Frankfurt, Germany.
2018-19 - Adoring Boston and Beyond—Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA.
2018-19 - Outrageous Ornament: Extreme Jewelry in the 21st Century—Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY.
2018-2019 - Hands—Hofke van Chantraine, Oud-Turnhout, Belgium.
2018 - Cold Connections—Benedum Fine Arts Gallery, Waynesburg University, Waynesburg, PA
2018 - Re-Tooled—Adorned Spaces, SNAG Conference—Portland, OR.
2018 - Objects of Protection (2018 Exhibition in Motion), SNAG Conference —Portland, OR.
2018 - Transformations—Giles Gallery, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY
2017-2018 - Gestures—Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow—Chemnitz Museum of Industry, Chemnitz, Germany
2016 - 2018 - The Future Room—Jewelry Museum of Vicenza, Vicenza Italy
2016-2018 - Connections: Contemporary Craft (permanent collection exhibition)—Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington D.C.
2017 - Metal in Motion—National Ornamental Metal Museum, Memphis, TN
2017-ongoing - Body of Work / We Wear Culture (online exhibition), organized by the Baltimore Jewelry Center in partnership with the Google Arts and Culture Institute.
2017 - New Jersey Arts Annual: Special Edition—New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ
2017 - Masked—Holding House Gallery, Detroit, MI
2016 - Unexpected—Craft Council of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
2016 - Retro/Future—Edwardsville Art Center, Edwardsville, IL
2016 - Schmuck (Jewelry) 2016—Internationale Handwerksmesse, Munich, Germany
2015 - 10x10x10xTieton 2015—Tieton Arts & Humanities at the Mighty Tieton Warehouse, Tieton, WA
2015 - Moved By Metal: On Beauty as Interaction—Center for Craft, Creativity, and Design, Asheville, NC
2015 - The Jeweler's Journey: From the Bench to the Body and Beyond—Sally D. Francisco Gallery, Peters Valley Craft Center, Layton, NJ
2014-2015 - Protective Ornament—Takoma Art Museum, Takoma, WA
2014 - Craftforms 2014—Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA
2014 - Rule the World—Friends of Carlotta Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland
2014 - Protective Ornament—National Ornamental Metal Museum, Memphis, TN
2014 - Positive/Negative 29—Slocumb Galleries, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN
2014 - Humor in Craft—Kendall College of Art and Design of Ferris State University, Grand Rapids, MI
2013 - NJ Council of the Arts Fellowship Exhibition—Long Beach Island Center for Arts and Sciences, Loveladies, NJ
2013 - Disabled by Normality—DOX Center for Contemporary Art, Prague, Czech Republic
2013 - Historical Commentary—Castle Gallery, The College of New Rochelle, New Rochelle, NY
2013 - Out of the Box: Trends in Contemporary Jewelry—Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, Virginia Beach, VA
2013 - Body Language: Contemporary Art Jewelry—Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA
2012 - 40 Under 40: Craft Futures—Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC
2012 - Humor in Craft—Society of Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA
2012 - Humor in Metal—Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts, Scottsdale, AZ
2012 - Refined VII: Inspiration—The Cole Art Center, Reavley Gallery, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX
2011 - Fresh—National Ornamental Metal Museum, Memphis, TN
2011 - Process: New Jersey Metal Arts Guild Juried Show—James Howe Gallery, Kean University, Union, NJ
2009, 2010 - Equilibrium: Body as Site—Stanlee and Gerald Rubin Center for the Visual Arts, University of Texas at El Paso and Texas State University, San Marcos, TX
2009 - Room to Roam, (online exhibition)—Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation, www.midatlanticarts.org
2009 - New Jersey Arts Annual: Crafts—Noyes Museum of Art, Oceanville, NJ
2009 - Perspectives, New Jersey Metal Arts Guild Juried Show—Visual Arts Gallery, New Jersey City University
2009 - Jewelry in Motion/SNAG Conference (runway-style exhibition)—Philidelphia Museum of Art, Philidelphia, PA
2009 - Re/Actions—Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO
2008 - Touching Warms the Art—Museum of Contemporary Craft, Portland, OR
2007 - New Jersey Council of the Arts Fellowship Exhibition—Ben Shahn Gallery, William Patterson University, Wayne, NJ
2006 - The Edges of Grace: Provocative, Uncommon Craft—Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA
2005 - Got Quirk?—Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
2005 - 2nd Annual International Juried Exhibition—Shore Institute of Contemporary Art, Long Branch, NJ
2004 - Hammer and Hand: Contemporary American Metal—Center Art Gallery, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI
2004 - In Words and Numbers—Target Gallery, Alexandria, VA
2003-2004 - Corporal Identity—Body Language, 9th Triennial—Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt, Germany and Museum of Arts and Design, New York City
2003 - Evocative Objects—Bannister Gallery, Rhode Island College, Providence, RI
2003 - Dancing in the Dark—Aljira Gallery, Newark, NJ
2002 - Display Use Only—Kirkland Art Center, Kirkland,WA
2002 - Innovative Tools for Personal Use—Center for Visual Arts, Denver, CO
2002 - Markers in Contemporary Metal—Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, New Paltz, NY
2001 - New Jersey Arts Annual: Form Follows Function—New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ
2001 - Ana 30—Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT
2001 - Drawing the Line—Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts, Fredericksburg, VA
2001 - Building for Art: Tradition, Transformation, Vision—Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, New Paltz, NY
2001 - 21st Century Metalsmiths—New Art Center, Newton, MA
2000 - Rhymes and Rhythms—ArtWorks! Gallery, New Bedford, MA
2000 - The Body Incarnate—Good Monkeys Gallery, Eugene, OR
2000 - Art in the Open 2000—Peter’s Valley Gallery Without Walls, Morristown, NJ
2000 - A Closer Look—Contemporary Metalwork + Jewelry—James Howe Gallery, Kean University, Union, NJ
1999 - Peek—White Box Gallery, New York, NY
1998 - Hoyt 2nd Annual Sculpture Show—Hoyt Institute of Fine Art, New Castle, PA
1998 - Art and Language—The Mariboe Gallery at the Peddie School, Hightstown, NJ
1998 - Women in the Visual Arts—Erector Square Gallery, New Haven, CT
1997 - College Art Association New York Area MFA Exhibition—Hunter College, New York, NY
1997 - MFA Thesis Exhibition—The College Art Gallery, State University of New York at New Paltz
1997 - The Hazleton Art League 42nd Annual Juried Exhibition—Hazleton, PA
1996 - Talente 1996: International Exhibition in Crafts for Emerging Artists—Munich, GERMANY
1996 - The Faculty Selects—The College Art Gallery, State University of New York at New Paltz
1995 - Metals 1995—Parsons School of Design Gallery, New York, NY
1995 - New Insights: Rising Talent—Sheila Nussbaum Gallery, Millburn, NJ
SELECTED AWARDS/HONORS
2012, 2005 - New Jersey Council of the Arts Individual Artist Fellowship Grant
2010 - Peter S. Reed Foundation Artist Grant, New York, NY
2003, 2001, 1999 - Nominated for the Louis Comfort Tiffany Biennial Award
2002 - Awarded First Place—Innovative Tools for Personal Use, SNAG /3M Competition
2001 - Aljira Emerge 2002—Professional development program for emerging artists
1998 - Awarded Third Place—Hoyt 2nd Annual Sculpture Show
1998 - Award Winner—Women in the Visual Arts, International Juried Show
1997 - Awarded First Place and Honorable Mention—The Hazleton Art League 42nd Annual Juried Exhibition
1996 - The Society of North American Goldsmiths Student Endowment
1995 - Betty Goldin Memorial Prize for Excellence in Art—Awarded by The Cooper Union
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Books (print)
2020 - VandeZande, Robin, et al. Fashion Fundamentals. Davis Publications. 2020. p 81.
2017 - Hendren, Sarah. "All Technology is Assistive: Six Design Rules on Disability." Making Things and Drawing Boundaries, edited by Jentery Sayers, University of Minnesota Press (part II, chapter 15).
2016 - Korinchak, Sandra. Art Jewelry Today 4. Atglen, PA: Schiffer, 2016.
2015 - Atkinson, Nora. Craft for a Modern World. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC / D. Giles, London.
2014 - Highlike. São Paulo, Brazil: Electronic Language International Festival and the Social Service Industry/São Paulo.
2014 - Ramljak, Suzanne. On Body and Soul: Contemporary Armor to Amulets. Atglen, PA: Schiffer.
2013 - Skinner, Damian. Contemporary Jewelry in Perspective. Asheville: Lark Books.
2012 - Bell, Nicholas. 40 Under 40: Craft Futures. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. pgs 65-66, 98-101, 239.
2012 - Martin, Brigitte. Humor in Craft. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Books. pgs 39, 211.
2009 - Lim, Andy. The Compendium Finale of Contemporary Jewellery Makers. Köln, Germany: Darling Publications.
2006 - Le Van, Marthe. 500 Necklaces : Contemporary Interpretations of a Timeless Form. Asheville: Lark Books.
2005 - Le Van, Marthe. 500 Brooches : Inspiring Adornments for the Body. Asheville: Lark Books.
Periodicals (print)
2019 - Jewelry and Metals Survey: Vol 2. SNAG
2017 - “Shows to See: Metal in Motion.” American Craft. Vol. 77. No 3.
2016 - Dresser, Glen. "Jennifer Crupi's Conceptual Metal." Uppercase Magazine. Vol. 31.
2016 - Chi, Yu-Fang. "The Displacement Between Body and Object." Taiwan Crafts, Vol. 60 No. 3.
2015 - "Exhibition in Print—Moved by Metal: On Beauty as Interaction." Metalsmith Magazine, Vol. 35 No. 4.
2014 - "Fashion Stories: Guinevere Van Seenus." Vogue Italia, Vol. 762. (bracelet featured in fashion shoot by Emma Summerton)
2013 - “Exhibition in Print—As Seen by Others.” Metalsmith Magazine, Vol. 33, No. 4.
2013 - Triebel, Guadalupe. “Alhaja Mecánica (Mechanical Jewelry)” The Clarin, Supplemento Si, Argentina. March 15, pg 8. (article with photos)
2013 - Fensom, Sarah. “The Color of Jersey.” Inside Jersey Magazine, Vol. 6, Issue 52. (featured artist with photos)
2012 - Pinchuk, Kerri. “Change of Art.” Where Magazine D.C., October. (cover photo)
2012 - Moses, Monica. “Future Tense: 40 Under 40.” American Craft Magazine, Vol. 72, No. 5.
2012 - “In Museum.” Museum Magazine, American Alliance of Museums, Sept/Oct issue, pg 11 (exhibit announcement and featured photo)
2012 - “Going Out Guide.” Washington Post Express. July 26. (exhibit announcement and featured photo) pg E17.
2012 - Schultz, Rachel. “Get Some Culture: Expressing Emotion.” Jayplay Magazine: The University Daily Kansan. January 31. (solo exhibit review with images)
2012 - Henning, Sarah. “‘The Articulate Body’: Finding Beauty in Gestures.” LJ World. January 20. (solo exhibit review with images)
2011 - Ullrich, Polly. “The Hand as Subject and Site.” Metalsmith Magazine. Vol. 31, No. 5.
2011 - “Exhibition in Print—Fresh.” Metalsmith Magazine. Vol. 31, No. 4.
2008 - “Exhibition in Print—Equilibrium.” Metalsmith Magazine. Vol. 28, No. 4.
2006 - “Exhibition in Print.” Metalsmith Magazine. Vol. 26, No. 4.
2002 - Bischoff, Dan. “Human Figures of Speech in South Orange,” Newark Star Ledger. July 14.
2002 - Tanguy, Sarah. “Observations: The Work of Jennifer Crupi,” Metalsmith Magazine. Vol. 22, No. 1.
2001 - Purcell, Janet. “‘Form Follows Function’ at NJ Arts Exhibit,” The Times of Trenton. November 9.
2001 - Temin, Christine. “Minimalist Monochromes, Rich Rewards,” The Boston Globe. January 17.
1997 - Kern, Dale. “Jewelry as Fine Art at Cummins Gallery Exhibit,” Marin Independent Journal. August 4.
1994 - Friedman, Shirley M. “Chic Metal,” Newark Star Ledger. December 4.
Web Articles
2019 - Kolff, Saskia. “Jewelry That Raises (too many) Questions About The Body : The Body Control Exhibition.” Art Jewelry Forum. December 30.
2019 - Kail, Ellyn. “6 Creatives Who Will Inspire You To Try Something New.” Skillshare. September 11.
2019 - Ng, Amanda. "This Wearable Art Looks Like Medieval Torture." Dazed Digital. April 8.
2018 - Paradelo, Gioto. “Jennifer Crupi: Postural Jewelry.” Material Soul. August 7.
2018 - “Ornamental Hands." My One Beautiful Thing (blog). March 6.
2018 - “Broad Strokes: Art Fix Friday.” National Museum of Women in the Arts Blog, February 23.
2018 - Staugaitis, Laura. “Jennifer Crupi’s Unconventional Jewelry Highlights Gesture As Ornament.” Colossal. February 20.
2017 - Venino, Lucia. “Gioielli per luoghi del corpo inaspettati (Jewelry for Unexpected Places on the Body).” Preziosa Magazine (Italy). February 16.
2017 - Steinebach, Mario. "Gestures: How hands talk, act, and work." Technische Universität Chemnitz. April 9.
2015 - Wright, Christina. “Pulled To Perfection : The Rise Of Restrictive Jewellery.” Hausmag. November 13.
2015 - “Body Gestures, Body Speaks by Jennifer Crupi.” Photophore. October 13.
2014 - Scott, Lesley. “What Amazing Prosthetic "Gesture" Jewelry, the Turing Test, andthe Singularity Have In Common.” Fashion Tribes.September 12.
2014 - Grant, Meg. “Jennifer Crupi's Gesture Jewelry.” Fashioning Tech. August 24.
2013 - Hendren, Sara. “Jennifer Crupi’s Unguarded Gestures.” Abler. March 19.
2013 - Youngblood, Megan. “Jennifer Crupi’s Jewelry Highlights The Subconscious Messages of Body Language.” The Creators Project,Intel/Vice Media. February 7.
2013 - “Can Jewelry Improve Body Language?” International Digital Times, IBT Media, February 6.
2013 - “Jewellery that Encourages Gesture.” Designboom: Architecture, Design, Art, Technology. January 27.
2012 - Corriston, Michele and Lindsey Turner. “Crafting Social Commentary: Artists Turn Traditional Craft Art into a Critique of Society.” Washington Post Express. August 15. (exhibit review)
2012 - Brooks, Katherine. “‘40 Under 40: Craft Futures’ Spotlights Next Generation in Craft At Smithsonian American Art Museum.” The Huffington Post, July 19. (exhibit review and featured photo)
2012 - Wilk, Deborah. “Douglas Cousdfdspland Salutes Crafty Gen Yers.” Design Wire Daily (interior design.net). July 27. (book review)
2004 - Clark, Bethany, “Eye 2 Eye: Corporal Identity-Body Language.” Sugarzine.com: A New York City Culture Magazine. January.
Special Projects/Video Features
2022 - Le Magnifique, premiered November 26, Opera de Reims, Reims, France (created two hand ornament props for opera and background imagery).
2021 - Studio Snapshot: Jennifer Crupi. Interview, Produced by the Newark Art Museum.
2019 - Fragile Machines. Director: Derek Johnson & Luke Smithers (Ornamental Hands: Figure Two featured)
2018 - Gaviota. Director: Elena Vazintaris. (Ornamental Hands: Figure Two featured)
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
1999–present - Full Professor (tenured 2004, promoted 2005 + 2013), Fine Arts Department, Kean University—Union, NJ
1998–1999 - Metals Instructor, The Art Center, 92nd Street Y—New York, NY (January 1998 to July 1999)
1998 - Visiting Faculty, Parsons School of Design—New York, NY (Fall Semester)
1997 - Metals Instructor, The State University of New York at New Paltz (Spring Semester)
EXHIBITION JURYING
2011 – Juror, Refined VII: Inspiration, The Cole Art Center, Reavley Gallery, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX
2009 - Juror, (jewelry category) Monmouth Festival of the Arts, Tinton Falls, NJ
2001, 2003, 2005 - Co-juror, Emerging Artists Exhibition, James Howe Gallery, Kean University and Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University
LECTURES
2019 - Visiting Artist Colloquium: Jennifer Crupi—University of Wisconsin, Madison (Public lecture as well as graduate studio visits and class presentations).
2017 - Metal in Motion Gallery Talk—National Ornamental Metal Museum, Memphis, TN.
2012 - Visiting Artist Lecture, The Cole Art Center, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX
2010 - Beyond Words: Expressive Gestures [artist talk]—ArtSpace Gallery, New Haven, CT
2007 - Visiting Artist [gallery talk, lecture and demonstrations]—Radford University, Radford, VA
2002 - The Nonverbal Exchange [artist talk]—Gallery of South Orange, South Orange, NJ
COLLECTIONS
Permanent Collection, Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC
Permanent Teaching Collection, Museum of Contemporary Craft, Portland, OR
Permanent Collection, Samuel Dorskey Museum of Art, New Paltz, NYs