Jenine Bressner took birth outside of New York City in the summer of 1979. She studied glass at the Rhode Island School of Design and has lived in Providence since the spring of 1998.

Jenine wants to see things she has never seen before. She aims to make things that satisfy this wish by drawing with glass rods in a torch flame, and by working in other various media.

Jenine Bressner is an American Craft Council Artist and recipient of the 2009 fellowship in Crafts from the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts.





Education
2001 Rhode Island School of Design, BFA in Glass
1998 Maryland Institute College of Art, Foundation
1997 Baldwin Senior High School

Continuing Education
2009 Rhode Island School of Design, contemporary porcelain with Sharon Pollock
2007 Rhode Island School of Design, intermediate silversmithing with Devienna Anggraini
2002 and 2006 opera training with Valerie Nicolosi
2005 Rhode Island School of Design, machine knitting with Rachel Milano
1999 Corning Museum of Glass, Advanced Flameworking with Loren Stump
1999 Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Mixed Media Jewelry
1997 School of Visual Art, Sculpture
1996 Rhode Island School of Design Pre-College Program, Jewelry with Noam    Elyashiv
1995 New York State Summer School of Visual Arts, printmaking and mixed media studies
1994 New York State Summer School of Visual Arts, sculpture and drawing

Teaching Experience
2008, 2009 Maker Faire, San Mateo, California & Austin, Texas
2008 Flameworking Glass, Boston Skillshare
2007 RISD Workshop, Making Shoes from Recycled Materials
2006 RISD Screenprinting demonstrations
2006 Making Shoes from Recycled Materials, Workshops in Oakland,CA; Tucson, AZ; Chicago, IL; Providence, RI
2006 Recycling Plastic Bags Workshop, Reclaim the Commons, Chicago
2006 Making Shoes from Recycled Materials, Boston Skillshare
2005 Recycling Plastic Bags Workshop, Boston Skillshare
2005 Flameworking Glass, Studio Morio, Kyoto, Japan
2005 Recycling Plastic Bags Workshop, D.I.Y. Conference at Bates College, Lewiston, Maine
2002 Skillshare tour, 18 dates across the United States
1995 Sculpture and Painting, Baldwin Junior High School

Exhibitions
2009 Glass Plant Chandelier, AS220, Providence
2008 Felt Club, Los Angeles, California
2008 Maker Faire, Austin, Texas
2008 Justseeds.org Sustainability Show, AS220, Providence
2007 Happy Birthday Mike Leslie Diorama Show, HBML Worcester
2006-2007 Wunderground exhibit, RISD Museum
2006 GATHER exhibit, New Orleans, Louisiana
2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 Maker Faire, San Mateo, California
2005 Japanese Lampwork Festa, Kobe, Japan
2002 Comic Art Show, Monohasset Gallery
2002 Senior Apparel Show, Boston College
2001 RISD Apparel Show, Veterans Memorial Auditorium, Providence
2001 RISD Glass Department Senior Show, Woods- Gerry Gallery
2001 RISD Glass Department Senior Show, A. J. Land Building
1997 Thertus Gallery, Oceanside, New York
1996 RISD Pre-College Show, Woods-Gerry Gallery
1995 Albright Knox Museum, Buffalo, New York (piece in permanent collection)
1995 NYSSSA exhibit, SUNY Fredonia
1994 NYSSSA exhibit, SUNY Fredonia