Jen is an award winning visual artist & architectural designer based in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Mediums include: oil, acrylic, watercolor & encaustic painting; intaglio, photopolymer & monotype printmaking; mixed media; and fine art photography.

Inspiration is found each day working in her Sangre de Cristo mountain studio and through travels domestically and abroad. Jen lives with her life-partner and two wild and woolly rescue dogs.

Education &

Art Residencies:

BFA: Art & Architectural Design

University of Kansas

1982-1987

Intaglio Printmaking Coursework

Southern Methodist University

1999-2001

R&F Encaustic Workshop

Seattle, Washington

Summer 2003

Mixed Media Painting Workshop

San Miguel de Allende, Mexico

Summer 2005

Oil Painting Workshop

Cortona, Italy

Summer 2008

Texas Academy of Figurative Art

Old Masters Life Drawing Course
Spring/Fall 2016

Advanced Projects Printmaking

Santa Fe Community College

2021-present

Couse-Sharp Foundation

(Taos Art Colony)

Artist-in-Residence

Day Residency with Exhibition

March 2025 to present

Burren College of Art

Ballyvaughan, Ireland

Artist-in-Residence (award)

October 2025

Art Exhibitions:

Santa Fe Community College (SFCC)

Group Gallery Exhibition

2022, 2023, 2024

Santa Fe Community Arts Center
Monothon Group Show
April 21 – May 26, 2023

Dolce Gallery, Santa Fe

Solo Exhibition: 20 pieces

April 20, 2023-July 20, 2023

Printer's Planet Festival

Santa Fe Railyard

June 2023

SFCC Administration Building

Solo Exhibition: 12 pieces

December 2023-2025

Burren College of Art

Ballyvaughan, Ireland

Artist Residency Exhibition

October 2025

Couse-Sharp Foundation

(Taos Art Colony)

Taos, New Mexico

Solo Exhibition with Catalog

"An Artistic Lens into the Mechanical World of Kibbey Couse"