Interdisciplinary artist and curator Jen Barrows received her MFA in Studio Art from The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, at Tufts University. Barrows maintains a studio practice working in still and moving image, video performance, and sculpture at her studio in Maine.
Personal research interests include the built environment and the commercial vernacular, craft, popular culture, and the socio-economics of urban and rural North America.
She has fabricated permanent large scale public art pieces installed across the United States. Her solo artwork has been exhibited internationally. She is an adjunct professor in Photography and Interdisciplinary Studies at Lesley Art + Design and the Founder of Gravedigger’s Daughter.
recent exhibitions
(Roll) Call to Action #BLM, as Anonymous, Lunder Arts Center, Lesley Art + Design, Cambridge, MA 2020-ongoing
Unfixed Concrete Ideal vol 3, with Brendan McGuirl / Ursa Concept, 3s Artspace, Portsmouth, NH 2024
Unfixed Concrete Ideal vol 2, with Brendan McGuirl / Ursa Concept, Fall River Government Center, Fall River, MA 2023
Unfixed Concrete Ideal vol 1, with Brendan McGuirl / Ursa Concept, Boston City Hall, Boston, MA 2023
Parallel Lines, as Jen & Kim, Machines with Magnets, Pawtucket, RI 2022
Concerted Negotiations, Roberts Gallery, Lesley Art + Design, Cambridge, MA 2022
LA+D Faculty and Staff Exhibition, with Brendan McGuirl / Ursa Concept and Alex Cuff, Roberts Gallery, Lesley Art + Design, Cambridge, MA 2021
https://www.gravediggersdaughter.org/
https://artwalk.waldoboro.org/
Artist headshot courtesy Diana Carbone @dianacaptures