BIOGRAPHY
Jenny Hata Blumenfield is a Los Angeles based ceramic artist, designer, and curator with a rigorous commitment to the field of Ceramics. Her work subverts existing tropes of the feminine identity, Japanese craft, and the duality of meaning through the lens of playful symbolism.
Blumenfield graduated with Honors from The Rhode Island School of Design with a BFA in Ceramics. In Fall 2022, she launched Studio JBLU- inspired by memories of holidays and summers spent with family in Japan- she reinterprets fleeting moments of play and turns them into moments to hold.
Previously seen at venues including The Hole in New York City; Mana Contemporary in Jersey City, New Jersey; The Craft Contemporary in Los Angeles, CA; and American Museum of Ceramic Art in Los Angeles, CA. She has been invited to speak as a panelist for the Asia Society in Tokyo, Japan, Roski School of Art and Design at USC and was a recipient of the Anderson Ranch Artist in Residence Ceramic program as well as an Artist-in-Residence at the European Ceramic Workcentre (EKWC) in the Netherlands.
jennyblumenfield@gmail.com
Curriculum Vitae
Education
2010, Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), BFA, Ceramics, With Honors, Providence, RI
2008-9, Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), European Honors Program, Rome, IT
Solo Shows
2020
Inspired by the Alsdorf Collection: Works by Jenny Hata Blumenfield, Christie's Auction House, New York, NY
2019
Illuminations, Special Special, New York, NY
2013
She’s The Brooding Type, Greenwich House Pottery, NY, NY
Group Shows
2023
Summer Group Show, Curated by Strauss Bourque-Lafrance, Sarah Brook Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
AMBOS x YOU, Frieze Art Fair, Los Angeles, CA, Curated by Tanya Aguiniga
Green World, Emma Scully Gallery, New York, NY
2022
In the Flow, Roche Projects Art Advisory x Blumenfield Projects, Kyoto, JP
Body Root, Sarah Brook Gallery Inaugural Group Show, Los Angeles, CA
It's My House!, CURA Art x The Auction Collective, London, ENG
Breaking Ground: Women in California Clay, American Museum of Ceramic Art (AMOCA), Pomona, CA
Doing Our Own Thing, The Japanese American Cultural Community Center, Los Angeles, CA, Curated by Sow & Tailor
Surreal So Good, TW Fine Art, Palm Beach, FL
Ceramics Synthesized, Blumenfield Projects, Santa Monica, CA
2021
Ten Below, Mindy Solomon Gallery, Miami, FL
Caught Up in A Lockdown Affair, TW Fine Art, New York, NY
2020
Intersect Chicago, Sofa Expo, Hesse Flatow, New York, NY
The Body, The Object, The Other: Clay Biennial, Craft Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA
8 Fluid Ounces 2020: A National Invitational Ceramic Cup Exhibition, Glassell Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA
Field Formations, Cooler Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2019
Perceptions, 2 Person Features Show, Mana Decentralized Gallery at Mana Contemporary, Jersey City, NJ
SENSE ISLAND the Dark Museum, Sarushima Island, Yakasuka, Japan
Special Special Artist Pop-Up, Macau, SAR China
Ray Smith Group Show, Mana Decentralized Gallery at Mana Contemporary, Jersey City, NJ
TERRA INCOGNITA, Plant Seven, High Point, NC
On the Mountain, The Back Room Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2018
Booth, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Villages, CO
Clay + Things, Site 131, Dallas, Texas, Curated by Joan Davidow
Ceramics Redefined, Brooklyn NY, Featured artists; Cody Hoyt, Guy Corriero, Jenny Hata Blumenfield
URNS, Cooler Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, Curated by Michael Yarinsky
The Ashtray Show, Fisher Parrish, Brooklyn, NY, Curated by Zoe Fisher & Patrick Parrish
Special Delivery, Lee’s On Canal, New York, NY, Curated by Amanda Kim
CLAY TODAY, The Hole, New York, NY, Curated by Kathy Grayson
Contemporary Ceramics, Paddle8, Curated by Courtenay Moon
2017
Rare Phenomenon Collective, New York, NY, Curated by Natalie Choy
Crafting Resistance, BKLYN Clay, NY, NY
Casual Art Fair, Hester Street, New York, NY, Curated by Elise McMahon
Books Are Magic, New York, NY, Curated by Michele Quan and Isabel Halley
2016
Hot Pots, Clay Art Center, Port Chester, NY, Curated by Judith Schwartz Ph.D & Adam Chau
Void + Collapse, 55-59 Chrystie St., New York, NY, Curated by Chloe Curtis
2014
All The Best Artists Are My Friends, Mana Contemporary, Jersey City, NJ Curated by Ray Smith & Mariana Smith
Mandala: Locust of Thought, Tibet House, NY, NY, Curated by Meredith Walker & Stephanie Gonzalez-Turner
2013
Made In Clay (MIC), Greenwich House Pottery, NY, NY
No Kineme Stands Alone, 106 Green, BK, NY, Curated by Saira Mclaren and Fran Holstrom
Artist Talks, Awards and Residencies
2022
Artist talk, USC Roski School of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA
Artist talk, Archer School For Girls, Los Angeles, CA
2020
Curatorial Selection, Selected by Irene C. Papanestor, SOFA Expo, Chicago, IL
Artist talk, Christie’s Auction House, New York, NY
Artist talk, Luxe Insitute, San Diego, CA
Artist talk, The Craft Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA
2019
Artist in Residence, invitation via Simone Leigh, Watershed Center, Newcastle, ME
Artist talk, Asia Society, Tokyo, JP
Artist talk, Cal Lutheran University, Los Angeles, CA
Artist in Residence, Cooler Ranch, Long Island, NY
2018
Artist talk, Launch Pad, Carbondale, CO
Artist talk, Anderson Ranch, Snowmass Village, CO
Artist in Residence at Anderson Ranch, Snowmass Village, CO
2017
Artist Talk and Workshop with focus on the extruder, BKLYN CLAY, BK, NY
2016
Artist in Residence European Ceramic Work Center (EKWC) Oisterwijk, The Netherlands