Jennie Kristel

 

Jennie Kristel grew up by the ocean in Massachusetts. She studied interpersonal communication, psychology and theatre at Emerson College, and received an M.A. in Expressive Arts Therapies from Lesley University. She has studied with master printers in Vermont.

Jennie moved to Vermont in 1992.  Since 1995, she has woven her art making with her work as a healer and teacher.  Her work as a n expressive therapist and  international trainer of expressive arts therapies and Theatre enters her art in a myriad of ways including the understanding that relationship with the natural landscape is a core human experience. She works in printmaking, painting, and fiber.

Her art addresses issues pertaining to the spiritual, physical and emotional aspects of human life, often utilizing leaves, feathers, and other flat objects that come alive and interact with each other in deeply human scenarios.

Jennie believes that art and functionality do not need to be separate, and along with framed and unframed work, utilizes her prints to create lampshades, and other functional objects. Jen shows throughout the Northeast, and her work is in many private collections. She lives in Burlington with her husband Michael.