JENNIFER ANNE BENNETT
Education
2001
MFA Art, Painting, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH
Studio Art and Art History, SACI, Florence, Italy
1998
BA Art, Painting, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA (cum laude)
1995
AA Cross-Cultural Studies, Grossmont College, El Cajon, CA
Teaching and Academic Experience
2006-Present
Professor of Art, Drawing and Painting, Grossmont College, El Cajon, CA
2004-2006
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Painting, Bowling Green State University, OH
Art Instructor, 2D Design, Owens Community College, Perrysburg, OH
Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Painting, Tiffin University, Tiffin, OH
2003-2004
Full-time Instructor, Foundations Program: Drawing, 2D Design, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH
2001-2003
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Drawing, 2D Design, Life Drawing, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH
2000-2001
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Life Drawing, 2D Design. Instructor of record, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH
Campus Leadership
Department Chair, Visual Arts and Humanities, 2022 – 2024
Chair of Council of Chairs and Coordinators, 2024 spring
Enrollment Strategies Committee, 2024 - present
Enrollment Management Academy, UCSD, July 2024
Tenure Review Coordinator, 2024 fall interim
Realized Art partnership at Las Colinas women's detention facility with Counseling, 2024
Guided Pathways committee, co-faculty lead for Academic and Career Pathways, 2023-present
ISER/ Accreditation Steering Committee, Standard III tri-chair, 2023 - present
Co-Chair, Facilities Committee, participatory governance retreats, 2022- 2024
Select Exhibition Record
2025
Spring: the group show, R.B. Stevenson Gallery, La Jolla
Best Practice Auction and Fundraiser, Best Practice
Into the Woods: Resplendent, San Diego Mesa College Art Gallery
Fig 15,Art Produce Gallery, San Diego
The Forests of La Sarthe, Sip Art Space
Dear LA, Love SD, Quint Gallery, Good Good Things
2024
Grossmont Open, Hyde Art Gallery, Indiana Woods I & II
2023
Boundaries Edge, Techne Art Center
The Last Group Show, Bread and Salt
2022
A Map Project, 60 Artists 60 Maps, City Gallery, San Diego City College
2021
Best Practice, Auction Fundraiser, San Diego
2020
Campus Creatives: From the Classroom to the Museum, California Center for the Arts, Escondido
2019
C-Note, Auction, San Diego Art Institute
2018
You Are Here, San Diego Central Library Gallery, San Diego
Campus Creatives: From the Classroom to the Museum, California Center for the Arts, Escondido
High-Key: Color in Southern California, San Diego Art Institute, San Diego
Art That Cuts, San Diego Mesa College Gallery, San Diego
Feminism Now, Shoebox Gallery, Los Angeles
Feminism Now, Krogen Amerika, Stockholm, Sweden
2017
All Natural, San Diego State University Downtown Gallery, San Diego
Fiesta of Prints and Bookmaking, Athenaeum Art Center, San Diego
2015
Jennifer Anne Bennett, Monotypes, Bay Park Press, San Diego
Women at War, Hyde Art Gallery, Grossmont College
2014
Labor Migrant Gulf 2, Uri Eichen Gallery, Chicago
Beyond the Landscape, Encinitas Civic Arts Program, Encinitas
Object Object!, Helmuth Projects, San Diego
Centennial Alumni Exhibition, San Diego City College Gallery, San Diego
Labor Migrant Gulf, Southwestern College Art Gallery, Chula Vista
2013
Nocturne, Protea Gallery, San Diego
15 Minutes of Fame, San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego
Gift, Feminist Imagery Group, San Diego Mesa College Art Gallery
Artists For Healing Exhibition and Fundraiser, Hyde Art Gallery
Altered Horizons, Art Produce, North Park
Select Bibliography/Publications
2025
Deaderick, Lisa. "Get lost in nature-based artwork 'Into the Woods: Resplendent' features landscape paintings by Jennifer Anne Bennett and Jeanne Dunn at Mesa College." The San Diego Union-Tribune. 29 - 30 March 2025, Local
2017
Fiesta of Prints, Athenaeum Art Center (catalog)
2014
Chute, James. "Artists and workers unite". UTSanDiego.com. March 12, 2014
2006
Koppman, Debra. "Jennifer Bennett and Robin Bright." Artweek. December 2006, p. 25
Awards and Honors
2014/23/25
Excellence in Teaching Award recipient
2018
Little Saigon Art Walk mural proposal accepted, San Diego Art Institute
"One Theme, One Campus" Water student team project award winner
2010
Academic Senate Recognition Award
2007
First Prize, Clairemont Art Guild 46th Annual Spring Showcase
2005
Merit Award, Midwest National Art Exhibition
Purchase Award, Border to Border X, 2005 Larson Biennial Drawing Competition
Grants
2024
Friends of East County Arts for model stand
Cal Coast Cares Credit Union grant for printing press table and printer
2023
RACE microgrants (Re-Engagement, Action, Connection, & Equity) Athletics art mural and Puente Cultural trips and art project
Friends of East County Arts for screen-printing supplies and painting supplies
Support Grant GCCC Foundation for paper cutter, and table easels, paint
Cal Coast Cares Credit Union grant for art equipment
2015
World Arts and Cultures Committee grant for visiting artist talks
Puffin West grant for Gulf Labor West for traveling exhibition
Jennifer Anne Bennett is represented by R.B. Stevenson Gallery, La Jolla, California USA