Curriculum Vitae
Jennifer Rose Irwin
Geymüllergasse 1
Bootsweg 20
A-1180 Wien
A-9871 Seeboden
mobile ++43 650 551 3047 landline ++43 1 478 09 14
(0043) 4762 81546
jen@worldlinked.net
I am an artist who works in stone, wood, clay, casting materials, watercolour, and various drawing mediums. My work is a search for a "language" of form which supersedes nation, gender and race, yet is nonetheless capable of infinite variations of local or personal "dialects". As an artist, I seek to compose visual "poems" which can have a healing, inspiring, or awakening effect on those who see or live with them. As a teacher, I aim to share my experience while allowing participants - young or old - to make their own discoveries in the world of forms...
Artist, sculptor
Private studio in Santa Croce-Trieste. Website: www.jkleinfercher.net
Present Commission for a public sculpture in the Im.puls office complex, Seeboden, Austria
December 2003-present
Commissions and sales for private collections (indoor and garden sculptures, in stone and bronze)
August-October 2007
Stipendium from the Evidenz Foundation, Dornach, Switzerland,for the artistic research project "Stonewood as a Casting Material: Product Design and Rational Production Techniques"
March 2006
Commission for the wood sculpture Herzschlag: Miteinander in the Bezirkshauptmannschaft (County Hall) Spittal, Austria
September 2004-May 2005
Internship in stone carving (marble) at the Studio Nicoli, Carrara, Italy
December 2003
Solo Exhibit, "Spiral, Vertical, Transception: the Mercury Stab", Gotheanum, Dornach, Switzerland
2001-2007
Various lasur painting projects, including the Christian Community Church in Zeist, Holland and the Waldorf School in Sgonico, Italy
Teacher, workshop leader
November 2007-present
Scuola Waldorf, Sgonico, Italy
Clay modeling in English, weekly course for 4-5 graders
January 2007-present
private studio, Santa Croce, Italy
I capitelli del Goetheanum, every Friday evening
January 2007
Società Antroposofica, Trieste, Italy
Antroposofia Visibile, weekend workshop in clay
February 2007
Società Antroposofica, Oriago, Italy
Antroposofia Visibile, weekend workshop in clay
April-June 2007
Società Antroposofica, Trieste, Italy
Disegno del Vero, three weekend workshops in drawing
January-June 2006
Società Antroposofica, Trieste, Italy
The Language of Form, five weekend workshops in clay modeling
July 2005
Anthroposophical Society, New York, USA
The Capital Forms of the First Goetheanum Building, 7-day workshop in clay
July 2005
Morris County Art Association, Morristown, USA,
Introduction to Stone Carving, 5-day workshop
September-June 2002-3
Goetheanum, Dornach, Switzerland
Introduction to Clay Modeling, weekly course, Anthroposophical Studies in English
January-May 1996
Middletown, Connecticut, USA
Printmaking for Kids, weekly course in local Elementary School
July-August 1994
High Hills Day Camp, New Jersey, USA
Counselor in art program, full-time day camp for children age 7-14
2003
Diploma with Honors in Sculpture and Sculptural Design, Section for Fine Arts,Goetheanum, Dornach, Switzerland
2000
Certificate: Foundation Year in Anthroposophy Goetheanum, Dornach, Switzerland
1999
Certificate: Free Studies Project in German language, literature and philosophy Goetheanum, Dornach, Switzerland
1998
Bachelors degree, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, USA
Major: Art History
Thesis: "The Sistine Ceiling and the Dome of Heaven", awarded Magna cum Laude (high honors) and the Beulah Friedman Prize in Art History
Membership: Phi Beta Kappa (academic honors society)
1994
Diploma, Randolph High School
Awards:
Art Educators of NJ Scholarship
NJ Governor's Award in Art Education
Mary Gill Memorial Scholarship for Art
Robert E. Maitner Scholarship for Art
Morris County Art Association Scholarship,
Exhibits:
Solo exhibit of drawings and ceramics at the Montclair Museum of Art, Montclair, NJ.
"Off the Wall" student exhibit at NJ Designer Craftsman Gallery, New Brunswick Summerset Student Art Exhibit (Best in Crafts, First Place Pottery)
Membership:
National Art Honour Society (secretary for Randolph division)
NJ Governors School of the Arts, selective full-scholarship summer program in Visual Arts
"Rudolf Steiner's Philosophy of Aesthetics" Monthly research meetings for leaders in the field, sponsored by the Section of Arts and Humanities of the Goetheanum, Dornach, Switzerland.
"Philosophical Foundations of Organic Architecture" Co-organized this seminar for international group of sculptors and architects, three weekends annually.
Travel (Nepal, India, Ukraine, Romania, Hungary, Austria, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, France, Spain, England, Ireland, Norway, Turkey, Israel, Tanzania, Canada, Mexico, USA), Philosophy, Anthroposophy, Art.