Judy Jensen
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Austin, Texas
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, Texas
Texas
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. She was born in Lamesa, Texas
Lamesa, Texas
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. She does primarily glass
Glass
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work, although she incorporates other mixed media into her glass pieces.
Museum and Public Collections
Smithsonian American Art MuseumSmithsonian American Art Museum
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, Washington, D.C.
Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art is an art museum in Los Angeles, California. It is located on Wilshire Boulevard along Museum Row in the Miracle Mile vicinity of Los Angeles, adjacent to the George C. Page Museum and La Brea Tar Pits....
, Los Angeles, California
Akron Art Museum, Akron, Ohio
Corning Museum of Glass
Corning Museum of Glass
The Corning Museum of Glass, in Corning, New York, explores every facet of glass, including art, history, culture, science and technology, craft, and design....
, Corning, New York
The David Jacob Chodorkoff Collection, promised gift to
Detroit Institute of Arts
Detroit Institute of Arts
The Detroit Institute of Arts is a renowned art museum in the city of Detroit. In 2003, the DIA ranked as the second largest municipally owned museum in the United States, with an art collection valued at more than one billion dollars...
Racine Art Museum
Racine Art Museum
The Racine Art Museum and RAM’s Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts are located in Racine, Wisconsin.-History:The Charles A. Wustum Museum was founded in 1941. Jennie E. Wustum, widow of Charles A. Wustum, donated their house, property and small trust fund to the City of Racine, Wisconsin...
, Racine, Wisconsin
Speed Art Museum
Speed Art Museum
The Speed Art Museum, originally known as the J.B. Speed Memorial Museum, now colloquially referred to as the Speed by locals, is the oldest, largest, and foremost museum of art in Kentucky...
, Louisville, Kentucky
Austin-Bergstrom International Airport
Austin-Bergstrom International Airport
Austin-Bergstrom International Airport is a mixed-use commercial airport located southeast of the central business district of Austin, Texas, United States. It covers and has two runways and three helipads.The airport began passenger service on May 23, 1999...
, Austin, Texas
City of Austin Art in Public Places Offices, Austin, Texas
McDonald's Corporate Collection, Chicago, Illinois
SAFECO Corporate Collection, Seattle, Washington
Selected publications
Judy Jensen: Feverish, 2002, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft. OCLC Number: 51951219Sculpture, Glass, and American Museums, Martha Drexler Lynn, p. 166, University of Pennsylvania Press,2005. ISBN 0812238966 9780812238969
International Glass Art, Richard Yelle, pp. 161–162, Schiffer, 2003. ISBN 0764318349 9780764318344
Women Working in Glass, Lucartha Kohler, pp. 161–162. Schiffer Pub., 2003. ISBN 0764318071 9780764318078
Glass Art from UrbanGlass, Richard Yelle, p. 109, Schiffer Pub., 2000. ISBN 0764311166 9780764311161
Contemporary Glass, Susanne Frantz, p. 28, H.N. Abrams, 1989. ISBN 0810910381 9780810910386
"Judy Jensen: Tableaux in Reverse", American Craft, p. 42-45, cover illustration, Oct/Nov '93
"The Glass Canvas", Glass Art, Volume 4, # 6, pp. 4–7, cover illustration, 1989
"Judy Jensen: Dream Spaces", D. Cutler, New Work, #34, pp. 12–17, cover illustration, 1989
Awards and honors
John H. Hauberg Fellowship Residency, Pilchuck Glass SchoolRichard Diebenkorn Teaching Fellowship nominee
Most Original Artist, Austin American-Statesman
Juror's Award, Austin Museum of Art, Austin, Texas
Public Art Selection Panelist for the Austin Convention Center
Louis Comfort Tiffany Award nominee
National Endowment for the Arts Visual Arts Fellowship Grant
Glass Art Society's Juror's Award, New Orleans Contemporary Arts Center
New Glass Reviews 19 ,11, 8, 7, 6, and 5 (publication of Neues Glas and The Corning Museum of Glass, competition documenting the 100 most innovative internationally created glass works)