Join us September 28, 2024 at 2 pm for an intimate conversation between artist Jennifer Printz and Independent Curator and Professor of Art History Meaghan Kent.
Jennifer Printz
Jennifer D. Printz (b.1976, Bristol, TN) lives and works in Miami, Florida. Influenced by physics and contemplative practices, her practice investigates time through an embodied search for meaning. She merges various materials and processes to forge poetic forms. Printz’s art has been exhibited in numerous solo and group exhibitions across the United States and abroad including the Spartanburg Art Museum, Marshall University, and the Skolnick Surgical Tower at the Mt. Sinai Medical Center in Miami Beach. Her work has also been included in publications as diverse as Tricycle and The Carolina Quarterly. She has been awarded artist residencies at the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris, Merz Gallery in Scotland, and Stadt, Salzburg, Austria. Printz received her MFA from The University of Georgia. She has been an active arts leader for professional organizations including SECAC and SGCI. Printz teaches and directs the MFA in Visual and Digital Art at Florida International University.
Meaghan Kent
Meaghan Kent is an Independent Curator and Professor of Art History. For the past five years, Kent worked as the Curator of Exhibitions at the Art and Culture Center/Hollywood in Florida. She is the Founder of Site95, an organization that holds exhibitions in available spaces including Locust Projects, Abrons Arts Center, and public outdoor spaces in Miami and New York. Kent was also a gallery director for fifteen years where she managed the careers of internationally emerging and established artists and coordinated exhibitions locally and worldwide. She co-founded Páramo in Guadalajara, Mexico, and directed off-site projects at The Mistake Room in Los Angeles, Casa Pedregal in Mexico City, and El Museo de los Pintores Oaxaqueños in Oaxaca. Prior to Páramo, she worked at Casey Kaplan, Andrea Rosen Gallery, and I-20 in New York. Kent completed her MA in art history at George Washington University, Washington, DC, and her BA at the College of Santa Fe, New Mexico. She was a participant in the Independent Curators International (ICI) Intensive in 2012 and a mentor for the 2016 Liverpool Biennial Associate Artists Program. Kent has written for several publications including the South Florida Cultural Consortium (catalog), Site95 Journal, ArtHaps, and Art in America, and is a member of the Broward Arts Journalism Alliance (BAJA). Exhibitions have been reviewed in Frieze, The Washington Post, Washington City Paper, Gallery Monthly, The Miami Herald, and The New York Times.