Design School

JOHN LEWIS JENSEN

*** *. ******** **. #*, Pasadena, CA, 91105

www.jensenknives.com 323-***-**** ****@************.***

EDUCATION

**** ***** ****** ****** ** Design, Providence, RI.

B.F.A.; Jewelry and Metalsmithing

1995- The Pont-Aven School of Art, Pont-Aven, France.

1994 & Studio Art Centers International, Florence, Italy.

Summer Art Programs

1993- Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI

1992 Special Student Program

1992- Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA.

1990

AFFILIATIONS

Society of North American Goldsmiths

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2012 Cutting Edge: Evolution of the Knife, Canton Museum of Art, Canton, OH.

2012 Jensen Knives: Forging New Traditions, Bowers Museum, Santa Ana, CA.

2011 MOveMENT, 724 Studios, San Francisco, CA.

2010 Materials: Hard & Soft, Center for the Visual Arts, Denton, TX.

2009 CRAFTFORMS 2009, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA. Curated by Bruce W. Pepich

is Executive Director and Curator of Collections for the Racine Art Museum as well as

the Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts in Racine, Wisconsin. JURORS

AWARD.

2009 Santa Barbara Premiere Art Showcase, Santa Barbara, CA

2008 New West Coast Design, Velvet Da Vinci Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2007 "Modern Art Knives: Beyond the Samurai Sword", The National Ornamental Metal

Museum, Memphis, TN.

2006 "CRAFTFORMS 2006", Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA. Curated by Gretchen G.

Keyworth, Director and Chief Curator of the Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA

2006 "CRAFTFORMS Invitational: Then and Now", Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA.

2006 "MARTINI SQUARED", Gallery I/O, New Orleans, LA. Curated by Thomas Mann.

2006 Parameters of Preciousness, Gahlberg Gallery, McAninch Arts Center, College of

DuPage, Glen Ellyn, IL. Curated by Kathleen Kamal.

2005 CRAFTFORMS 2005, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA. Curated by David Revere

McFadden: Chief Curator: The Museum of Arts + Design, NYC. JURORS AWARD.

Flatware: Function + Fantasy, 12th Annual International Exposition of Sculptural

2005

Objects & Functional Art (SOFA), Navy Pier, Chicago, IL. Curated by Rosanne Raab

& Boris Bally.

2005 Made In America: Metal Arts Invitational Exhibition, Bevier Gallery, Rochester

institute of Technology, Rochester, NY. Curated by Leonard Urso & Juan Carlos

Caballero-Perez.

2005 Dimensions, San Luis Obispo Art Center, San Luis Obispo, CA. Curated by Kevin

Wallace. JURORS AWARD.

2005 California Art Metal Now: An Exhibition of Contemporary

California Jewelry and Metal Art, Blue Room Gallery, San Francisco, CA. Curated

by Shana Astrachan, Suzanne Baizerman, Susan Cummins & Paul Mahder.

2005 The Influence of Rock & Roll, The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, and Museum,

Cleveland, OH. Curated by Boris Bally & Wendi Thumudo.

2004 Hammer & Hand: Contemporary American Metal, Center Arts Gallery, Calvin

College, Grand Rapids, MI. Curated by Anna Fariello.

2004 Knives as Art, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, TX.

2004 The Society of North American Goldsmiths Annual Conference, The Art Knife:

The Passion, The Quest, The Controversy, St. Petersburg, FL.

2002 Innovative Tools For Personal Use, The Metropolitan Center for the Visual Arts,

Denver, CO. Curated by Anne Larson Hollerbach. Kiff Slemmons, Charles Crowley, &

Edward S. Cooke.

2000- Paris International Knife Show, Paris, France.

1998

1999 Contemporary Metalworks Expo, Seattle, WA.

1998 Impressions Of Brittany, French Embassy, Washington D.C.

1998 Cambridge Art Association National Prize Show, Lowell Street Gallery,

Cambridge, MA. Curated by Malcolm Rogers.

1996 Recent Works, Native Gallery, Providence RI.

1995 The Pont-Aven School of Art: Faculty and Student Exhibition, List Arts Center,

Brown University, Providence, RI.

1994 Open Salon Show, Sarah Doyle Gallery, Providence RI.

1994 Impressions Of Brittany, French Library and Cultural Center, Boston, MA.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

2012 Blade s Guide to Knifemaking, Vol.2, (illustrated)

2011 Metalsmith: "The Hand as Subject and Site", Vol. 31, No. 5, (pp. 34-35, illustrated)

2010 The Robb Report, Collection: "A Cut Above", Vol. IX, No. 5, (pp. 44-48, Illustrated)

2010 Luxury Road (Argentina): "The Keen Art of John Jensen ", (pp. 51-52, Illustrated)

2009 blisstree.com: Artist profile: John Lewis Jensen

2009 500 Knives: Juried by John L. Jensen (Cover Image, pg. 29, pg. 214, pg. 383)

2009 blisstree.com: Artist profile: John Lewis Jensen

2009 Craft Forms 2009: Exhibition Catalog, (illustrated)

2008 Mage Sign: A novel by Alan Baxter (Cover Image)

2008 IRONWORK TODAY 2: INSIDE & OUT.

2008 ProPE3 (Russia): "John Jensen", (pp. 8-14, illustrated)

2008 New West Coast Design: jewelry + metalwork: exhibition catalog (pg. 15,

illustrated)

2007 The Robb Report: Collection: "Cutting Edge, John Jensen Fashions Knives as Art",

Vol. VI, No. 12, (pg. 154, Illustrated)

2007 Knives Illustrated: "Art Knives in the Art World", Vol. 21, No. 6, (pp. 58, 59

Illustrated)

2007 The Art of the Knife.

2007 The Philadelphia Inquirer: "A Grand Slam on the Main Line

2007 Blade: "Multiple Layers and Majestic Materials", Vol. XXXIV, No. 1 (pp. 20-25,

illustrated)

2006 Craft Forms 2006: Exhibition Catalog, (illustrated)

2006 BOOM: Jensen Knives, (illustrated)

2006 Lapidary Journal: "On The Edge of Exotic", Vol. 60, No. 5 (pg. 10, illustrated)

2006 4W (Argentina): "John Jensen: El Arte Del Cuchillo", (pp. 99-101, illustrated)

2006 Varium et Mutibile (Greece): "Per Se", (pg. 178, illustrated)

2006 Che (Belgium): Spellenhulp", " No. 74 (pp. 134-135)

2006 Metalsmith: "California Art Metal Now", Vol. 26, No. 2 (pg. 57)

2006 American Craft: "Gallery", Vol. 66, No. 2 (pg. 64, illustrated)

2006 The Orange County Register: "Basking in Exclusivity", Feb.2 2006

2006 IRONWORK TODAY: INSIDE & OUT. (pg. 225, illustrated)

2006 Stuff: "Gearotica", Vol. 9, No. 1 (pg. 62, illustrated)

2005 The Philadelphia Inquirer: "Craft Forms: A Show with Verve", (pg. L8, illustrated)

2005 Atlanta Max: Winter 2005 "Holiday Gift Guide", (pg. 35, illustrated)

2005 Craft Forms 2005: Exhibition Catalog, (illustrated)

2005 Metalsmith: Exhibition in Print, Vol. 25, No. 4 (p. 30, illustrated)

2005 Made in America: Exhibition Catalog, (illustrated)

2005 Blade s Guide to Knifemaking. Vol. 1, No. 1 (illustrated)

2005 Metalsmith: "Hammer & Hand: Contemporary American Metal", Vol. 25, No. 3 (p. 54)

2005 Art and Design in Modern Custom Fixed-Blade Knives. (pp. 180-187, illustrated)

2005 American Craft: "Gallery, Vol. 64, No. 6 (pp. 64, illustrated)

2003 Excalibur (France): "John Lewis Jensen", (pp. 4, 38-40, illustrated) and "L'Objectif

Acere" No. 30 (pp. 64, 65, illustrated)

2003 Hephaistos (Germany): "Mit dem Dolch zum Traualtar", 1-2, 2003 (pp 4, 8-11,

illustrated)

2003 SNAG Newsletter: "Art Knife Awareness", (p. 9, illustrated)

2003 Art and Design in Modern Custom Folding Knives. (pp. 30-31, 160-167, illustrated)

2003 Knives Illustrated: Knife Art, Vol. 17, No. 1 (pp. 2, 52-57, illustrated)

2002 Metalsmith: Exhibition in Print, Vol. 22, No. 4 (p. 26, illustrated)

2002 Knife World: "Artistry In Knives", Vol XXVIII, No. 7 (p. 18, illustrated)

2002 SNAG / 3M: Innovative Tools for Personal Use, Exhibition Catalog and CD-Rom

2001 RISD Views. Vol. 87, No. 2, (pp. 32-33, Illustrated)

2001 Blade: "Diamonds in the Rough, Jewelers turned Knifemakers", Vol. XXVIII, No. 1 (p.

114, Illustrated)

2000 Internationales Waffen-Magazin (Switzerland): "Utopische Blankwaffen", (pp. 559-

561, Illustrated)

2000 Excalibur (France): "Star Knife, la nouvelle g n ration", No.15, (pp. 52-59,

Illustrated)

2000 The Contemporary Blacksmith. (pp. 235-236, Illustrated)

1999 Internationales Waffen Magazin: (Switzerland) "Messerborson in Europa", (pp.

Cover, 712-716)

1999 La Passion des Couteaux (France): "Devine Qui Vient Au S.I.C.A.C. Ou Le Plus

Grand Rendez-vous International De Couteliers Customs, No.60, (pp. 18-25,

Illustrated)

1998 Arts Media: "Cambridge Art Assoc. National Prize Show at University Place", (p. 14)

1998 Boston Globe: "Creative Mix from Cambridge", (pp. C1-C4)

1998 Lapidary Journal: "Facets", Vol.51, No.11, (p. 8, Illustrated)

1998 Knives Illustrated: "John Lewis Jensen", Vol.12, No.1, (pp. 64-67, Illustrated)

96- 97 Rhode Island School of Design: Admissions Catalog, (p. 60, Illustrated)

1996 Providence Journal Bulletin: "A Show with Attitude", (p. E6)

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