Jennifer Crupi received her BFA from The Cooper Union School of Art and her MFA from SUNY, The College at New Paltz. Her work has been shown in over forty-five national and international exhibitions—including exhibits at the Museum of Arts and Design, New York City, Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt, Germany, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, and upcoming in 2012, the Renwick Gallery/Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington DC. Jennifer has won various awards including a Peter S. Reed Foundation Grant in 2010 and a New Jersey State Council of the Arts Individual Artist Grant in 2005. Her work has been published in Metalsmith Magazine, 500 Necklaces and 500 Brooches by Lark Books, among others. Jennifer is an Associate Professor at Kean University, Union, NJ where she has taught and headed the metals program since 1999.