Jenn Cacciola is a NY and CT-based artist, curator, and educator originally hailing from Port Chester, NY. She received a Bachelor of Science in Visual Arts from SUNY Purchase School of Art + Design in 2015. She is an on-going member of NYC Crit Club and engages in curation and community building among artists as the Founder of Neptune in June, the Co-Founder/Director of the former Ice Cream Social art space, and co-curator of Openings Artist Collective and P2P Curatorial. She has been awarded Artist-in-Residence positions at the Sheen Center For Thought & Culture, Manassas National Battlefield Park, and in virtual residencies with Socially Distant Art, Crisis Residency, World of Co, and Cel del Nord. Her works can be found in the National Parks Foundation’s public collection and in private collections within the United States and Europe. She has exhibited at BRIC Arts (Brooklyn, NY), the Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts (NYC), Equity Gallery (NYC), Heaven Gallery (Chicago, IL), Atlantic Gallery (NYC), National Association of Women Artists (NYC), Howard County Arts Council (Ellicott City, MD), Ely Center of Contemporary Art (New Haven, CT), among other spaces across the U.S. She has previously taught PreK-12th grade Art in NYC schools, and worked as an Art Educator with the New-York Historical Society, the NARS Foundation, and Wingspan Arts. She has also assisted in art forensic and conservation projects for collections at the Hispanic Society of America Museum, PepsiCo Sculpture Garden, and TONDO Art Forensics Lab in Budapest, Hungary.