For the past three years, Jenny Mendes has been a resident artist at the Penland School of Crafts in North Carolina. She has been a fulltime studio artist designing and selling one of a kind work since 1994. Jenny has exhibited her work in many places, including: Akar Gallery, Iowa City, Iowa, The Signature Gallery, Atlanta, The Works Gallery, Philadelphia, Obsidian Gallery Tucson, Baltimore Clay Works, and fine craft shows including: Smithsonian Craft Show, (DC), Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show (PA), and SOFA Chicago. Jenny has taught workshops at Penland School of Crafts, and Santa Fe Clay. She has received Three Ohio Arts Council Fellowships, and has been featured in several Lark Books.