Jennifer Pettus attended the University of Colorado at Boulder where she earned a BFA in Studio Art (Sculpture) and the University of Colorado at Denver where she received a Master of Humanities degree with a focus on Women’s Studies, Sculpture, and Theater Design. In addition to formal art education, she has held numerous positions that expanded her art practice, including wig mender, floral designer, jewelry assistant, costume assistant, and scenic painter. She has participated in the development and management of several Denver artist co-ops including Edge Gallery and Ice Cube Gallery, and has worked on several exhibitions with Pink Progression, an open collective founded in the wake of the Women’s March of 2017. Pink Progression is committed to exploring social issues such as human rights, equality, gender identity, and feminism. Pettus is featured as one of 160 artists in the 2014 Dutch publication, Textile Art Around the World and in Surface Design Association’s Winter 2018 Exhibition in Print, Family Matters. Her work was selected for Fiber Art International 2016 in Pittsburgh, PA; World of Threads Festival 2016 in Toronto, ON; and Art of the State 2016, 2019, and 2022 in Arvada, CO. More recently her work was included in Meow Wolf’s Convergence Station in Denver, CO, as well as curated exhibitions at the Center for Visual Art in Denver, CO; The Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art in Boulder, CO; Emmanuel Art Gallery in Denver, CO; and L’Space Gallery in New York City, NY.