Jennie Traill Schaeffer
jennie@traillworks.com | 973-271-9104 Studio on the 3rd Floor | Durham, NC 27712
current as of 4/8/2026
EDUCATION
BFA, Syracuse University: College of Visual and Performing Arts, Syracuse, NY Dual Major in Painting / Art Education, magna cum laude 2000
Study Abroad, Syracuse University, Florence, Italy 1999
MUSEUM & UNIVERSITY SHOWS
2022 Hermitage Handmade Festival, Hermitage Museum & Gardens, Norfolk, VA
2020 Yellowstone Art Auction 52, Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, MT Personal Landscapes, Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ Jam at Mam, Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ
2014 Painting Alumni Retrospective, 914Works, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
2012 Feast for the Eyes: The Art of Food, Noyes Museum, Oceanville, NJ
2007 30th Small Works, 80 East Washington Square Galleries, NYU, New York, NY
2000 Summer Student Show, Lowe Art Gallery, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
1999 BFA Show, School of Art and Design, Syracuse University, NY
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 Take a Seat: Recent Works, Pocket Gallery, Raleigh, NC
2019 The Kitchen Gods, GSC Gallery, General Store Cooperative, Maplewood, NJ
2017 Red Carpet Icons & More, The ArtFull Bean Artisan Café, Valley Arts, Orange, NJ
2016 Jennie Traill Schaeffer, Twin Rivers Dance Academy, Easton, PA
Jennie Traill Schaeffer, Maplewood Grille, Maplewood, NJ
2015 Red Carpet Icons: New Works, Hat City Kitchen, Orange, NJ
2012 Jennie Traill Schaeffer Selected Works, Gallery Within, Krave Café, Newton, NJ
Jennie Traill Schaeffer: Regrouped, TraillWorks, Newton, NJ
2011 Taped Up, TraillWorks, Newton, NJ
2009 Kitchen Savories, Andre’s Restaurant, Newton, NJ
2007 Open Studio, TraillWorks, Newton, NJ
2006 Appliance Portraits, A Solo Show of Oils, The Snack Bar, Denville, NJ
2005 TraillWorks: Now Showing, Rockingham Coffee Lounge, Boonton, NJ
2000 Defining Moments: Painting and Process, White Cube Gallery, Syracuse, NY
JURIED EXHIBITIONS
2024 Fresh, ArtSpace, Raleigh, NC
2022 Durham Art Walk Holiday Market, Durham, NC
Friends Exhibit, 311 Gallery, Raleigh, NC
2021 Durham Art Walk Holiday Market, Durham, NC
2020 State of the Art 2020, Studio Montclair, Montclair, NJ Inspiring Minds, Herb & Milly Iris Gallery at SOPAC, South Orange, NJ
2019 Art at the Esplanade, Mountain Lakes, NJ
3rd Annual Juried Show, Bethlehem House Contemporary Art Gallery, Bethlehem, PA
Inspiring Minds, Valley Arts Community Gallery, Orange, NJ
2018 Art to Go, Studio Montclair Gallery, Montclair, NJ
Bizarre Bazaar, The Woodland, Maplewood, NJ
Inspiring Minds, Valley Arts Community Gallery, Orange, NJ
Optimism in Action, Peg Williams Gallery, Madison, NJ
2017 Friends of Arts Unbound, The Dora Stern Gallery at Arts Unbound, Orange, NJ
Optimism in Action, Peg Williams Gallery, Madison, NJ
Optimism in Action, Museum of Early Trade & Craft, Madison, NJ
Petit Deux, Emerge Gallery, Saugerties, NY
2016 Petit: a group exhibition of smaller art, Emerge Gallery, Saugerties, NY
Great Spirits Among Us, Nails in the Wall Gallery at St. Luke’s, Metuchen, NJ
An Eclectic Art Show, Peg Williams Gallery, Madison, NJ
OPEN Orange, Firehouse Gallery, Orange, NJ
Maplewood Art Walk, Maplewood, NJ
Gaelen Juried Art Show & Sale, Gaelan Gallery West, Whippany, NJ
2015 Love of the Delaware River Valley, Peters Valley Craft Center, Layton, NJ Maplewood Art Walk, Maplewood, NJ
2014 Open Orange, Firehouse Gallery, Orange, NJ
Friends & Neighbors, Pierro Gallery, South Orange, NJ
2011 4th Annual Skylands Juried Show, Sussex County Arts Center, Newton, NJ
2009 22nd Annual Skylands Juried Show, Sussex County Arts Center, Newton, NJ
23rd International Juried Show, Visual Arts Center of NJ, Summit, NJ
2008 21st Annual Skylands Juried Show, Sussex County Arts Center, Newton, NJ
2007 Peters Valley Craft Fair, Sussex County Fairgrounds, Augusta, NJ
Bethlehem Fine Arts Show, Bethlehem, PA
21st International Juried Show, Visual Art Center of NJ, Summit, NJ
2006 19th Annual Skylands Juried Show, Sussex County Arts Center, Newton, NJ
2005 Small Matters of Great Importance, Hopper House Art Center, Nyack, NY
2004 Members’ Annual Juried Show, Somerset Art Association, Bedminster, NJ
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
2021 - present
Durham Art Guild, Member 2021 - 2024
Thrive Together Network, Member (previously Artist/Mother Network)
2017 Studio Montclair, Member
Valley Arts, Member
West Orange Arts Council, Member
2016 Studio Montclair, Member
Montclair Art Museum, Member
Valley Arts, Member
West Orange Arts Council, Member
2015
Studio Montclair, Member
1978 Maplewood Art Center, Member
Valley Arts, Member
2011 - 2020
Peters Valley Craft Center, Member
2005 - 2013
Sussex County Arts & Heritage Council, Member
- Chairperson, Annual Juried Skylands Art Show and Sale (2006 / 2007)
- Visual Arts Committee Member (2005 – 2008)
2007 - 2008
BOAS (Business of Art Sussex), Co-founder & President
2003 - 2004
Somerset Art Association, Member
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Boldly Taking up Space: Southeast Scope, Clear Story Arts, Chattanooga, TN Our House, Exhibit of Faculty / Students, Durham Arts Council, Durham, NC Paint it Orange: Wet Paint Exhibit, Orange County Arts Commission & Eno Arts Mill, Hillsborough, NC
2023 Original 8, Jean Gray Mohs' Studio, ArtSpace, Raleigh, NC
2022 Taking Up Space, The Pocket Gallery, Raleigh, NC
Members Showcase Exhibition, Durham Art Guild, Durham, NC
2020 Candy Club Collective: 25 Women Artists, Virtual Show, www.KatrinaBerg.com
2019 State of the Art 2019, Studio Montclair, Montclair, NJ
Artists of the Oranges, West Orange Arts Center, West Orange, NJ
2018 Friends of Arts Unbound, The Dora Stern Gallery at Arts Unbound, Orange, NJ
Artist Members Show, Valley Arts Community Gallery, Orange, NJ
ArtFull Holiday, Valley Arts Community Gallery, Orange, NJ
2017 MotherDaughter, Oceanic Free Library, Rumson, NJ
Artist Members Show, Valley Arts Community Gallery, Orange, NJ
Friends of Arts Unbound, The Dora Stern Gallery at Arts Unbound, Orange, NJ
Portrait Painting Mothers, The Rectangle Studio & Gallery, Orange, NJ
Art and Poetry HaHa, The Rectangle Studio & Gallery, Orange, NJ
2016 West Orange Arts Council Members Show, West Orange Arts Center, NJ
Into the Valley, West Orange Arts Center, NJ
Making Matters: Summer Faculty Show, Peters Valley Craft Center, Layton, NJ
SOMA Artists Studio Tour, JESPY House, South Orange, NJ
Twitter Art Exhibit, Trygve Lie Gallery, New York, NY
2015 SOMA Artists Studio Tour, JESPY House, South Orange, NJ
Studio Tour 11 x 14, Maplewood Memorial Library, Maplewood, NJ
West Orange Art Center Opening Exhibit, West Orange, NJ
BANG X: A Small Artworks Exhibition & Sale, 1978 Galley, Maplewood, NJ2011
2014 Annual Faculty and Studio Assistant Exhibition, Peters Valley Craft Center, Layton, NJ
Primar(il)y Red, Gallery U, Westfield, NJ
2013 Evolution: Works in Progress, TraillWorks, Newton, NJ
2012
Fresh, TraillWorks, Newton, NJ
Contemporary Landscapes, TraillWorks, Newton, NJ
Growth, Renewal, Change, TraillWorks, Newton, NJ
Blank Canvas Benefit, Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, Summit, NJ
2011 Good Things, Small Packages, TraillWorks, Newton, NJ
Women’s Invitational Exhibit, TraillWorks, Newton, NJ
2010 32nd Annual Art Exhibit and Sale, Hilltop Country Day School, Sparta, NJ
Two Sides to Every Story, TraillWorks, Newton, NJ
2008 Kitchen Kitsch with Tony Lordi, TraillWorks, Newton, NJ
31st Annual Art Exhibit and Sale, Hilltop Country Day School, Sparta, NJ
Newark Open Doors 2008, 482 Washington St., Newark, NJ
Guest Artist Residency Exhibit, Sally D. Francisco Gallery at Peters Valley, Layton, NJ
Featured Artist, Sussex County Arts Center, Newton, NJ
2007 Blank Canvas Benefit, Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, Summit, NJ
30th Annual Art Exhibit and Sale, Hilltop Country Day School, Sparta, NJ
ICON: Redefining Contemporary Pop Art, Wired Gallery, Bethlehem, PA
2nd Annual Summer Show, Art at the Mill, Lafayette, NJ
Romanticism, Sussex County Arts Center, Newton, NJ
2006 29th Annual Art Exhibit and Sale, Hilltop Country Day School, Sparta, NJ
Large and Small Works, APeX Gallery, Asbury Park, NJ
Woman’s Art Walk, 4th Annual Women’s Art Festival, APeX Gallery, Asbury Park, NJ
Realism ’06, APeX Gallery, Asbury Park, NJ
Metamorphosis; A New Beginning, Art at the Mill, Lafayette, NJ
People, Places & Things and The Hundred Dollar Show, Art at the Mill, Lafayette, NJ
For Lovers Only, Art at the Mill, Lafayette, NJ
Arts Desire, Sussex County Arts Center, Newton, NJ
2005 28th Annual Art Exhibit and Sale, Hilltop Country Day School, Sparta, NJ
Artist’s Choice, Sussex County Arts Center, Newton, NJ
Art in Sussex County 46th Annual Exhibit, Sussex County Fairgrounds, Augusta, NJ
2004 Non-Juried Show and Sale, Somerset Art Association, Bedminster, NJ
2003 Non-Juried Show and Sale, Somerset Art Association, Bedminster, NJ
1999 BFA Group Show, Storch Gallery, Syracuse Stage, Syracuse, NY
AWARDS & HONORS
2016 2nd Place in Show, Maplewood Art Walk, Maplewood, NJ
2011 George W. Morville Honorable Mention, Skylands Juried Art Show, Sussex County Arts Council
2009 20 Under 40, New Jersey Herald, Newton, NJ
2008
Guest Artist in Residence - Special Topics, Peters Valley Craft Center, Layton, NJ
2006 Best New Artist, Skylands Juried Art Show, Sussex County Arts Council
Tranquility Gallery Award, Skylands Juried Art Show, Sussex County Arts Council
2004 Honorable Mention, Members’ Annual Juried Show, Somerset Art Association
2000 Hiram Gee Senior Painting Award (2nd Place), Senior Painting Competition, Syracuse University
1996 First Place Mixed Media, Riverfest Outdoor Exhibition, Phillipsburg, NJ
GRANTS
2024 Invest to Restart - Arts and Cultural Training Grant Recipient, Durham Culture & Arts Program 2008 Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Scholarship
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2024 Juror of Awards, Congressional Art Competition, Congress Valerie Foushee, Durham, NC 2012 Juror of Awards, Peters Valley Annual Juried Craft Fair, Augusta, NJ
2008 - 2013
TraillWorks’ Gallery Exhibits, TraillWorks, Newton, NJ
RESIDENCIES
2023 Thrive Together Network Virtual Art Residency
2022 Virtual Artist Mother Art Residency
2008 Guest Artist in Residence - Special Topics, Peters Valley Craft Center, Layton, NJ
SPEAKING / PODCASTS
2024 Chat with artist, Megan Gray, Live on Instagram, January 19, 2024, now on YouTube, https://youtu.be/sEAsLkm420A?si=qf0zOHbYz0IBba_1 2021 Speaker, The Art Educators Lounge, hosted on Zoom by Teaching Artist Podcast and Visionary Art Collective
2020 Speaker, The Candy Club Collective, hosted by Katrina Berg Fine Art, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNrRzggYe8I&t=9s
2012 Speaker, “The Evolution of My Work and Myself,” Culver Lake Women’s Group, Frankford, NJ
2011 Panelist, “Who Does She Think She Is Discussion,” TraillWorks, Newton, NJ
2010 Speaker, “The Apron and Its Place in History,” Newton Heritage Day, TraillWorks, Newton, NJ
ADDITIONAL EDUCATION
2026 Artist Critique, led by Kerry Schroeder, hosted by Durham Arts Guild, Durham, NC
2022 "Wearing all the Hats," Professional Development Course led by Kaylan Buteyn and Isadora Stowe of the Artist / Mother Network