Jennie Jessen

Gotland, Sweden

Jennie Jessen was born and raised in Gotland–a Swedish island in the middle of the Baltic Sea with a population of 50,000 most famous for its curly black sheep. Jessen apprenticed for a glassblower on Gotland then spent a year in Sweden’s southern “Kingdom of Crystal” before moving to Denmark to study at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Schools of Architecture, Design and Conservation. During her time there, she interned at the Rhode Island School of Design. After completing her degree, Jessen returned to Gotland where she found an 18th century barn that she transformed into her glasstudion–an open studio and performance space.