Jess Blaustein (b. 1974, Philadelphia, PA) crafts conceptual objects. Exhibitions include BravinLee programs, Collar Works, Flux Factory, KinoSaito, Field Projects, Miniartextil, San José Museum of Quilts and Textiles, Craft Forms, The Artist as Quiltmaker, Materials Hard + Soft, the Quilt Visions Biennials, and her recently commissioned site-specific installation at Hastingson-Hudson’s Village Hall. Her work has been supported by The Mellon Foundation, the Getty Research Institute, The New School Green Fund, the Smithsonian Institution, and she is the recipient of the UK Fine Art Textiles Award 2022. She currently teaches research-based art practice at Montclair State University and previously taught at The New School, The University of Pennsylvania, and Duke University. Jess holds an MFA in Interdisciplinary Art from the Hartford Art School and a PhD in Literature from Duke University. She lives and works in New York’s lower Hudson Valley.