Studio: 1618 Central Avenue suite 224, Minneapolis 55413 (do not use for mailing) Mailing: 2905 Monterey Avenue, St. Louis Park, MN 55416 Cell: 952 200-1428 E-mail: tennen.art@gmail.com Website: www.denisetennen.com
Overview of Experience
1992-2020 Artist fulfilling commissions for public spaces and private homes. Includes responsibility for design, presentation to multiple stakeholders, fabrication and installation including coordination with contractors and tradespeople.
2000-2020 Lead Artist, Community-Participation Art Projects Partners include: MRAC, Forecast, MSAB, REDA, Neighborhood House, City of St Paul, St Paul Parks and Rec, Sholom Home SLP, City of St Louis Park (SLP), Public and Private Schools throughout the Twin Cities Metro Area, Westwood Nature Center, Shir Tikvah, Sabes JCC, Corcoran Neighborhood Association, Mpls Parks Dept. ESNS, Schafer Richardson, Springboard for the Arts, Hamline Midway Coalition, Northeast Minneapolis Arts Cistrict
Designing and delivering projects to facilitate broad participation by diverse individuals of all ages, often in low-income communities; coordination with non-profit organizations, schools, volunteers and local governments to manage budgets, schedule, publicize/host project events
2000-2020 Teaching Artist, teaching art to people of all ages and abilities
1988-2020 Studio Artist, specializing in commissions and permanent installations
1988-2020 Proposal and Grant Writer, to support art projects
2019-21 & Art Exhibit Organizer, Key partners include: Northeast Minneapolis Arts District, Arts@MSP, Tweed Museum of Art, Anderson Center
1988-1996 Northfield Arts Guild, Bloomington Art Center, MN State Arts Board, Arts@MSP
1981-1988 Architect, Maintains MN license since 1985. Worked in firms in NY and MN, on projects ranging from Victorian house renovation to a multi-story office building for the Mayo Clinic. Reached Project Architect level.
Commissions as a Solo Artist
2021 “Song of Hope” Shir Tikvah Congregation, Minneapolis, MN (in-progress)
2013 “Celebrate the Arts” Ceramic Mural – Reinstalled at new Wildwood Elementary
2011 “Generations: West Side Creative Leadership Project”, St. Paul, MN
2009 “Sim Lev” Wall Sculpture for Sholom Home East, St. Paul MN
2008 “Focus on the Arts!” Ceramic Mural for O.H. Anderson Elementary School, MN
2005 “Monterey Fireplace Surround” St Louis Park, MN
2003 “Landscapes – St. Louis Park” Wall Sculpture for St. Louis Park Public Library
2000 “Harmony” Fountain/Sculpture for reception area of Chrysalis, Minneapolis, MN
1993 “Transformation of a Simple Sidewalk…”College of St. Catherine, St. Paul, MN
1992 “Pediment” Private Residence, Minneapolis, MN
Installations Collaborating with Community Participants
2017 “Weaving Community” with Hamline Midway project partners St. Paul
2016 “Column Project” Agamim Charter School, Hopkins
2014 “Life’s a Parade”-Red20 Building with ESNS students, Minneapolis, MN
2013 “Connect” with Peter Hobart 4th grade students, St. Louis Park, MN
2012 Corcoran Neighborhood Fenceweaving
2010 “Developing Citizens of the World” with Aquila elementary, St Louis Park, MN
2009-10 “Generations Project” Creating Markers for the West Side of St. Paul
2008 “Spirit of Lenox” for Lenox Community Center, St. Louis Park
2007 Chain Link Fence-Weaving, Community Project for St. Louis Park
2006 Mural created with students of TCJMS and Talmud Torah of St. Paul
“Seasons Mural” created with students of El Colegio and Urban Arts Academy
2004 “Home Sweet Home” sculptural mural created with students of TCJMS
“Celebrating Community” Sculptural Mural created with 100 neighborhood residents for Phelps Park, Minneapolis, MN
2002 “In the Curve” sculptural mural created with 80 adult participants in “Minnesota Retreat for the Arts”, sponsored by the Perpich Center for Arts in Education
2001 “By the River” sculptural mural created with grades K-4 for Friends School of
Minnesota, St. Paul, MN
Exhibitions
2021 Northeast Artists at MSP Airport Minneapolis St Paul International Airport
2020 Vessels group show of MNWCA at the Anderson Center, Red Wing, MN
Tres Leches Gallery Artists, Art at The Bridgewater, Minneapolis
2019-2020 Inclusive Space, Art at The Bridgewater, Minneapolis
2019 Attitudes and Poetry Orbs at Tres Leches Art Gallery during NCECA 2019 Claytopia in Minneapolis
2018-19 Minnesota Women Ceramic Artists group exhibit at Terminal 2, Mpls Airport
2018 Attitudes – solo exhibition at Phipps Galleries, Phipps Center for the Arts
Poetry Orbs, 2-person Exhibition at Hallberg Center for the Arts, Wyoming, MN
2016 Poetry Orbs, 2-person Exhibition Phipps Center for the Arts, Hudson, WI
2015 The Brink Pop-up Gallery, TEDx Minneapolis
Summer Art Discovery, Group Show, Landmark Center, St. Paul
Abstraction in Action – group show, Minnetonka Center for the Arts,
Solo Exhibition of Poetry Orbs – Hudson Hospital, Hudson WI
2014 Solo Exhibition of Poetry Orbs – Unity Unitarian Church, St. Paul, MN
1996 Liquid Tales:The Ebb and Flow of Myth in Everyday Life, 6 person show
Tweed Museum of Art, Duluth, MN
1995 Relief Work for the Wall, work by Denise S. Tennen and Joan Seifert,
First Unitarian Society, Minneapolis, MN
1992 Solo Exhibition, Office of Senator Paul Wellstone
1991 Porcelain by Six, Tweed Museum of Art, Duluth, MN; Northfield Arts Guild, Northfield, MN; Bloomington Arts Center, Bloomington,MN
1990 Solo Exhibition, Parkbank, St. Paul, MN
‘The Other Foot in the Door Show’ Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Mpls, MN