Jennifer Lange

Portrait of Jennifer Lange

Director of the Film/Video Studio Program

Jennifer Lange joined the Wexner Center in 2001 and is Director of the Film/Video Studio Program, which offers in-kind post-production support to filmmakers and video artists. The program hosts approximately 20–30 residencies each year with artists coming from around the world to work on projects ranging from documentaries to gallery-based installations to experimental videos. Through the residency program, she has worked with hundreds of artists, including Deborah Stratman, Rineke Dijkstra, Phil Collins, Jennifer Reeder, Shimon Attie, Jennifer Reeves, Sam Green, and Josiah McElheny. She has curated the exhibitions Cruzamentos: Contemporary Art in Brazil, an expansive exhibition of contemporary Brazilian art across all mediums, which included commissioned work and site-specific installations, and Sadie Benning: Suspended Animation, the artist's first-ever solo museum exhibition, including paintings, sculpture, and video. In addition to leading the Film/Video Studio Program, Jennifer curates the monthly screening programs in The Box, the Wexner’s dedicated video exhibition space, for which she has organized monthly programs by such artists as Pierre Huyghe, Joe Sola, Anna Gaskell, Pablo Lobato, Lucia Koch, and Ben Russell, among many others. She regularly serves on panels and juries for regional, national, and international arts and funding organizations. Prior to her work at the Wexner, Jennifer worked at Donald Young Gallery in Chicago. She has an M.A. from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and a B.A. from Connecticut College in New London, CT.