Jennifer Steinkamp studied at CalArts and ArtCenter in Los Angeles, and has had solo exhibitions at The Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami, and Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, Washington, among others. Her group shows include the 8th Annual Istanbul Biennial and participation in shows at the San Jose Museum of Art and the Seoul Museum of Art. In 2004, she collaborated with director Bill Friedken, creating sets for the opera Tannhäuser at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles and Lincoln Center, New York. Her work has been included in Visual Music at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C., the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, the Kemper Museum of Art. A retrospective of her work opens at the San Jose Museum of Contemporary Art in 2006 and will travel onto the Kemper Museum and the Albright-Knox Gallery.