Jean Behnke lives and works on Lopez, a small island in the San Juan Islands surrounded by the Salish Sea and reached by ferry. Her non-traditional sculptural work combines various gathered materials and her two dimensional work produces experimental prints and drawings. Jean is a graduate of Cornish College in sculpture and drawing and holds an MFA in Ceramics from UTSA. She has exhibited nationally for over 30 years. Her work has been reviewed in Artweek and Art in America. Jean has served on the Cornish Alumni Board and as exhibition coordinator for the Lopez Island Library. Recently, she exhibited at the Hunt Gallery at Webster University in St. Louis, curated an exhibit for the Island Museum of Art in Friday Harbor and served on the 911 Media Arts Center Board in Seattle. In December 2008, Jean launched Anchor art space, an artist run exhibition space in Anacortes, WA which exhibits the work of artists from the Northwest and beyond.
