Born and raised in New York City, Jeannie Motherwell studied painting at Bard College and the Art Students League in New York. Continuing with her art after college, she became active in arts education at the Bruce Museum in Greenwich, CT, until relocating to Cambridge, MA, where she worked at Boston University for the graduate program in Arts Administration until 2015.
She has served on the Cambridge Arts Council Public Art Commission from 2004 - 2007, the Advisory Board for Joy Street Artists Open Studios in Somerville, MA from 2017-2020, and the Board of Directors for Provincetown Arts Magazine 2020 - 2023. Her work has been featured in public and private collections throughout the US and abroad.
Jeannie's studio is at Miller Street Artist Studios, 11 Miller Street, Studio 108, Somerville, MA 02143. She is represented by the M Fine Arts Galerie in Boston, MA, The Schoolhouse Gallery in Provincetown, MA., and Ethan Cohen Gallery in NYC.