Jaclyn Mednicov has her BFA from University of Kansas, MA from Eastern Illinois University, and MFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She has attended residencies at Vermont Studio Center, Ragdale Foundation, SEA Foundation, and the European Ceramic Workcentre in the Netherlands. Her work has been exhibited in recognized galleries including Mixed Greens Gallery (NYC, NY), The Franklin (Chicago, IL), Northern Illinois University Art Museum (Dekalb, IL), Paris London Hong Kong (Chicago, IL), Heaven Gallery (Chicago, IL), The SEA Foundation (Tilburg, Netherlands), and more. She has won awards such as a 3Arts Make a Wave Grant, a Netherland-America Cultural Grant, and an NEA grant. Her work has been published in New American Paintings, Sheridan Road Magazine, and Printmaking Today. Mednicov teaches in the Painting and Drawing Department at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.