Jamie Bennett is Professor Emeritus of the State University of New York at New Paltz Metal/Jewelry Program, which he directed from 1986 to 2014. Recognized in 2016 with the James Renwick Alliance’s Outstanding Educator Award, Bennett is a three-time recipient of the National Endowment of the Arts Fellowship, and has been awarded three New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowships as well as the Aileen Osborn Webb Award for Fellow of the American Crafts Council. Bennett’s retrospective exhibition Edge of the Sublime: The Enamels of Jamie Bennett travelled throughout the US from 2007 to 2010, supported by grants from the Windgate Foundation and the Rotasa Foundation. His work is in the permanent collection of over twenty-five museums internationally, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, the Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Paris, and the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia. One of the pre-eminent enamellists in the world, Jamie’s work is known for its innovative use of color and deep engagement of material and process. His participation in many pioneering exhibitions such as American Masters at the Victoria and Albert Museum; Jewellery Moves at the National Museum of Scotland; New Times, New Thinking Jewellery in Europe and America at the National Museum of Whales underscore his influence and impact in contemporary jewelry.

Selected Public Collections
Arkansas Decorative Arts Museum, Little Rock, AR
Arrowmont Center for Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
Boston Museum of Fine Art, Boston, MA
Museum of Arts and Design, NYC, NY
American Museum of Art, Renwick Gallery,
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA
Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, New Paltz,
NY Fidelity Insurance Collection, Boston, MA
University Museum Georgia, Athens, GA
Kunstsmuseum of Art, Oslo, NORWAY
Kusntsmuseum of Art, Trondheim, NORWAY
Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC, NY
Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, NC
Mizuno Collection, Tokyo, JAPAN
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
Museum of Western Australia, Perth, AUSTRALIA
Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Paris, FRANCE
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Racine Museum of Art, Racine, WI
Rohss Museum of Art, Gothenburg, SWEDEN
Royal College of Art, London, ENGLAND
Yale Museum of Art, Yale University, CT
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, ENGLAND