about 041374

041374 is the digital space that pulls all Jen Shaffer's creative outlets together. Jen is an artist, a traveler, and WSET Level 2 certified wino. She has a day job, and works off-hours in the wine industry and sometimes finds time to create original artwork and travel with a vintage SX70 Polaroid camera. She has been a member of the Violet Wine & Spirits team in NE Minneapolis since day 1, and moonlights at The Little Wine Shoppe in St. Anthony Park. 

Jen Shaffer is an emerging artist based in Minneapolis, interested in exploring abstract composition using diverse materials — she’s currently obsessed with contemporary magazines + catalogs mixed with vintage art history book pages. Jen studied graphic design at the U of M Twin Cities, where she earned her bachelor degree and an art history minor. Her work has been featured in many publications, most recently in Twin Cities Collective North Star Collage #1, #2, and #3. Jen’s creations have been on view at Gallery 360, Minnesota Center for Book Arts, and Burl Gallery.