Jenny Jo Wennlund is an American artist born in Sun Prairie, WI, USA.

The artist studied Poetry, Magick, and Buddhism with Beat Diane di Prima in San Francisco, where she learned about the process of The Work, the great golden lineage of artists and spiritual seekers throughout time, and especially of the importance of uplifting the voice and work of mothers, whose value have been neglected in the rise of Colonialism and Capitalism. Jenny Jo taught herself to paint after her family was priced out of the Bay Area and relocated to the Midwest. As a visual artist, she is totally self-taught and considers herself an Outsider artist.

Her inspirations come from literature, poetry, and her father, a musician, wood artist, and lover of literature. He introduced the artist to life outside of the mainstream, as well as a connection to nature. Jenny Jo has studied and written and painted much in the realms of mythology and spirituality, studying under di Prima and also at The Institute of Integrative Nutrition, based in New York, becoming a Certified Integrative Health Coach specializing in healing intergenerational trauma and guided support structures while folx walk their inner journey toward self-love and healing.

Motherhood and its inherent loneliness in our current society influences her art greatly. She was surrounded by fellow creators as a young artist in San Francisco, writing poems and many plays, and performing and co-directing a successful junkyard theater company, Stars and Garters Theater Co. Her inspiration comes mainly from ancestral lineage and storytelling.

Jenny Jo Wennlund is known for her giant women’s mural in Milwaukee, named Nearer The Moon, entitled after Anaïs Nin’s Diary which the artist was reading at the time. Her mural brought great life to the city to connect the multi-racial feminine on a large scale. Wennlund's work has also been exhibited at the Museum of Wisconsin Artist’s recent exhibition honoring Visionary Women in 2021 and in various venues in Paris, France which was also a tremendous achievement for Wennlund, as many of her art lineages lived there.