Glenna Jennings was born in Alpine, CA, where she navigated a landscape of monster trucks, chaparral and soccer moms that still informs much of her practice.
She holds BAs in Photography (Art Center College of Design, English-Journalism (Pepperdine University) and Spanish (Pepperdine University). She received her MFA in Visual Arts from the University of California San Diego in 2010. Jennings has served as the U.S. director of the Geneva-based art collective compactspace since 2004, and is currently the curatorial advisor for San Diego's Periscope Project, a space for contemporary art and architecture.
Jennings work includes photography, writing, video and curating, and she has exhibited throughout the U.S., Europe and Mexico. She is currently part of the Visual Arts faculty at the University of Dayton, Ohio.