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Jan Yager (Born 1951) is an American jeweler well recognized for her interest in the natural world, references to colonial history, and use of urban detritus and found objects. Her work has been recognized with numerous awards including a Pew Fellowship in the Arts, and the solo show at the Victoria and Albert Museum. It is in the collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Philadelphia Museum of Art, and Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Jan Yager

Education
1981: Master of Fine Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island

1974: Bachelor of Fine Art, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan

Selected exhibitions
2001: "City Flora/City Flotsam", The Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Awards/honors
2003: Pew Fellow, Visual Arts

Museum Permanent Collections
The Victoria and Albert Museum, London

American Sidewalk Brooch

Done Deal Necklace

The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA

Dandelion Brooch

Dandelion Leaf with Tire Tread Texture

American Collar II

Renwick Gallery, National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

Rock Necklace with Ridge

The Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA

|1 American Breastplate

|2 American Ruff from the "City Flotsam" Series

|3 Invasive Species: American Tiara

Practice
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