In her first exhibition in Ottawa, she drew a 120-foot long charcoal landscape drawing in the City Hall Art Gallery (2010); she has completed a number of public art sculptural commissions for the City of Ottawa since (Short Story, 2015, and Water, 2013). She completed her MFA at the University of Calgary and her BFA at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. Her work has been shown in both commercial and public venues. Jennifer Stead is the Executive Director and Curator at the Andrew & Laura McCain Art Gallery in Florenceville-Bristol, New Brunswick.