Jennifer lives in Kent, OH and works in Kent and Cleveland. She holds an M.F.A. in painting from Kent State University (2009) and a B.F.A in painting from the Cleveland Institute of Art (2002). Solo exhibitions of her work have been held at The Sculpture Center, Cleveland; Sandy Carson Gallery, Denver; and Kent State University, Hinterland, Denver, and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland. Her work was also featured at the 2010 Biennial of the Americas in Denver, Fresh Paint at Manifest Gallery in Cincinnati (2017), CAN Triennial in Cleveland 2018 and was the recipiant of a 2017 fellowship residency with the Akron Soul Train. In 2019 Omaitz was awarded an Individual Excellence Award through the Ohio Arts Council.