Jen received her MFA from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in 2013 and her BFA in Illustration from Moore College of Art and Design in 2007.

In 2014, she moved from Philadelphia to Ithaca and worked as a freelance illustrator and gallery artist until she started working at Medusa Tattoo Studio in 2019.

She loves designing custom tattoos of flowers, plants, portraits, including both people and animals, skulls, pinup girls, and anything with horror or spooky themes.

She has exhibited her surreal mixed media paintings in galleries internationally and her illustrations have been featured in publications including PIKCHUR Magazine and Out of Step Books, and on album covers for artists such as singer-songwriter Rachael Sage.

In 2017, Jen published her first book of her artwork, Little Nightmares. More of her custom tattoos and surreal paintings can be viewed on her website (https://www.jenlightfoot.com) and Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/jen_lightfoot).