Jean Gumpper was born in Hawaii, grew up in Michigan and spent time in several states before moving to Colorado. Jean, Senior Lecturer Emerita at Colorado College, now works in her home studio in Colorado Springs. 

Jean’s prints are represented by several galleries and are held in in collections of The Art Bank at the Department of State, Washington D.C; in museums, universities, and art centers as well as in collections across the United States, Canada, Finland, Germany, Japan, Nepal and Sweden. She received a Visual Artist Fellowship award from the Colorado Council on the Arts.

Jean has taught print workshops at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, and she was a visiting researcher exploring new technologies in print at Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. She has participated in artist residencies at the Anderson Center (Minnesota), Art Print Residence in Spain, Goldwell Museum (Nevada), Grand Canyon (Arizona) and Rocky Mountain National Parks (Colorado), Mackinac Island State Park (Michigan), and the Ucross Foundation (Wyoming).