Jen Palmer was born and raised in Southwestern Pennsylvania and currently resides in Savannah, Georgia. She studied foundations at the Columbus College of Art and Design and earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in studio art at Seton Hill University, where she also completed coursework in art therapy at the graduate level. Palmer earned a Master of Arts degree in digital photography from the Savannah College of Art & Design.

As a multidisciplinary artist with disability, chronic pain, and illness, Palmer uses traditional and new media in her practice to hold space and create expressions of radical hope. 

Her work has been featured by Playform, Exactly.AI, Cent, VoyageSavannah, Canvas Rebel, Art(s) on the Air, Savannah Morning News, the Tribune-Review, Allegory Gallery, and published in Alternative Press Magazine and Yahoo! Lifestyle.

She has participated in residencies with Sulfur Studios/Arts Southeast, You Are Here, and the Thrive Together Network. She is listed in All SHE Makes Curated Online Directory for Women Creatives Worldwide, and in the Where Are The Women Artists Directory. Palmer also facilitates Representations: A collaborative project encouraging people of marginalised genders to take up space and affect the future at the intersection of art and technology.