Jean Van Keuren was born in Boston, Massachusetts and received her B.S. and MA from University of Rochester, New York. Her ceramic sculptures have been juried into such exhibitions as the Crocker-Kingsley, The California State Fair (Award of Merit), California Polytechnic State University, and numerous invitational and private collections. Her commissions are in the collections of Kaiser Permanente Hospital, Rancho Cordova, and Davis Arts Commission as well as numerous collections throughout the state.