Jenkins was born in Alexandria, Virginia, but first began experimenting with tape [8] as a casting medium for creating sculpture in 2003 while living in Rio de Janeiro.

[9] In 2004 he moved back to Washington DC and in 2005 he began working with Sandra Fernandez on the Storker Project, a series in which clear casts of toy babies are installed in different cities to interact with their surrounding environment.

[10] Jenkins and Fernandez continued to create other installations using tape animals--dogs playing in litter, giraffes nibbling plastic bags from trees, and ducks swimming in gutters.

[15][16][17] Jenkins has participated in public art events Interferencia (Barcelona, 2008), BELEF (Belgrade, 2009), Dublin Contemporary 2011, Inside Out (Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, 2009), Living Layers (Rome, 2012), Les Vraisemblables (Nuit Blanche, Paris, 2014), Passages Insolites (Ex Muro, Quebec City 2021)[18] Embed Bodies (Un Été au Havre, Le Havre, 2022).

[19] Indoors Jenkins has exhibited internationally in galleries and museums, and he continues his Embed Series in public settings such as cafeterias, schools and building lobbies.