Jennifer Wells (USA/Italy)

JENNIFER WELLS

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Biography:

Jennifer Wells is a studio artist and educator originally from the U.S but currently living in Italy. She holds an MFA, in Metalsmithing & Jewelry Design and has completed artist-in- residencies at: Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts in Gatlinburg, TN, Pocosin Arts in Columbia, NC and the Jentel Foundation near Banner, WY. She has worked for several U.S based Craft Schools, in a variety of roles.

As an educator, Jennifer has taught for and been a visiting Artist at Universities throughout the U.S and for study abroad programs based in Italy. She serves on the Board of Vita Institute and teaches workshops on various enameling and metalsmithing techniques throughout Europe and the U.S. In recent years she has curated multiple international exhibitions focused on jewelry and enameling.

Her works are in the collections of the Enamel Arts Foundation, Racine Museum, All Russian Museum of Decorative Arts, Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts, Yale University Art Gallery, Crocker Art Museum and Private Collections.

Collection Concept: FRAGMENTS

Through usage of line and the play of positive and negative space this collection references a combination of natural and man made environments. The line, which offers structure to the forms also provides decorative elegance. Pieced together in segments to create patterns and designs that together are a patchwork of my visual library and life experiences. Within these patchworks I seek to capture the essence of moments.

Assamblage AssociationAugust 20, 2022earrings, USA, pendant