Jennie Wilde

Jennie Wilde is a US-born artist who has been working in clay since 2017, when she left the corporate world to pursue art full time. Her first ceramics class was something of an  accident, as she had never imagined herself working in three dimensions. An organic  visual language focused on the raw truth of impermanence soon emerged. Wilde’s  work is inspired by the beautiful yet complicated connection we have to the natural  world. Growing up on the coast of Massachusetts instilled a belonging to the sea, a  place she returns to often, in life and in the studio. 

Jennie balances hand-building with deconstructing and reassembling clay through  carving, marking, and sculpting until an emotional quality is revealed. The  development of each work is a delicate balance of discovery, getting lost, and  becoming found through the making process.  

Wilde’s studio practice involves developed methods for recycling clay that invite the  state of the material to directly influence the shape of each form. Each piece literally  expresses her relationship with the material in a range of the movements that created  it, from spontaneous gestural strokes to brisk throws against a wall or the simple  imprint of her thumb. 

Her practice is designed to be low-impact and sustainable. This is evidenced by a  commitment to shared resources through a community studio space, the reduction of  material through recycled clay, unglazed pieces, and tool repurposing. 

Wilde began showing her work publicly for the first time in 2024, which became the  catalyst for pursuing her art full time. In 2025, she attended her first residency at  Watershed Ceramics in Maine. Her first piece sold to a private collector in 2026. 

Jennie does not consider herself a ceramic artist, but rather an artist working in  clay. She lives and works in New York City.

Artist Statement 

My connection to nature is visceral; it results in a strong positive energy that is the essence and foundation of all my artwork. I seek out nature as a place of raw truth to provide perspective and to cultivate the deep kinship I feel. I use my art to explore our human connection to the natural world. Each work focuses on the physical and the intangible, the unexpected and the familiar, evolving into an imaginary yet realistic form. My current work focuses on the uncertainty of impermanence.