Jenni Ward ceramic sculpture

Jenni Ward is a ceramic sculptor and installation artist whose time is spent connecting to her environment and exploring way above and way below sea level as an integral part of her creative process. With a particular interest in the patterns and structures of biological forms, she takes inspiration from those places to create abstract interpretations through thoughtfully crafted ceramic sculptures. Using clay as her primary medium, she builds in parts and assembles the pieces into ephemeral installations in nature, which are documented and then removed. These parts are later transformed for gallery installations and independent objects but creating ephemeral installations in nature is the heart of her art practice from which everything else evolves. Her work plays with the connectivity of the form to its environment finding a sense of place within the systems of nature. She has exhibited her work in museums, galleries, forests, deserts and even on a shipwreck under the Atlantic Ocean. Her work ties science, environmentalism and art together in the hopes of inspiring others to preserve, protect and enjoy our wild spaces.