Jacqueline Yanez Juarez (Jackie)
Jacqueline is a multidisciplinary artist in Washington State. They got their AA and AFA from Green River College and are now working toward a BA in 3D4M at the University of Washington.
Jacqueline works in ceramics, sculpture, glass, and whatever else the idea calls for. Their work is about identity, ancestral memory, spirituality, and the unknown. They pull from the natural world, the cosmos, old artifacts, and the ways people try to make sense of existing. They are drawn to the strange and sacred ways we give meaning to objects and places we can't explain. Their sculptures often look like artifacts from another time or some imagined world, sitting somewhere between familiar and uncanny.
Outside the studio, Jacqueline teaches ceramics. They see clay as a material with endless possibilities, where the unexpected can lead somewhere worth going. Through teaching, they want to make ceramics more approachable, giving people room to experiment, ask questions, and find their own way with clay.