Jennifer Wells
Solo Exhibitions:
2022 The Line Continues/ Continua la Linea, sculpture & jewelry
Palazzo Pretorio, Certaldo Alto, Italy
2020 Nuove Conversazioni:
Esposizione di gioielli d’arte e etichette d’autore/ Exhibition of Art Jewelry &
Custom Art Labels
Palazzo Pretorio, Certaldo Alto, Italy
Invited Exhibitions:
2021
Metal Week Faculty Virtual Exhibition
IdyllwildArtsGallery.org
Paper Alchemy
Atelier Maya, Istanbul, Turkey
Covington Center, Radford University, Virginia, USA
Associates of the Arte Libera-mente Association of San Gimignano, Italy
online exhibition
2020
Romanian Jewelry Week-Bucharest, Romania
Curator & participant in the International Enamel Exhibition Plus One II
III –Moscow International Exhibition of Art Enamel
Tushino Gallery, Moscow, Russia
All-Russian Museum of Decorative Arts, Moscow, Russia
2019
Ori e Tessori a Scandicci
Rogers Center Auditorium, Florence, Italy
Six Years Smitten
Form & Concept, Santa Fe, NM
ECU Symposium, Greenville, NC
Cabrillo College, Aptos, CA
Wearable Pewter
City Soles, Chicago IL,
Ayse Taki Galerisi, Istanbul, Turkey
Alliages, Lille, France
Adorned Spaces: “Cyclic Change”
SNAG Conference Exhibition Hall, Chicago, IL
Juried Exhibitions:
2023
Romanian Jewelry Week - Bucharest, Romania
Independent Designer Exhibitor
Curator & participant in the International Enamel Exhibition Plus One III
Slovenia Jewelry Week
“Contemporary Alchemy” Carinthian Regional Museum, Slovenj Gradec, Slovenia
2022
Romanian Jewelry Week - Bucharest, Romania
Independent Designer Exhibitor
Curator & participant in the International Enamel Exhibition Plus One III
Milan Jewelry Week- Jewelry Drops
Milan, Italy
2021
Venice Design Week; Jewelry Selection “Dazzle Me!”
Ca’ Pisani Deco Design Hotel, Venice, Italy
Romanian Jewelry Week -Bucharest, Romania
Independent Designer Exhibitor
Participant in the three-person exhibition Terre Infirma
Curator & participant in the International Enamel Exhibition Plus One II
Milan Jewelry Week- Jewelry Drops (postponed due to Covid-19)- Milan, Italy
We Are SNAG Anthology
Online Catalog of SNAG members
2020
Academics in Pandemic
Online International Exhibition
Newfangled
Online Exhibition- Jurors: Ken Bova, Tim Lazure
2019
Out of this World, Enamel Exhibition- Online
2018
Under Fire 2
Krikorian Gallery, Worcester Center for Crafts, Mass.
2022 The Line Continues/ Continua la Linea, sculpture & jewelry
Palazzo Pretorio, Certaldo Alto, Italy
2020 Nuove Conversazioni:
Esposizione di gioielli d’arte e etichette d’autore/ Exhibition of Art Jewelry &
Custom Art Labels
Palazzo Pretorio, Certaldo Alto, Italy
Invited Exhibitions:
2021
Metal Week Faculty Virtual Exhibition
IdyllwildArtsGallery.org
Paper Alchemy
Atelier Maya, Istanbul, Turkey
Covington Center, Radford University, Virginia, USA
Associates of the Arte Libera-mente Association of San Gimignano, Italy
online exhibition
2020
Romanian Jewelry Week-Bucharest, Romania
Curator & participant in the International Enamel Exhibition Plus One II
III –Moscow International Exhibition of Art Enamel
Tushino Gallery, Moscow, Russia
All-Russian Museum of Decorative Arts, Moscow, Russia
2019
Ori e Tessori a Scandicci
Rogers Center Auditorium, Florence, Italy
Six Years Smitten
Form & Concept, Santa Fe, NM
ECU Symposium, Greenville, NC
Cabrillo College, Aptos, CA
Wearable Pewter
City Soles, Chicago IL,
Ayse Taki Galerisi, Istanbul, Turkey
Alliages, Lille, France
Adorned Spaces: “Cyclic Change”
SNAG Conference Exhibition Hall, Chicago, IL
Juried Exhibitions:
2023
Romanian Jewelry Week - Bucharest, Romania
Independent Designer Exhibitor
Curator & participant in the International Enamel Exhibition Plus One III
Slovenia Jewelry Week
“Contemporary Alchemy” Carinthian Regional Museum, Slovenj Gradec, Slovenia
2022
Romanian Jewelry Week - Bucharest, Romania
Independent Designer Exhibitor
Curator & participant in the International Enamel Exhibition Plus One III
Milan Jewelry Week- Jewelry Drops
Milan, Italy
2021
Venice Design Week; Jewelry Selection “Dazzle Me!”
Ca’ Pisani Deco Design Hotel, Venice, Italy
Romanian Jewelry Week -Bucharest, Romania
Independent Designer Exhibitor
Participant in the three-person exhibition Terre Infirma
Curator & participant in the International Enamel Exhibition Plus One II
Milan Jewelry Week- Jewelry Drops (postponed due to Covid-19)- Milan, Italy
We Are SNAG Anthology
Online Catalog of SNAG members
2020
Academics in Pandemic
Online International Exhibition
Newfangled
Online Exhibition- Jurors: Ken Bova, Tim Lazure
2019
Out of this World, Enamel Exhibition- Online
2018
Under Fire 2
Krikorian Gallery, Worcester Center for Crafts, Mass.
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 short 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 have been featured in multiple publications and 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.
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 short 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 have been featured in multiple publications and 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.
Layers of Walking - wall piece and brooch
Layers of Walking Enamel Brooch
Woven Moments Cuff