Jennifer wallace fields

ARTIST STATEMENT

Jennifer Wallace Fields is a visual artist and sculptor whose practice centers storytelling, memory, and emotional connection. Working primarily in ceramics, reclaimed and found objects, she creates sculptural works that explore how personal and collective histories are shaped, fragmented, and reimagined over time. Her work often considers the meanings we attach to everyday objects and gestures, using them as entry points to examine identity, nostalgia, loss, and the shared experience of being human.

Fields’ introduction to art came through makers, homesteaders, and traditions rooted in necessity, care, and handwork. These early experiences continue to inform her resistance to rigid distinctions between art and craft, and her interest in work that values process, accessibility, and emotional honesty over hierarchy or perfection.

Her practice can be understood as a form of emotional archaeology by gathering, collecting, and reassembling overlooked materials to surface the stories they carry. Fields’ work invites viewers into collaboration, where meaning is shaped through recognition, empathy, and shared reflection. She  

ABOUT THE ARIST

Jennifer Wallace Fields lives and works in Alabama, where she maintains an active studio practice and is deeply engaged in arts community-building. She earned her BFA from the University of Montevallo and has been making, exhibiting, and teaching art for the past twenty years.