Bio

Liz Wells is a ceramic artist and arts educator. She earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts from Otterbein University in Ohio, where she first began working within clay. Since graduation, she has completed residencies at Otterbein University and Pocosin Arts School of Fine Craft, internships with Touchstone Center for Crafts, assisting and participating in multiple craft school workshops. Wells teaches for the Frick Art & Historical Center and the Pittsburgh Center for Arts & Media, in Pittsburgh, PA. Her work has been sold and exhibited throughout Ohio, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Michigan, North Carolina, and Florida. 


Statement

My work explores permanence, using clay’s archival ability to record memories. Balanced between creating both functional and decorative objects, I take transient and emotional moments that are intangible and mold them into physical objects significant to the human experience. 

Ceramics has become a personal catharsis. My studio is filled with ceramic renditions of objects that remind me of my loved ones, of the objects they spent their lives collecting. This work acts as a physical reminder of their presence when I wish to not be alone, recounting stories I never want to forget. 

2024



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