Jackie Brown's work explores the shifting processes of growth and transformation that connect human life with the living systems around us. Working primarily in clay, she combines 3D printing and mold making to develop experimental objects and installations. The resulting work invites reflection on how we perceive and relate to the natural world.
Brown exhibits her work nationally, with past shows at the Indianapolis Art Center, the American Museum of Ceramic Art in California, and Atlantic Gallery in New York City. She is the recipient of a Maine Artist Fellowship and the Lighton International Artists Exchange Program Award, which supported a residency at the European Ceramic Work Center in the Netherlands. She has participated in several additional residencies, including at the Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, the Archie Bray Foundation, and the Museum of Arts and Design. Brown is also an active member of Life Forms, a collaborative sculpture collective, and contributes to a growing digital clay community that emerged through her residencies at Watershed.
Brown lives on a creek among the hemlock and white pines of Maine. She teaches sculpture at Bowdoin College, where she is currently Chair of the Visual Arts Department. She holds an MFA from Virginia Commonwealth University and a BA from Hamilton College.