About Olivia
Olivia Jenson is a potter working in St. Paul, Minnesota. Her education includes studying ceramics at the University of Wisconsin - River Falls, as well as earning a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities titled, “Art, Community, and Wellbeing.”
She has studied at the Curaumilla Art Center in Chile as well as Penland School of Craft in North Carolina. In 2017, she began working with Warren MacKenzie as a studio apprentice and worked in his studio until May of 2020. In spring of 2020, Olivia worked alongside Nick Earl in his space working at the Abnet Farm in the St. Croix Valley of Stillwater, MN. Currently, she is working with Mike Norman as his studio apprentice in St. Paul, MN.
Olivia is most interested in texture and form in her pots. She uses stoneware and porcelain clay bodies fired in high-fire gas reduction kilns as well as occasionally firing in wood kilns, and is most influenced by Japanese, Korean, and English pottery, as well as the “Mingei-sota” aesthetic, throwing pots with a Leach style treadle wheel. She is committed to making approachable, inviting pots that bring beauty into everyday life.
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Exhibitions/Shows/Publications:
2023: The 31st Annual St. Croix Valley Pottery Tour, Taylors Falls, MN
2022: ”Celebrating Kent McLaughlin”, Schaller Gallery, Baroda, MI
2021: “Finding Place,” ArtReach St. Croix, Stillwater, MN
2019: “Makers, Bakers and Caffeinators”, Great River Gallery, St. Paul, MN
2019: “41st Annual Landmark Center Old Fashioned Holiday Bazaar”, Landmark Center, St. Paul, MN
2019: “Dearest”, Subsequence Magazine, LA, CA
2019: “Holiday Celebration of the Arts”, The Anderson Center, Red Wing, MN
2019: “Emerging Artists of the STX”, Artreach St. Croix, Stillwater, MN
2019: “6th Annual Yunomi Invitational”, Raymond Avenue Gallery, St. Paul, MN
2019: “One Square Foot”, Artreach St. Croix, Stillwater, MN
2019: “Kiln Opening & Summer Sale”, Guillermo Cuellar Pottery Studio, Scandia, MN
2018: “Fall Sale on the St. Croix Trail”, Guillermo Cuellar Pottery Studio, Scandia, MN
2018: “Art-A-Whirl”, A-Mill Artist Lofts, Minneapolis, MN
2018: “Holiday Celebration of the Arts”, The Anderson Center, Red Wing, MN
2018: “Pots in the Snow,” Smith Sharpe Brick Supply, Minneapolis, MN2018: “5th Annual Yunomi Invitational”, Raymond Avenue Gallery, St. Paul, MN
2018: “One Square Foot”, Artreach St. Croix, Stillwater, MN
2018: “Pots in the Grass”, Warren MacKenzie Pottery Studio, Stillwater, MN
2018: “On Your Way Sale”, Smith Sharpe Brick Supply, Minneapolis, MN
2017: “Pots in the Snow”, Warren MacKenzie Pottery Studio, Stillwater, MN
2016: “American Craft Show: School-to-Market”, American Craft Council, St. Paul RiverCentre, St. Paul, MN
2015: “MAEF Legacy Night Auction: Annual Spring Gala”, Prom Center, Oakdale, MN
2015: “St Paul Jaycee’s Les Farrington Best 100 Juried Art Exhibition”, AZ Galery, St. Paul, MN
2014: “St Paul Jaycee’s Les Farrington Best 100 Juried Art Exhibition”, AZ Gallery, St. Paul, MN
2013: “Artists of Northern Clay Center”, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN