Elizabeth Wells

Elizabeth Wells is an artist working in clay. She earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts from Otterbein University in Ohio in 2020. Since graduation, she has completed a post baccalaureate residency at Otterbein University, and short term residencies at Pocosin Arts School of Fine Craft, the Glen Arbor Arts Center, and Watershed Center for Ceramic Arts. After completing a fellowship at Touchstone Center for Crafts in 2022, Wells continues to stay involved in the Fine Craft community by assisting and participating in workshops and conferences. Wells works in Pittsburgh, PA as a Studio Facilitator at VaultArt, and teaches workshops for The Frick Pittsburgh and the Pittsburgh Center for Arts & Media. 

Her work has been sold and exhibited throughout the East Coast, Mid-West, and the  Appalachian region. 

Wells has a studio located in Homestead, PA as a part of the Eberle Studio Collective. 

“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. “