Biography
Born in Nassau, Bahamas, Jessica Lee Cartwright is a ceramic artist whose work navigates material, memory, and cultural translation through clay. She moved to the United States to pursue her formal training, earning her BFA in Ceramics from Jacksonville University and her MFA from Georgia Southern University.
Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, including at the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts conference and during a residency at A.I.R. Vallauris Atelier Tremplin in France. Recent exhibitions include Perseverance II, Possibilities, Outlook, and the Seahorse National Park Auction in Eleuthera, Bahamas.
Cartwright is currently a Lecturer at Valdosta State University in Valdosta, Georgia, where she teaches Foundations and Ceramics. In the classroom, she prioritizes material literacy, disciplined experimentation, and helping students build both technical confidence and conceptual clarity.