Jaime Jenkins
Jaime Jenkins hand-builds stoneware pieces that push the definitions of what clay can and should do. Teetering on the edges of functionality and fragility, her works often take on organic and intricate forms.
Jaime Jenkins was born in 1992 and lives in Mount Maunganui.
Jaime hand-builds stoneware pieces that push the definitions of what clay can and should do. Teetering on the edges of functionality and fragility, her works take on structural, organic and intricate forms. Chains and bells are frequent subjects in Jaime’s practice, objects that defy the brittleness of fired clay, and that create movement and sound. These sit alongside dense architectural pieces that can be used as stools, shelves and tables, or works that simply exist in isolation as large sculptures.
A core source of inspiration for Jaime is her experiences of nature and natural forms, which she translates into her stoneware. Jaime speaks of feeling ‘filled up by nature’ when she spends time in the landscape, such as out for a bush walk or diving into a water hole. The glazes and slips Jaime uses are earthy and celestial, reflecting this deep attachment to the environment. Starry blues, forest-floor greens and deep grounding reds are some of the colours Jaime returns to.
Jaime has a Diploma of Visual Art, Toi Ohomai, Tauranga, and has undertaken internships with Laurie Steer and Francis Upritchard. She was the 2022 recipient of Dame Doreen’s Gift from the Blumhardt Foundation and her work is in the collection of Te Papa.
Jaime Jenkins
Stone Age, 2021
Jhana Millers Gallery
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Plus 1
15 May - 7 Jun 2025Jhana Millers presents Plus 1, a group exhibition where a selection of gallery artists each invite a creative companion to exhibit alongside them.Read more -
Cut Flowers, Jaime Jenkins, Caroline McQuarrie, Ann Shelton, Ruby Wilkinson and Erica van Zon
20 Feb - 15 Mar 2025Jhana Millers is pleased to present Cut Flowers, a group exhibition featuring work by Jaime Jenkins, Caroline McQuarrie, Ann Shelton, Ruby Wilkinson and Erica van ZonRead more -
Jaime Jenkins, Falling and falling
6 - 29 Jun 2024In 2023, Jaime traveled to America, Europe, and the UK, drawing particular inspiration for this new body of work from the galleries and museums in New York, as well as...Read more -
FIVE
7 - 29 Jul 2023Jhana Millers is pleased to present a group exhibition of work by the gallery's represented artists to celebrate the gallery's 5th anniversaryRead more -
Summer Selection
25 Jan - 11 Feb 2023Jhana Millers reopens for 2023 with a selection of works by gallery artists.Read more -
Jaime Jenkins, Fleeting Hour, Aotearoa Art Fair
16 - 20 Nov 2022Jhana Millers presents a solo exhibition of new work by Jaime Jenkins at the Aotearoa Art Fair 2022Read more -
Group Exhibition, THE BIG THREE
9 - 31 Jul 2021Group Exhibition, THE BIG THREE. Exhibition at Jhana Millers Gallery, Te Whanganui-a-Tara, Wellington, Aotearoa New ZealandRead more -
Jaime Jenkins, Stone Age
8 - 13 Oct 2020Jaime Jenkins, Stone Age. Exhibition at Jhana Millers Gallery, Te Whanganui-a-Tara, Wellington, Aotearoa New ZealandRead more
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Jaime Jenkins, Break a fig
22 Feb - 14 Mar 2020Jaime Jenkins, Break a fig. Exhibition at Jhana Millers Gallery, Te Whanganui-a-Tara, Wellington, Aotearoa New ZealandRead more -
Group Exhibition, ONE
15 - 27 Jul 2019Group exhibition, ONE. Exhibition at Jhana Millers Gallery, Te Whanganui-a-Tara, Wellington, Aotearoa New ZealandRead more
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Jaime Jenkins, Salt Pillars
10 May - 1 Jun 2019Jaime Jenkins, Salt Pillars . Exhibition at Jhana Millers Gallery, Te Whanganui-a-Tara, Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand.Read more
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Aotea Artist in Residence Jaime Jenkins
Kathy Cumming, Barrier Bulletin Issue 877., January 22, 2024 -
Fleeting Hour - Aotearoa art Fair 2022
Commissioned textHanahiva Rose, November 16, 2022 -
Breaking the Mould
Phillida Perry, Our Place, August 8, 2022 -
Stone Age, Jaime Jenkins – Review
Justine Olsen, Ceramics New Zealand Magazine -
Fired up
Jaime Jenkins, HERE magazine -
To go somewhere beautiful
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Jaime Jenkins, Stone Age
Lucy Jackson, Exhibition essay, October 8, 2020 -
Jaime Jenkins: Break a fig
Art Collector, February 22, 2020
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Jaime Jenkins, Stone Age
Exhibition teaser video October 8, 2020Read more -
Jaime Jenkins, Breaking the Mould
Short film trailer June 12, 2024Jaime Jenkins, Breaking the Mould, short film trailerRead more -
Jaime Jenkins, Falling and falling
Exhibition video June 29, 2024Exhibition video for Jaime Jenkins exhibition Falling and falling, shown at Jhana Millers Gallery 6 – 29 June 2024Read more