About

Jenna Ritter is a self-directed, early career artist based in Santa Fe, NM. Raised in NYC and inspired by a spiritual connection she felt to the area during a 2012 visit, she moved to Santa Fe in 2015 and began to seriously create her own art in 2017.

Close-up portrait of Jenna Ritter beside a stack of firewood.

A core insight for Jenna comes from the realization that to know nature is to know oneself, a concept she discovered when on retreat in India 20 years ago. This experience continually informs her practice of exploring the deep connection and profound relationship between the external world and her inner self.

Jenna’s process is central to her work. By way of the many steps of handgathering and processing the clay, to coil building each unique work, to the final pit firing, an intentional and meditative practice focused on the nature of exploring the alchemy of breaking down to mix up to make whole again continually reveals the nourishing power of transformation.

Whether through clay or paint, Jenna's finished pieces invite viewers into new perspectives and expanded knowing, offering portals of connection and harmony in this chaotic, fragmented and troubled time. Her work often reflects her spiritual connection to nature and inspires contemplation and harmony in the viewer.

Jenna’s clay art has been exhibited in numerous juried and curated shows since 2020; she began showing her paintings in 2022, which incorporate natural earth pigments and are often expressive and abstract. New explorations are directed towards stone.

Jenna’s clay works can be seen at Metier Studio Gallery, Dixon, NM and DeBilzan: The Galleries on Palace, Santa Fe, NM. Private visits to Jenna’s studio are available by appointment.

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Check out my "Micaceous Vessel" at Strata Gallery's "Stratas of new Mexico Art 2026" at the Opening Reception TONIGHT ! 5-7pm 125 Lincoln Ave, on the Historic Santa Fe Plaza. I'm delighted my piece features along with 33 other art
Happy Spring ! Métier Studio Gallery in Dixon, New Mexico is open again after being closed for the Winter! Hours are Thur - Sat 11-4pm, Sun 12-4pm. I currently have some micaceous bowls, a cook pot & small plate sets, various pinch pots &a
Honored to have one of my pieces selected to be part of Strata Gallery’s annual show “Stratas of New Mexico Art 2026” featuring 34 artists across the state selected through an open call for works. Opening Reception Friday April 10,
Pieces patiently wait for sanding, polishing & firing. My studio practice has been a bit distracted these first months of the year with various external demands and responsibilities (whew!) Looking forward to finding the sweet spot of my groove a
Have you seen the current show up at the Visual Arts Gallery at the Santa Fe Community College yet? It's also online - & where you can vote for the People's Choice Award: https://www.nmpotters.org/COC2026 This year's annual Celebration of Clay
A few of my clay vessels are beautifully featured at Debilzan Gallery - The Galleries on Palace 128 W Palace Ave, Santa Fe, NM. The gallery, just off the historic Plaza, had a soft opening in December. Since then Debilzan has acquired a few more arti

JENNA RITTER

Jenna Ritter, Born 1971 New York City

Jenna kneading clay with her hand.

Education

  • Bank Street College of Education, NYC - MS in Special Education 2001

  • University of Rochester, Rochester NY - BA in Psychology 1993

Group Exhibitions

2026

  • Women's Work: Women & Creativity, Ghostwolf Gallery, Albuquerque, NM

  • SPEX ’26, Taos Abstract Artist Collective, Stables Gallery, Taos, NM

  • Celebration of Clay: Clay Speaks of Home, Santa Fe Community College Visual Arts Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

  • Small Works 2026, Strata Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

  • Stratas of New Mexico Art 2026, Strata Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

2025

  • Contemporary Clay Fair, Santa Fe Women’s Club, Santa Fe, NM

  • Sunport Ceramics Showcase: A Juried Show of the NMPCA, Albuquerque International Airport, Albuquerque, NM

  • Perception, Light, Art, Space, Silver City, NM

  • Honoring Our Intersecting Identities, TAAC at Stables Gallery, Taos, NM

  • Stratas of New Mexico, Strata Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

  • Celebration of Clay: Of Mind & Matter, Light Art Space, Silver City, NM

  • All The Love You Can Hold, Paseo Pottery Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

  • LA Wildfire Relief Silent Auction Fundraiser, SYNT Art Auction, On-line

2024

  • Contemporary Clay Fair, Santa Fe Women’s Club, Santa Fe, NM

  • Celebration of Clay: NMPCA 50, Taos Ceramics Center, Taos, NM

  • Cultures & Creators: Our Ancestors. Our Future, Los Luceros Historic Site, Alcalde, NM

  • From the Earth, Light Art Space, Silver City, NM

  • Superfunkadelic, Ghostwolf Gallery, Albuquerque, NM

  • Tea: Juried Exhibition, Artspace/NCECA “Coalescence”, Richmond, VA

  • Earth & Fire: A National Juried Exhibition, Oglebay Institute’s Stifel Arts Center, Wheeling, WV

  • Women’s Work: Women & Creativity, Ghostwolf Gallery, Albuquerque, NM

2023

  • Big Small Show 2023, Drawing Rooms, Jersey City, NJ

  • Contemporary Clay Fair, Santa Fe Women’s Club, Santa Fe, NM

  • Celebration of Clay: Inhabited Earth, Gallery Hozho, Albuquerque, NM

  • Grace, Light Art Space, Silver City, NM

  • Come As You Are, Fuller Lodge Art Center, Los Alamos, NM

  • Earth & Fire: A National Juried Exhibition, Oglebay Institute’s Stifel Arts Center, Wheeling, WV

  • Sunport Ceramics Showcase: A Juried Show of the NMPCA, Albuquerque International Airport, Albuquerque, NM

  • Living in Nature, Fuller Lodge Art Center, Los Alamos, NM

2022

  • Contemporary Clay Fair, Santa Fe Women’s Club, Santa Fe, NM

  • Embodying Spirit: A 9 Women Show, Gallery Nocturne, Santa Fe, NM

  • Apples & Oranges, Fuller Lodge Art Center, Los Alamos, NM

  • Contemporary Clay 2022: An International Juried Exhibition, The Art Center of Western Colorado, Grand Junction, CO

  • Celebration of Clay: Uplifted, Taos Ceramics Center, Taos, NM

  • Portals & Portholes, Main Street Arts, Clifton Springs, NY

  • Student Show: A Juried Exhibition, Santa Fe Community College, Santa Fe, NM

2021

  • Celebration of Clay: Coming Together, Gallery at Abiquiu Inn, Abiquiu, NM

  • Sunport Ceramics Showcase: A Juried Show of the NMPCA, Albuquerque International Airport, Albuquerque, NM

  • Ruminations, Light Art Space, Silver City, NM

  • From The Ground Up XXX, Las Cruces Museum of Art, Las Cruces, NM

2020

  • Celebration of Clay, Fuller Lodge Art Center, Los Alamos, NM

Clay pots in front of kiln ready for firing.