JESSICA POTENZA, Painter & Ceramicist

Canadian artist Jessica Potenza paints and sculpts the horse as muse and metaphor, exploring the spaces where intuition meet emotion—while her ceramics reflect the same quiet attention to form and feeling.

Canadian artist Jessica Potenza paints and sculpts the horse as muse and metaphor, exploring the spaces where intuition meet emotion—while her ceramics reflect the same quiet attention to form and feeling.

After a lifelong career in the equine industry, Jessica went on to build a second career as a painter, with her work collected internationally across Asia, the UK, Europe, and North America.

In 2023, she founded Sprouts—Gather’s youth enrichment program—what began as a small, nurturing initiative quickly grew into the larger vision that is now Gather.

Rooted in a desire to uplift local makers and bring people together, her work is centered—pun intended—on creating an inspiring and grounding third space for the community, one that fosters connection, creativity, and a shared love of literature.