Her work draws from the lived experience of being a woman, layered with a focus on the confrontation of her raw trauma, struggle with identity, feminine rage, and seemingly fragile existence within this world. Jacqueline received a BFA from Savannah College of Art and Design and is currently studying and working in San Francisco, California.

Jacqueline’s work is made as a way of healing and in the same breath she knows the lived experience of being a woman, layered with trauma, mental illness, abuse, and body issues is not unique. With an emphasis on metal and ceramic her materiality is intentional within her practice both in process and fully realized forms. Her metal work requires wax carving which rests somewhere between soft and requiring an edge, while her ceramic work in raw form can be equally as malleable. Metal and Ceramic in final form are rigid and unforgiving relating to the lived experience and in the process they are malleable, connecting to the gentle hand that works towards healing. The making is where Jacqueline begins to have an intuitive relationship with her work. While creating her work is a journey it allows her the reprieve to sculpt out the forms that shape the emotions and experience of her existence. When reaching her final forms, she is often pulled back into that hard unforgiving rigidity that while coming close never quite replicates her experiences in this world. In her work Jacqueline connects with other survivors and helps them see themselves in relation to her work in a way that allows them to feel seen without causing more pain. Much of her work involves painful examination of self, a part of the process that while unforgiving, is integral to the work. Leading her to find peace within the labor.

In 2015 Jacqueline graduated from SCAD with a BFA in Jewelry Design and Metal Arts, with her first exhibition at The Smithsonian Craft Show in Washington, DC.  From 2015-2019 Jacqueline worked as one of three Jewelry Designers for the Runway and Retail Collections at Coach in New York City, under the direction of Creative Director Stuart Vevers. In 2020 Jacqueline launched her own jewelry company, and spent the next few years growing her business through various trade shows, and collaborations with stylists in Los Angeles, CA. Jacqueline lives and works in San Francisco, CA and is currently an MFA Candidate at California College of the Arts.