Jessica Silverman is delighted to announce representation of Rebecca Manson, whose debut solo show with the gallery opens on January 8 and runs through February 28, 2026. The New York-based artist is a virtuoso sculptor who explores nature’s microcosms, magnifying delicate details into large, intensely tactile forms. Her practice reimagines ceramics as visceral fantasies where sight is subverted by touch and form surpasses function.
Manson’s relationship to clay began at age eight when she started taking pottery classes. She has since spent her career leveraging its materiality to examine embodiment, empathy, and the relationship between vitality and decay. Though her sculptures often assume abstract or winged forms, they are rooted in the figure. Her journey from pottery to sculpture has embraced clay furniture, porcelain sunflowers, and animal pelts, all acting as proxies for the human body.