Jean Wells

Who is Jean Wells?

Jean Wells is an American artist known for her large-scaled and life-sized mosaic sculptures featuring pop-inspired objects such as ice cream cones, hamburgers, hot dogs, and candy. Like artists Andy Warhol and Jeff Koons, Wells offers consumerist images without obvious critique, yet subtle indications are detected by some who see clues to ideological substance beneath her works.

In her early career, Wells worked in graphic design and advertising, but never stopped making art, mostly painting and sculpture. Today, her subjects blend postmodern pop culture iconography with autobiography. In recent years, she has shown at the San Diego Museum of Art, the La Jolla Athenaeum, the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Juan Antonio Peréz Simón Collection in Mexico City, and many other notable institutions and galleries.