About

Biography

Jenna Mari Matecki (b. 1988, American) is a sculptor and artist based in Barcelona whose practice explores emergence and the unexpected beauty and joy in evolution and reinvention. Over the past decade, she has produced coral and bone-like sculptures in bronze, ceramic, alabaster and marble, deploying direct sculpture techniques and unexpected firesand combinations. Her haptic and highly textural sculptures and installations, which viewers are invited to touch, have been exhibited globally and are held in private collections. Her work is often witnessed during its creation, with audiences watching her sculpt her maquettes live, adding an experiential element and layers of memory and meaning to each piece. Jenna has most recently shown at Art Basel 2026 (Paris) as a featured sculptor at La Résidence by Airbnb, with her pieces featured throughout the residence as well as Jenna herself sculpting 10 works live in just three days for an audience of collectors and dealers. Her work has also been shown in galleries such as Siesta Gallery (Barcelona) and MidoriSo (Tokyo), and is often commissioned for private residences, hotels, and public spaces.

Prolific in her output, Jenna is also the founder of experiential design studio AMARIMA.

Her studio is located in Gràcia, Barcelona. Studio visits are by appointment.

Artist Statement

My practice is translating the depth with which I feel everything into new emergent forms that are reminiscent of ancient ones: coral, bone, fractals. I improvise all my pieces in the moment and in response to the material in front of me, with very little preplanning save for the material choice and final size. This improvisation is a trance-like state where I attempt to freeze a feeling that is mine, or one entrusted to me by the person commissioning the work, into a form that reads as if it were once alive, or that perhaps it’s still breathing, blooming, becoming.

What you're seeing on this page are my personal photos of my practice, taken directly from my phone. The process is part of the art itself - that messiness, the fun of it all. 

Reach out directly for acquisitions & commissions. 

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