My art comes through the palms of my hands - my vision, and creation moves through my body to the extensions of my fingertips, molding and sculpting clay into form…
Life, in all its perfect imperfection, is the ground of my practice. I mold and shape clay into constructed deconstructions - forms that embody both fracture and wholeness, holding the echoes of memory, ritual, and lived experience.
Stories from the past and present move through my hands, becoming objects that speak of continuity and transformation. Textures and patterns, sometimes imprinted onto the clay, bind the tapestry of life to the surfaces I create. Each work is a meditation on fragility and resilience, a reflection of beauty carried through time.
Lois Samuels is a Jamaican-born artist whose ceramic practice is rooted in storytelling, craftsmanship, and a reverence for form.
She creates hand-built, one-of-a-kind pieces that embody quiet strength and timeless beauty.
Her journey with clay has taken her to art residence in Italy and Greece and her work featured in magazines as Wallpaper Magazine, C Magazine and California Home and Design.
Represented by Twentieth Gallery in Los Angeles and Onna House in New York, Samuels has participated in numerous group exhibitions, with her work presented during Frieze Los Angeles and at the Ceramic Art Fair in Paris in October 2025.
In August 2026, she participated in the Play & Wander Through Whimsy group show at Onna House in East Hampton, where her Phases of Being mask series and Portal collection were displayed.
Samuels continues to expand her practice through experimentation, creating tactile, sculptural works that hold space for memory and the quiet power of form.
Studio: hello@loissamuels.com
Represented by: Twentieth Gallery LA + Onna House NY