Jody Folwell-Turipa (born 1942 in Santa Clara Pueblo, New Mexico) is a Puebloan potter and artist.
One of nine children in the Naranjo family of Santa Clara potters and other artists, Folwell is one of the best-known avant-garde Pueblo potters. Lee Cohen, the late owner of Gallery 10 in Santa Fe and Scottsdale, referred to Folwell as the "first impressionist potter" for her "innovative, off-round, uneven-lipped, asymmetrical polished pots". Folwell is known for her use of social commentary and satire in her pots.Jody Folwell at Pottery by American Indian Women, by Susan Peterson (1998).
In 1984, she collaborated with Chiricahua Apache sculptor Bob Haozous to create a pot that received the Best of Show award at Santa Fe Indian Market.Jody Folwell at Heard Museum Fowler's pots are in the permanent collection of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of the American Indian.
Folwell has two daughters, Susan FolwellSusan Folwell at American Indian magazine and Polly Rose Folwell, who are both accomplished potters. In 2009 and 2010 the Heard Museum featured works by all three women in their Mothers & Daughters: Stories in Clay exhibition.Mothers & Daughters: Stories in Clay at Heard Museum Folwell's mother, Rose Naranjo,Rose Naranjo at Santa Fe Living Treasures. was also a respected Santa Clara potter.
Of her work, Folwell has said, "I think of each piece as an artwork that has something to say on its own, a statement about life. I think of myself as being a contemporary potter and a traditionalist at the same time. Combining the two is very emotional and exciting to me."
Selected exhibitions Hearts of Our People: Native Women Artists, (2019), Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. O' Powa O' Meng: The Art and Legacy of Jodi Folwell, (2024), Minneapolis Institute of Arts (MIA), Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States.
See also Jody Naranjo, Jody Folwell's nieceJody Naranjo profile at New Mexico Magazine, August 2013 Rose Naranjo, matriarch of the Naranjo family of potters and ceramicists
References
External links
Jody Folwell's Personal Gallery Jody Folwell, biography and essay by Susan Peterson, 1997 Jody, Susan and Polly Rose Folwell, "Clay Speaks" at Arizona State Museum Avanyu in Color, by Jody Folwell. Judge's Choice Award, 2011, Arizona State Museum