Jessamyn Go is a ceramic artist based in Mastic Beach Long Island, NY. She holds a BS in Studio Art from New York University and has exhibited internationally, including the XV Florence Biennale, 1000 Vases in Milan and Paris, and the Every Woman Biennial in New York. In 2025, Go was named an Andy Warhol Visual Arts Program Artist through The Nature Conservancy of New York. She is also a recipient of the Long Island Grants for the Arts 2026 Artist Fellowship and the Optimum Small Business Grant through the LIA Foundation. Her work is represented by Kasper Contemporary, Russell Steele, and has a curated collection featured at the Parrish Art Museum Store.
Beyond the studio, Go’s work extends into education and community engagement. She serves as the Ceramics Program Coordinator at The Studio at Gallery North and Director of the Ecology Art Lab for the Mastic Beach Conservancy. She is also actively seeking grants to support Shaping the Shoreline, a community initiative designed to make clay workshops free and accessible to underserved neighborhoods throughout Long Island. In addition, Jessamyn serves on the Suffolk County Citizens Advisory Board for the Arts. Together, these roles reflect her deep commitment to inclusive, community-centered creative learning.
Across sculpture, teaching, and public programming, Go approaches clay as both medium and metaphor—a way to shape connection, honor process, and imagine more empathetic ways of inhabiting the world.
“ I create figurative ceramic sculptures influenced by surreal and abstract forms, with the intention of building a tangible dialogue between the work and the viewer. I’m interested in inviting people into a similar sensory and meditative space that I enter while making, where both creating and viewing become acts of presence, attention, and embodied awareness. Through touch, sight, and stillness, the work opens up a quieter, more intuitive exchange.
Working with clay is deeply grounding for me. I’m drawn to its physicality, the weight of it in my hands, the repetitive movements of building each form, and the rhythm that naturally develops through that process. Over time, it becomes a kind of conversation between my body and the material, where that awareness begins to shape biomorphic, dimensional forms.
Surface is an important point of entry into the work. I use layered glazes, crackled and textured finishes, hand-painted text, and the atmospheric qualities of raku firing to activate the surface. It’s not just about how the work looks at first glance, but how it reveals itself over time, encouraging people to slow down, move around it, and engage more physically.
At its core, my work is about creating an embodied experience. These pieces ask to be held, followed, and felt, offering a moment of connection between the maker, the material, and the viewer.”
-Jessamyn Go
What does Femme Sole mean?
“For me the significance of “Femme Sole” amplifies the existence of Womxn owned businesses. Each Femme Sole ceramic piece encapsulates the vitality and spirit of the brave individuals who confront the ongoing struggle for peace, engaging in a relentless fight against violence and oppression directed towards the vulnerable, including Womxn, BIPOC, and LGBTQIA+ communities.”
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Birds eye view of trimming a brown cup
Image of the inside of the Femme Sole Ceramic Studio.
Close up of the Femme Sole Signature Collection Vases by Jessamyn Go
Image of hanging pots in jute twine
I acknowledge the Unkechaug Nation, the original stewards of the land where I live and work in Mastic Beach, NY. I honor their enduring relationship to this land and recognize their ongoing cultural, spiritual, and environmental contributions. I pay my respects to their Elders past, present, and emerging, and extend that respect to Indigenous communities connected to the materials and traditions within my practice.