Jillian Mayer: Mayer Objects

Jillian Mayer: “Mayer Objects”

MAYER OBJECTS is a limited-edition design line by artist and designer Jillian Mayer. Produced in small runs and studio-crafted from ceramics, glass, and metal, the collection translates Mayer’s sculptural practice into functional, collectible objects designed for everyday spaces.

Mayer’s large-scale sculptures, public artworks, and films have been exhibited at museums and festivals worldwide. In parallel with this work, she has spent years in the studio experimenting with ceramics, glass, and metal, developing forms through repeated prototyping, material testing, and hands-on fabrication.

MAYER OBJECTS emerged as an extension of this process: a collection of limited-edition objects that sit between sculpture and design. Each piece is produced in small runs, shaped by craft, and informed by Mayer’s sculptural language, prioritizing form, material presence, and longevity over trend. Slight variations in finish, surface, or form are inherent to the process and reflect the hand-made nature of each piece. These nuances are considered part of the work, reinforcing its status as a collectible object rather than a mass-produced product.

The project is driven by the idea that well-considered objects can be both collectible and approachable, designed to inhabit everyday spaces while retaining the rigor and intention of fine art.

About the artist

Jillian Mayer lives and works in Miami, Florida. Mayer is an artist and filmmaker working across video, sculpture, online experiences, photography, performance, and installation. Her practice examines how technology reshapes our lives, bodies, and identities, focusing on the increasingly porous boundary between physical and digital experience and on ways of subverting capital-driven models of technological innovation.

Selected solo exhibitions include “Jillian Mayer” (2019), Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, Nebraska; “Jillian Mayer” (2018), Postmasters Gallery, New York, New York; and “Jillian Mayer” (2016), Pérez Art Museum Miami, Miami, Florida. Selected group exhibitions, screenings, and performances include presentations at MoMA PS1, New York, New York (2017); the Montréal Biennial at Musée d’Art Contemporain de Montréal, Montréal, Québec (2014); and The Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York (2013).

Mayer received the Creative Capital Fellowship, the South Florida Cultural Consortium Visual and Media Artists Fellowship, and the Cintas Foundation Fellowship for Cuban Artists, and was named one of Filmmaker Magazine’s “25 New Faces of Independent Film.” She is also a fellow of the Sundance Institute’s New Frontier Lab and New Narratives on Climate Change Lab.