Jennifer Raetsen

Toronto, Ontario
Jennifer creates Canadian textured landscapes with wool to express how she physically and emotionally experiences nature. While the work may feel calm at first, it holds an underlying tension shaped by her experience with mental health. Creating beauty becomes a way of moving through difficulty, where comfort and unease coexist.

Jennifer studied Graphic Design at George Brown College in Toronto and worked as a digital artist for over 25 years before shifting to a tactile, hands-on medium. This transition marked a return to materiality and slowness, informed in part by a lineage of female ancestors whose textile practices continue to resonate through her work. 

At its core, her practice considers how acts of creating can become a form of care, presence and reconnection.