Jewel is a 4x Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter, visual artist, actress, New York Times best-selling author, and mental health pioneer. While best-known for her musical talents, Jewel’s passion and training in sculpture, drawing, and painting began long before her songwriting career; as a high schooler, she attended Interlochen Arts Academy. Over the years, she has continued creating, working with paint and clay. In spring 2024, Jewel made her debut in the art world at Crystal Bridges Museum of Art in Bentonville, Arkansas with ‘The Portal: An Art Experience by Jewel’, featuring her own painting and sculpture. The exhibition became one of the museum’s top-attended shows of 2024, earning over 15 million media impressions. Throughout her art, Jewel combines her passions for storytelling, experimentation and democratizing mental health. For the past 21 years, Jewel’s Inspiring Children Foundation and Jewel Inc. have brought specially-designed mental health programs to at-risk youth and to leading corporations. Jewel created SELLA, a language arts curriculum for schools integrating social and emotional learning and mental health practices, and recently co-founded Innerworld, an innovative virtual mental health platform. Jewel’s remarkable journey has taken her from a childhood with no running water on an Alaskan homestead to becoming a multi-platinum recording artist and mental health advocate. She has released 13 studio albums, including her latest release Freewheelin’ Woman, and recently embarked on a national co-headlining tour with Melissa Etheridge. Matriclysm: An Archeology of Connections Lost, premiering concurrently with the Venice Biennale in May, 2026, marks the largest presentation of Jewel’s fine art practice to date.