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ARTIST BIO
Jamie Curtismith is a Pacific Northwest Mixed-Media ProvoProp Artist, gregarious loner, lifelong journaler, dabbler in creative non-fiction, grappler of poetic short forms, and scrapbooker of beingness. Working in many mediums, Jamie weaves together words and images to explore complex interpersonal experiences and current universal issues. She descends from a long line of working-class Pacific Northwest (PNW) creatives and builds on their intergenerational stories to craft her unique style of ProvoProp Art (Provocative Propaganda). Her work is multi-faceted, multidimensional, and interdisciplinary, and can be viewed from many perspectives. Using upcycled canvas, textile, and paper materials to create unique substrates, Jamie diligently stitches together the past with the present to make way for the future. Her original works infuse fine art methodologies with common craft techniques in non-traditional ways. Although an ardent PNW local, she is often referred to as an ‘Outsider’. Jamie does not fit traditional, normative genres as she continually pushes the boundaries of what it means to be an artist creating art in the space between fine art and craft. Jamie calls her act of Arting ‘Deconstructing Complexification” and stretches the boundaries of artistic genres. Her original works are multifarious but her aesthetic can be simplified and customized commercially to any application. Her style is very much inspired by Brute Art because it embraces the rawness of urban street art and draws on the influences she is surrounded by; Pop Culture, Craft Markets, Feminism, Graffiti, Coastal Salish Design, PNW Architecture, and Nature. Her work has been juried, gallery-represented, and curated by many respectable institutions around the Pacific Northwest. Jamie also happens to be an Engineer with an MBA. She’s worked as a Boeing engineer, a Wall Street stockbroker, owned and operated several of her own businesses, taught college-level business classes, directed the SBAs NW Women’s Business Center, served time in the legal cannabis industry, and remains passionate about decriminalizing mushrooms. She lives with her artistically endowed mother, creatively brilliant teenage children, and three studio cats in Washington State.
ARTFORM
As a Pacific Northwest mixed-media ProvoProp artist, I incorporate every fine art medium that’s been done, in ways that have never been done before. Using a wide variety of mediums including oils, acrylics, watercolor, pen and inks, gouache, pastels, graphite, conte, chalk and charcoal, aerosols, and ephemera, I incorporate my own repurposed fine art canvases to create new works of art. I rip, tear, and cut old works and hand-stitch them together in interesting ways. Drawing, painting, collage, and assemblage are at the core of my work, but my gallery installations defy the limitations of 2D and often venture into the realm of 3D sculptures. I’ve created the art I wish to see in the world. My work is provocative. My work is original. My work is experiential. Most importantly, my work is fun. It also glows in the dark. I use advanced techniques in color theory and pattern design to create layers that pop under fluorescent and glow lighting. When used with Chromadepth glasses, a whole new dimensional art illuminates unique perspectives. Touch it, turn it, flip it…immerse yourself in it, and enjoy the experience.
EXHIBITIONS
2024 Exhibitions
Gary Manuel Salon, CoCa ShowWalls Solo Show, Seattle WA
Schack Art Center, Schacktoberfest Group Show, Everett WA
Pioneer Square Colins Pub, Iconic Archetypes and Landscape Tales Joint Show, Seattle WA
Seattle Art Fair, SAF UnShow Art Bomb, Seattle WA
Kirkland Art Center, Targeted Group Show, Kirkland WA
Center for Contemporary Arts, Member Show, Seattle WA
Fogue Gallery, Staircase Takeover, Seattle WA
Folklife Festival, Armory Show, Seattle WA
Russell Day Gallery, Solo Show, Everett WA
Equinox Studios, Group Show, Seattle WA
Zamarama Gallery, Touch the Art Solo Show, Everett WA
Fishbowl, Gently Grasping Group Show, Seattle WA
2023 Exhibitions
Fogue Gallery, Georgetown Art Attack Group Show, Seattle WA
Hartley Mansion, Painting and Improv Pop-up, Everett WA
Artebella Gallery, Studio Tours, Yakima WA
Anabels Gallery, Solo Exhibit, Everett WA
Zamarama Gallery, Fresh Paint Festival, Everett WA
Gallery GoGo, Group Show Juried Show, Portland OR
Gallery Erato, Seattle Erotica Art Fair Juried Show, Seattle WA
Basecamp Belltown, Solo Show, Seattle WA
2022 Exhibitions
The Kushery, Solo Show, Everett WA
MyMy Toy Gallery, Solo Show, Everett WA
James Bay Distillery, Solo Show, Everett WA
Schack Art Center, Art in the Garden Juried Show, Everett WA
Graphite Gallery, Intersectionality Juried Show, Edmonds WA
Port Garder Bay Winery Gallery, Swarm Show, Everett WA
2021 Exhibitions
Zamarama Gallery, Momento Mori Solo Exhibit, Everett WA
JAG, Swarm Show Solo Exhibit, Everett WA
Pride Fest, Coming Out Temporary Exhibit, Monroe WA
Game of Shrooms Temporary Exhibit, Everett WA
Fresh Paint, Marina Festival, Everett WA
Delta Art Show, Art in the Park, Featured Exhibition, Everett WA
Schack Art Center, Artist Sale Collective Show, Everett, WA
Rosella Gallery, Group Show, Snohomish WA
Burkhead Art Gallery, Spring Show Juried Exhibition, Everett WA
2020 Exhibitions
Zippys, Talking Heads Solo Exhibit, Everett WA
JAG, Vertical Show, Group Exhibit, Everett WA
JAG, USPS Slap Show, Group Exhibit, Everett WA
Artspace, Demons, Delusions, and Deities Juried Exhibition, Everett WA
Black Lab Gallery, Wri-Ette Invitational Exhibit, Everett WA
ASSOCIATIONS
Snohomish Art Community
Center on Contemporary Arts
Seattle Artist Network
PUBLICATIONS AND INTERVIEWS
- 2024 Center On Contemporary Art, Northwest Cross Section, 2024 CoCA Members Show and Catalog https://cocaseattle.net/publications/storebook.php?ID=55
- 2024 Art Access
- 2024 EvCC Clipper: https://everettclipper.com/16562/culture/jamie-curtismith-jumps-off-the-frame-in-russell-day-gallery-showcase/
- 2023 True Northwest Magazine
- 2023-2024 Public Display Art
- 2023 Films About Artist
- 2021 Live in Everett https://www.liveineverett.com/blog//artist-profile-jamie-curtismith
EDUCATION
2007 Post Grad-Entrepreneurship Education University of Washington
2004 MBA-Master of Business Administration California State University
1995 B.S. Aeronautical Engineering Embry Riddle Aeronautical University
1991 Associates in Applied Science Big Bend Community College
1990 Associate in Arts and Science Big Bend Community College
CERTIFICATION
2021 Certificate-Blockchain Technology EdX via Stanford University
2020 Certificate-Art Therapy Udemy
1999 Certificate-Entrepreneurship Education University of Washington
1998 Certificate-Restaurant Management North Seattle Community College
1997 Certificate-International Business University of Washington
Contact
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206.491.3802
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ARTWORK
CANVAS SKINS
I incorporate every fine art medium that’s ever been done, in ways that have never been done before. Using a wide variety of mediums like oils, acrylics, watercolor, pen and inks, gouache, pastels, graphite, conte, chalk and charcoal, aerosols, and ephemera, I incorporate my own repurposed fine art canvases to create new works of art. I rip, tear, and cut old works and stitch them back together again in new ways. Drawing, painting, collage, and assemblage are at the core of my work, but my gallery installations defy the limitations of 2D and often venture into the realm of 3D sculptures. I’ve created the art I wish to see in the world. We are standing at the threshold of a revolutionary artistic movement: Touch Art. This emerging art form harnesses the profound, yet underexplored, sense of touch. For centuries, art has been a feast for the eyes and ears, with the realms of taste and smell superficially explored. But what of touch? This primal sense, integral to our human experience, remains largely untapped in the art world. Touch Art is not merely an extension of traditional art forms; it is a profound reimagining. Where visual and auditory arts create experiences at a distance, Touch Art demands physical engagement. It invites the audience to experience art not through sight or sound but through the direct, intimate contact of their own skin. Here, the tactile becomes an act of profound communion, a way to explore the essence of materials and the subtleties of texture. My passion is to fill this vast, blank canvas of tactile possibility. My works challenge and redefine our perceptions in my attempt to connect the participant to the very essence of a work’s creation. Touching my art explores the boundless depth of human sensation to reaffirm our intrinsic connection to the material world and one another.
ICONIC ARCHETYPES SERIES
FLIP SERIES
‘Flip the Art’ is a collaboration series with my mother Alice Curtis, a textile artist and master quilter. The front side consists of my mixed-media stitched canvas skins, and the backsides are constructed using her traditional quilting methods, magnetized and hung on a metal frame to produce double-sided art. Each piece is infused with symbology and meaning, and several pieces incorporate my children’s artwork, creating three-generation collaborations. These pieces can be hung together and constructed like pieces of a puzzle to create unique shapes and color swaths. Each can stand alone to tell a story about its creation and purpose.
MANNEQUIN SERIES
INSTALLATIONS
EVENTS
2024
2023
PREVIOUS SHOWS
2024 Exhibitions
Gary Manuel Salon, CoCa ShowWalls Solo Show, Seattle WA
Schack Art Center, Schacktoberfest Group Show, Everett WA
Pioneer Square Colins Pub, Iconic Archetypes and Landscape Tales Joint Show, Seattle WA
Seattle Art Fair, SAF UnShow Art Bomb, Seattle WA
Kirkland Art Center, Targeted Group Show, Kirkland WA
Center for Contemporary Arts, Member Show, Seattle WA
Fogue Gallery, Staircase Takeover, Seattle WA
Folklife Festival, Armory Show, Seattle WA
Russell Day Gallery, Solo Show, Everett WA
Equinox Studios, Group Show, Seattle WA
Zamarama Gallery, Touch the Art Solo Show, Everett WA
Fishbowl, Gently Grasping Group Show, Seattle WA
2023 Exhibitions
Fogue Gallery, Georgetown Art Attack Group Show, Seattle WA
Hartley Mansion, Painting and Improv Pop-up, Everett WA
Artebella Gallery, Studio Tours, Yakima WA
Anabels Gallery, Solo Exhibit, Everett WA
Zamarama Gallery, Fresh Paint Festival, Everett WA
Gallery GoGo, Group Show Juried Show, Portland OR
Gallery Erato, Seattle Erotica Art Fair Juried Show, Seattle WA
Basecamp Belltown, Solo Show, Seattle WA
2022 Exhibitions
The Kushery, Solo Show, Everett WA
MyMy Toy Gallery, Solo Show, Everett WA
James Bay Distillery, Solo Show, Everett WA
Schack Art Center, Art in the Garden Juried Show, Everett WA
Graphite Gallery, Intersectionality Juried Show, Edmonds WA
Port Garder Bay Winery Gallery, Swarm Show, Everett WA
2021 Exhibitions
Zamarama Gallery, Momento Mori Solo Exhibit, Everett WA
JAG, Swarm Show Solo Exhibit, Everett WA
Pride Fest, Coming Out Temporary Exhibit, Monroe WA
Game of Shrooms Temporary Exhibit, Everett WA
Fresh Paint, Marina Festival, Everett WA
Delta Art Show, Art in the Park, Featured Exhibition, Everett WA
Schack Art Center, Artist Sale Collective Show, Everett, WA
Rosella Gallery, Group Show, Snohomish WA
Burkhead Art Gallery, Spring Show Juried Exhibition, Everett WA
2020 Exhibitions
Zippys, Talking Heads Solo Exhibit, Everett WA
JAG, Vertical Show, Group Exhibit, Everett WA
JAG, USPS Slap Show, Group Exhibit, Everett WA
Artspace, Demons, Delusions, and Deities Juried Exhibition, Everett WA
Black Lab Gallery, Wri-Ette Invitational Exhibit, Everett WA
