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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.

ASSOCIATIONS

Snohomish Art Community

Center on Contemporary Arts

Seattle Artist Network

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