Transmedia artist intersecting gender and spirituality, envisioning alternative utopias portending to the singularity and a subsequent desire to preserve and document intimacy and queerness. Directed by color, nirvanic impulses, sentimentality, and texture, two and three-dimensional compositions are collected and arranged to reach their saturation point, determined through balance, sound or wear. A multimedia output entwines history with fiction, drawing considerations of the ephemerality of corporal spaces. Pieced together composites showcase and transform seams, revealing liminal monuments that invite a meditation on the impermanence of form, language, and the fluid nature of identity.
Experimental films and videos have been screened internationally including the NADA Art Fair, Miami (2010); the Queens Museum of Art, New York (2009); and the Reina Sofia, Madrid (2006), among other galleries and institutions. Jamie's practice encompasses philanthropic work advancing equity in arts education and the preservation of Indigenous artistic practices and cultural institutions. They have previously taught photography at New York University and supported contemporary art galleries and community-based nonprofits in SF, NYC and on Maui.
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