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The once utilitarian object, the used up, the worn fabrics, the abandoned backdrops of the domestic sphere are prevalent materials throughout my work. I use this material to reflect the overlooked and the discarded— memories of place, curiosities of resemblance, remnants of process. My work explores the space in which nostalgic buildup and memory meet. By presenting these types of relationships to the viewer, I offer the opportunity to fill in their story, either the one that I explore, or a story based on their own imagination, sense
of place, and memory.
Through manipulating used fiber, (layering folds, stacks, knots, stitches, and tangles) I create work that speaks to past experience. Most often, I use my own identity as a starting point, especially my transition form girlhood to womanhood as the eldest sister. I am interested in paradoxes relating to the navigation of this journey: self-containment and expansion, maturity and playfulness, empathy and detachment, vulnerability and protection. My goal is to find a visual language to negotiate these ideas.
I move at a constant pace to capture the feelings, experiences, and emotions before they escape— pinning the fibers directly to the wall holds tightly onto the moment. The wall serves as a page in a diary, a record of thought, time, yearning, and contentedness. The wall is a space for these memories to occur. At the same time the wall occupies a sort of liminal space that doesn't fully reference the past or the present.
The evidence of my process falls to the floor. While adding and subtracting from the wall, my leftovers gently cascade to another surface. The floor mimics the underlying page in a diary; the page that naturally records debossed, muted imprints of the pencil marks. This nostalgic buildup is central to my making. I attach the floor pieces together in the way that they have fallen, lift the piece to the wall, and start a new entry.
please visit http://jamielea.bigcartel.com/
to view works for sale or contact me directly at
Jamie.Bertsch@yahoo.com |
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| BIOGRAPHY |
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| I spend most of my freetime making. I find freedom from the day-to-day routine in the immediacy of making my own clothing, making pattern, making and binding books, making dinner, and just being involved with my hands. For me, this process of making is innate, and without it, I don't think that I would have a complete understanding of my soul. When I'm not making, you can find me walking with my dog Olive, camping, rummaging for used treasures, or porch sitting with a cup of coffee. As an artist, I want to keep learning, keep finding inspiration, and never become complacent in my work. I want to continue in developing this personal language that communicates to others. Each design helps to inform the next, and keeps me coming back and actively involved in this continuous cycle of creating. I strive to bring the lovely flaws of the human hand into a new light. Most of all, through my work, I want to take care of my soul, and not lose my sense self. |
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| EDUCATION |
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MA Fiber
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 2009-2012
BFA Graphic Design
BFA Two-Dimensional Work
University of Wisconsin Stevens Point 2004-2009 |
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| REPRESENTATION |
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Bella Figura, Letterpress Designer 2008-current
http://www.bellafigura.com/designers/karoses.html
Design Center, Graphic Designer 2006-2008 |
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| SOLO EXHIBITS |
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Solo Show, "Recent Work" Coffee Corner Bistro, Kewaskum WI
Solo Show, "Patterns of Memory" Noel Fine Art Center Mezanine, Stevens Point, WI
Solo Show, "From the Kitchen Table" Dreyfus University Center, Stevens Point, WI
Solo Show "This from That" ArtsBash! Exhibition, Noel Fine Art Center Mezzanine, Stevens Point, Wisconsin
Solo Show "Remnants" Schneider Student Gallery, Stevens Point Wisconsin |
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2009
Young Artists Exhibition, Center for the Visual Arts Gallery, Wausau, Wisconsin (June 2009)
Body of Work Selected, Art Among Us Gallery, West Bend Mutual Insurance Company, West Bend, Wisconsin
2008
Juried Student Show, Carlsten Gallery, Stevens Point, Wisconsin
22nd Parkside National Small Print Exhibition, Kenosha, Wisconsin
Solo Show, Remnants, Edna Carlsten Gallery, Stevens Point, Wisconsin
Triptophonic Studios King, Wisconsin
Paper & Stitch Gallery, curator Brittni Wood, Jacksonville, Florida
Domino Magazine Gallery
2007
Solo Show, Current Work Generations Coffee House, Theinsville, Wisconsin
East Side Open Market vendor, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Bag Revolution, Public Art Work
Juried Student Show, Edna Carlsten Gallery, Stevens Point, Wisconsin
2006
Juried Student Show, Carlsten Gallery, Stevens Point, Wisconsin
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http://www.uwsp.edu/news/amazingStudents/fall08/studNewsBriefsNoPhoto.aspx
http://www.uwsp.edu/stuorg/cgsac/publicartsymposium2006.htm
http://search.stevenspointjournal.com/sp?&skin=100&keywords=jamie+karoses&pubDate=365&aff=1117&author=&sortBy=score
http://www.uwsp.edu/news/ForTheMedia/nrArchive/pr/chFOAScholarships.htm
http://64.233.183.132/u/uwsp?q=cache:eJVWZKSbKFcJ:www.uwsp.edu/art-design/whatsnew.aspx+jamie+karoses+scholarship&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=2&gl=us&ie=UTF-8
http://dearada.typepad.com/dear_ada/2008/08/jamie-karoses.html
http://windowledgearts.blogspot.com/2008/06/monday-interview-jamie-karoses.html
http://www.dominomag.com/galleries/2008/06/ds_scholarship_04
http://www.designspongeonline.com/category/scholarship
http://agoodideaonpaper.blogspot.com/2008/10/jamie-karoses.html
http://www.uwsp.edu/art-design/whatsnew.aspx
http://www.notpaper.net/2008/10/seen_heard_week_four.html
http://www.handmadedetroit.com/index.php?tag=inspiration
lindabranchdunn.blogspot.com/2008/05/how-to-make-something-with-nothing.html
http://hagebutten.livejournal.com/2008/06/20/
http://nabefabric.blogspot.com/2008_05_01_archive.html
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AWARDS & ACCOMPLISHMENTS
2009 Dan Favor Memorial Unconventional Art Scholarship
2009 ArtsBash! Scholarship
Student Research Grant, Ethnobotany: Study & Implementation of Natural Dye Processes
2008 David L. Smith Award For Art Excellence
Self Directed Research Project, UWSP Department of Biology, Ethnobotany & Natural Dyes
Bella Figura, Letterpress Designer, Syracuse, NY
2008 University of Wisconsin Stevens Point Amazing Student
Design*Sponge Scholarship Recipient
Adobe Design Acievemnts Semi-Finalist
Curator for Graphic Exposure, Edna Carlsten Gallery, Stevens Point, Wisconsin
Graphic Exposure, 2nd place Recipient
Design Coordinator for Truth & Lies, Edna Carlsten Gallery, Stevens Point, Wisconsin
Festival of the Arts Children’s Activities volunteer
Elizabeth Weber Rice Memorial Art Scholarship
Susan Murphy Peotrowski Ceramic Award, 2nd Place, purchase award
UWSP ArtsBash! volunteer
Festival of the Arts Scholarship
UWSP Foundation Scholarship
ArtsBash! Scholarship
Campbellsport Womens Fund Scholarship
Campbellsport Foundation Scholarship
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