BIOGRAPHY

Jamie Clyde is a conceptual artist addressing critical issues and socio-political disparities embedded in American culture. Jamie draws from Pop Art perspectives and vintage imagery refitted through a female perspective to explore and recontextualize collective psychological experiences and stories constructed from past doctrines felt in the present day. Jamie's approach endorses a tangible practice, as her works are handmade using mixed media and multi-media techniques. She develops a method coalescing photography, painting, sculpture, poetry, and film to critique power and cultural consumption imbalances of people and non-people living in American Society. Her messages examine narratives confronting inequality, feminism, collective consumer habits, food politics, American policies, and climate change.

Jamie Clyde studied at the University of Utah. After receiving a BFA in photography, she moved to New York City to pursue her art career. Her work has been presented in solo exhibitions and numerous group exhibitions nationwide, including Spring Break Art Show in LA in 2022. Jamie has been featured in Hyperallergic, Artnet News, and Untitled magazine.

ARTIST STATEMENT

My work investigates my lived experiences and observations within the collective memory of American society, where I examine and evaluate cultural behavior. I narrate active paradigms and the consequences experienced in our communities due to inequalities, imbalances of power, consumerist culture, and food politics.

I deliberately reference much of my work with classical Pop Art, vintage imagery, and ubiquitous objects to induce generational tensions while exposing historical inequities confronting contemporary America. By recalling ideations of the past, I traverse time connecting distant axioms with the current, articulating the power of past structures.

Although drawing from canonical Pop pieces, my works are handmade - working with paint, other media, and art methods rather than mass-printed productions. I sanction the exploration of the artmaking process itself as a transformation and evocation of artwork that resonates beyond male-dominated Pop Art structures. I collate organic textures and materials with popular imagery and object to siphon a representative practice of modern-day stories.

I have a BFA with a photography emphasis. Several years after graduating, I began experimenting with more tactile mediums and methodology. Not wanting to leave photography entirely, I incorporated traditional photography systems with non-traditional techniques to skew the practice for the strengthening of my narratives. Using my fondest for Pop Art and cultural imagery as part of the work, I've adopted alternative printing processes and materials, allowing me to integrate the segments of photography I enjoy while inducing a physical and tangible experience within my practice. Additionally, my process vignettes with sculpture, multi-media, and poetry to convey my inner inquiries and cognizance.

Overall, my work is a way of processing the world we create through constructive observation. I'm interested in creating thought-provoking, entertaining imagery that speaks to larger collective memories.

-Jamie Clyde 2023