About

Jamie Hurst is an American fine visual artist and art historian. Currently working in water-based media, she creates portraits of people and plants. A background in fine books and manuscripts, at Sotheby’s in New York as well as modern and contemporary art at The Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington DC, inform her current practice. 

As a former expatriate, she spent the majority of her adulthood traveling and living around the world. Originally from Florida, for the past 15 years she moved every year or two, living in places like New York City, Washington DC, Kuwait City, and Amsterdam. Moving this much has had a significant impact on her family, cultural perspective, and general outlook on life. She can see herself and her culture from an outsider’s perspective.

This constant movement and change influenced her to consider plants and flowers representative of feelings like nostalgia, home, belonging, grounding, and isolation.

Kindly reach out if you would like to collaborate, chat, or request a private commission. Jamie.Hursthuis@gmail.com

Education

B.A. History of Art, University of Florida 2006

Exhibitions

Intuitive Gestures, King Street Collective, Leesburg, Virginia, June - August 2024

Member Group Show, Falls Church Arts, Falls Church, Virginia, June - July 2024

Figure (virtual), Touchstone Gallery, Washington DC, Jan - Mar 2024

The Blue Coat, mini-solo show, Mosaic ARTs Gallery, Virginia, Jan - Feb 2024

Winter Blues, Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts, Virginia, Dec 2023 - Jan 2024

Employee Art Show, Sotheby’s New York, New York City, 2009

Collections

Commissioned works on paper and garments in private collections in the United States and Europe since 2003.

Experience

Administrator, Sotheby’s, New York 2007-2011

Curatorial Assistant, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington DC, 2011-2013

High Heeled Traveler, blog and magazine, various global locations, 2011-2015