About

Artist Statement

With the nostalgic perspective of a mother, my current body of work focuses on the landscape as setting for childhood play. These scenes are places of potential games, craft, escape, connection, mystery, and memory.

Artist Bio

Jamie Hurst is a Fine Artist born in 1984 in Clearwater, Florida. After living as an expatriate for many years, she is now based in the Greater Washington DC area. Jamie Hurst received her BFA in Art History from the University of Florida in 2006.

Jamie was recently the Artist in Residence for Artcelerate at the Made in Virginia Scott’s Addition location in Richmond. The residency included a solo show, A Place For Play. This exhibit featured two-dimensional paintings and an interactive installation in which viewers were asked to participate in the exhibit by either taking or painting a river rock. Her work has been in several group shows including Winter Blues, Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts, Virginia, and Figure (virtual), Touchstone Gallery, Washington DC. In addition, a solo show The Blue Coat at Arts Mosaic, Virginia.

Before focusing on her fine art practice, she was an art historian at Sotheby’s in New York and the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington DC. She also published a lifestyle digital blog and print magazine called High Heeled Traveler.

Kindly reach out if you would like to collaborate or request a private commission. Jamie.Hursthuis@gmail.com or on Instagram @Jamie.Hurst.Art

Education

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

Exhibitions

A Place for Play, Made in Virginia, Richmond, VA, April - May 2026

Outsiders Only, The Grounds of Livev, Vienna, VA, October 2025

Collection of collards paintings, Vintage Gallery, Marshall, VA, October 2024 - January 2025

Rokeby Community Festival, Rokeby Farm, Oak Spring Foundation, Virginia, September 2024

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 held in private collections in the United States and Europe since 2003.

Related Experience

Fine Books and Manuscripts pre and post sales coordinator, Sotheby’s, New York 2007-2011

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

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