Biography
Jamie Young deftly integrates the substance and the subject of her paintings. With dense fields of swooping brushstrokes and glancing lines, she articulates abundant, tumultuous, encroaching vegetation. Balancing the muscularity of her line and form, she delicately renders fleeting atmospheric effects with luminous veils of pale color that conjure sky and light beyond the canopy of branches and vines.
“The paintings are alive with sensation. The sights, smells, and feel of their settings – time of day, weather conditions, season, even temperature and the dampness of the air – become almost palpable. Young’s works are virtuosic compositions, symphonic in the scale and complexity.” – Mara Williams, Chief Curator, Brattleboro Museum and Art Center
“I have been working on the Vineage Series for many years, exploring several species of vines covering trees all over New England. I am fascinated by the chaos of the climbers, their varied forms, and the subtle patterns that emerge. Over time the work has become more energetic and complicated to reflect the uncertainty, threat, and beauty of change.” – Jamie Young
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1953 Born Springfield, MA
1972-74 Studied at University of Massachusetts, fine arts
2005-13 Studied with Walter Kamys
Select Solo Exhibits
2016 Brattleboro Museum and Art Center, Brattleboro, VT – “Chaos and Light”
2014 Shattuck Gallery, West Port, MA – dual show with Bryan Mcfarlane.
2012 Harrison Gallery, Williamstown, Ma. – “The Vineage Series”
2011 Harrison Gallery, Williamstown, MA. – “Four Seasons”
2009 Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, MA. – “Last Snow Series”
Gallery 454, Grosse Point, MI. – paintings of New England.
2007 The Karen Sprague Cultural Arts Center, American International College, Springfield, Ma. – retrospective
2003 The Ralls Collection, Washington DC – “Shores of the Chesapeake Bay”
2001 Smith College, Northampton MA – “Valley Series” fund raiser for Valley Land Fund land conservation.
2000 Gallerie 454, Grosse Pointe MI – “Day and Night Show”
1999 Gallerie 454, Grosse Point MI – “Outside the Studio Door”
1998 Hart Gallery, Northampton, MA – “Deep Woods Series”
1996 The Ralls Collection, Washington DC – “The Highland Series”
1991 Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield MA – “Island Head Series” & “Sumac Series”
1990 Sync Gallery, Northampton MA – “Theater of the Pines”
1986 Center for the Arts, Northampton MA – Gateway Series”
Select Group Exhibits
2016 William Baczek Fine Arts, Northampton, MA – Landscape Exhibit
2014 Danforth Museum and Art School, Framingham, MA
2012 Harrison Gallery, Williamstown, MA. – “Young Collector”
2011 Scott Bundy Gallery, Kennebunkport, ME.
2010 Chicago Art Source – exhibited “Coast Guard Series, Mangroves.”
Scott Bundy Gallery, Kennebunkport, ME.
2009 Chicago Art Source, Chicago, IL.
Harrison Gallery, Williamstown, MA.
2008 Gruen Gallery in Chicago, IL.
Copley Society of Art, Boston, MA.
2006 William Baczek Fine Arts, Northampton, MA – Landscape Show
2004 Historic Deerfield, Deerfield, MA 300th anniversary year of the Deerfield Raid.
2003 Gallerie 454, Grosse Point, MI – Penobscot Bay Paintings
2002 The Ralls Collection, Washington DC – “9/11 Remembered”
1996 William Baczek Fine Arts, Northampton MA – “Inaugural Show”
1987 Center for the Arts, Northampton MA – Dual show with Phillip Lekki
Grants
1989 Massachusetts Arts Lottery – Received grant to paint the Connecticut river as it passes through Northampton, Holyoke, and Springfield. “The River Run” (solo show) was exhibited at:
Northampton Center for the Arts, Northampton MA
Wisteriahurst Museum, Holyoke MA
Paige Estate, Longmeadow MA
Collections
Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA. – fourteen paintings
D’Amour Center for Cancer Care at Baystate Medical Center.
Josephine Ford Cancer Center
Ford Motor Company
Carhart Inc.
Cooley Dickenson Hospital
Florence Savings Bank
Teaching
2015 Clark Art Institute/Harrison Gallery, Williamstown, MA – Plein-air Painting Workshop
2002 G.W.V. Smith Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, MA- workshop
1984-99 The Guild Art Center in Northampton, MA, The Studio School,
Springfield MA; The Hill Institute in Florence MA, and The Conway School of Landscape Design, Conway, MA.
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