Curriculum Vitae

Phone: 413-530-1817   Email: jamielynnwill@gmail.com

Website: www.jamielynnlewinart.com    Instagram: @jamielynnlewinart

Education

MFA Fiber and Material Studies at School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 2022.

BA Art and Psychology, Smith College, 2015.

Teaching Experience

2020-2022      Graduate Teaching Assistant, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL.

2018-2019 Art Instructor, ARC of Greater Boone County, Lebanon, IN. 

Solo Exhibitions

2021 Stitch. Pattern. Repeat., Harrison Center for the Arts, Indianapolis, IN.

2020     In An Instant, Indianapolis International Airport, Indianapolis, IN.

2019 Surrender, Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, IN.

2018 Unhindered: Working on the Surface, Western New England University, Springfield, MA.

Two Person Exhibitions

2020 Into the Infinite. Lost Dog Gallery. Indianapolis, IN.

2016 Unbound. ECA+ Gallery. Easthampton, MA. 

Selected Group Exhibitions

2023 ArtFields. Nancy Devon Carsten Photography, Lake City, South Carolina. 

2022 Intertwined. Anderson Museum of Art, Anderson, IN.

2022 Exhibition One: MFA Thesis. School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL. 

2021 Chicago Textile Week 2021 Design Call Presentation and Exhibition. Epiphany Center for the Arts, Chicago, IL.

2021 The Sum of Unity, Herron School of Art and Design, Indianapolis, IN.

2019 Personal Space. Art Marketplace+, Art Strategies.

2019 Pattern/ Place. ROY G BIV Gallery. Columbus, OH.

2019 Common Threads, Saks Fifth Avenue. Indianapolis, IN. 

2019 Soft Power, 411 Gallery, Columbus, IN

2018 iMOCA Open House, Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art, ESL Spectrum, Indianapolis, IN.

2018 Sugar and Spice, Oilwick Gallery, Indianapolis, IN.

2018 Fire Tag Event, Evan Lurie Gallery, Carmel, IN.

2018 Point Blank, 10th West Gallery, Indianapolis, IN.

2018 Art From the Heartland, Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, IN.

2015 The Human Form, G25N, http://www.gallery25n.com/The-Human-Form_Art-2015.html.

2015  In Pursuit, Jannotta Gallery, Smith College, Northampton, MA.

2014  Women’s Lives, Amherst College, Amherst, MA.

2014  Groundhog Day, Jannotta Gallery, Smith College, Northampton, MA.

2014    Amuse-Bouches, Gallery One at Cottage Street Studios, Easthampton, MA.

Honors and Awards

2021 Chicago Textile Week 2021 and Carnegie Fabrics Design Call winning design.

Residencies and Fellowships

2021 Creative Residency Program at Workshop 207. Columbus Area Arts Council, Columbus, IN.

Media

2021 “Stitch. Pattern. Repeat.” Harrison Center for the Arts Blog. January 12, 2021. Macy Lethko. https://www.harrisoncenter.org/blog/2021/1/12/stitch-pattern-repeat

2020  “The ART of IMPROV: Jamie Lynn Williams,” The ART of IMPROV. March 29, 2020. Jen Bromel. https://www.jenbroemel.com/the-art-of-improv/2018/9/6/the-art-of-improv-with-patricia-ryan-madson-guest-1-ayejw-f5chm-w434a-gw2kb-pa3fg-tnmgg-g2983-g33jz-ml9m6-kwl48.

2019  “Where to Buy Art,” February 2019. Indianapolis Monthly Editors. Indianapolis Monthly.

2018  “Q+A with Fiber Artist Jamie Lynn Williams,” Pattern Magazine. December 26, 2018. Paula Katz. https://www.patternindy.com/2018/12/26/qa-with-fiber-artist-jamie-lynn-williams/  

2018  “August First Friday: Life, Death, and Property Values, Nuvo Magazine,” August 8, 2018. Jennifer Delgadillo https://www.nuvo.net/arts/august-first-friday-life-death-and-property-values/article_84107760-9a8c-11e8-8460-c35b3b385bfd.html .

Artist Bio

Jamie Lynn Lewin is a textile artist based in Indianapolis. She completed her MFA in Fiber and Material Studies from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2022 and a BA in Art and Psychology from Smith College in 2015. Lewin has exhibited in Indiana, Ohio, Massachusetts, South Carolina, and Illinois. Her most recent solo exhibition was at the Harrison Center for the Arts in 2021. During her recent graduate studies, Lewin’s digital needlepoint design, Meditation III, was selected as one of three winning designs for the Carnegie Fabric and Chicago Textile Week 2021 design call.