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Jamie Bertsch

  • Teaching Faculty I, Fibers
  • Teaching Faculty I, First Year Program

Education

  • MFA, Fibers, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2012
  • BFA, Graphic Design, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 2009
  • BFA Printmaking, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 2009

Biography

Jamie Bertsch is an artist and educator with a focus on mark-making and materials. Rooted in the midwest, her work speaks through shape, tactility + the poetics of color. The work is convivial. Wonder is always the starting point. Inspired by the generations of familial dreams and visions that have come before her, intuition is her driving force.

Residencies and awards include Artist Residency at Arrowmont School of Arts & Craft, Gallery 224 Artist Residency, Design*Sponge Recipient, World's End Farm participant, and an American Craft Council featured maker. Her work has been supported by Hawkins New York, Wms&Co., Bella Figura, KIKO, The Perish Trust, Mr. Boddington Studio, Cameron Marks, Jess Vargas, as well as JPMorgan Chase & Co..

Jamie has presented solo and group exhibitions across the country— notably the Textile Arts Center in Brooklyn, New York, the Lillstreet Gallery in Chicago, Saugatuck Center for the Arts, Minneapolis College of Art & Design, and the Parkside National Small Print Exhibition. Features and reviews have appeared in American Craft Magazine, Domino, Milwaukee Magazine, and Nest. She received an MFA from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, her BFA from University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, and holds a teaching appointment at UW-Milwaukee in both Fibers and First Year Program.

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Recent & Selected Works

Person in a studio pulling multiple colorful fabric samples back through air, obscuring their head.
sample, sample, sample — dye paste and pigment repeats, printed on 100% Lithuanian linen
three hung woven tapestries on a white wall with the sun hitting them
light flooding the studio amongst natural fibers
three small wood and bristle brushes
a collection of multi-functional brushes
wood and bristle brush with a hole cut in the handle
cherry bracelet brush, aged in uv, sealed with local beeswax, tampico bristle
black wood and bristle brush
half moon butternut brush, ebonized and polished with local beeswax, tampico bristle
leather wrapped hand-held bristle brush
tampico + leather — form follows function

in the studio

Publications

Watchorn, Shivaun. (2024, October 3). Clean Sweep. American Craft Magazine, Fall 2024