ABOUT JAMIE ROBERTSON
Jamie Robertson is a visual artist and educator from Houston, Texas. She earned a BA in Art and MFA in Studio Art with a concentration in photography and digital media from the University of Houston. She also holds an MS in Art Therapy from Florida State University. She is a former recipient of the American Art Therapy Association ‘Pearlie Roberson Award’ and Red Bull Arts Microgrant. Robertson is also one half of the podcast, Where I See Me, which examines the presence of Black and Brown people in comics and media. 

Her creative practice is an autobiographical examination of history and identity in the African Diaspora through the mediums of photography and video. Her work has been exhibited at Art League Houston, Florida A & M University Foster-Tanner Fine Arts Gallery, 516 Arts and internationally at Contemporary Calgary in Exposure Photography Festival in Canada. Her photobook Charting the Afriscape of Leon County, TX was published in December 2020 with Fifth Wheel Press. She currently works as Lecturer at Sam Houston State University. Her work can be viewed at jamievrobertson.com