Charting the Afriscape of Leon County, Texas
Jamie Robertson
My creative practice is rooted in the recollection of the personal and collective histories of the African Diaspora; with a particular interest in the Gulf South. Growing up in Southeast Texas in a Black family, history was not relegated to events of the past. History was alive and in time with me. This aliveness guides my practice as my work bridges the distance between the past and present through the adoption of ancestral knowledge systems as an organizing principle. My primary mediums for examining these histories are performance, photography, and video; as they allow me to interact and reflect on the shared histories of African descendant people throughout the world.
Image courtesy of the artist.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
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.
Website: jamievrobertson.com
Instagram: @hernameis_jamie
