My work is all about how place, memory, and identity weave together. I spent decades painting representational portraits, but during my MFA I realized I was more interested in the way experiences overlap and coexist than in capturing a single moment or likeness. Now I build my paintings through layers of landscapes, figures, and symbolic forms that slip in and out of view, echoing the idea that we’re connected across distance and time -- a metaphor for Einstein’s “spooky action at a distance”.
Lately, I’ve been expanding this idea by bringing in global cultural narratives. I’m drawn to the ways different environments, symbols, and histories speak to one another, and I want my work to reflect that shared resonance. By weaving these elements together, I hope to create paintings that spark empathy and a sense of our shared humanity.
Right now, I’m especially focused on historically notable women and contemporary subjects, and how their environments and cultural lineages shaped who they became. Through layered color and form, I’m trying to reveal the threads that connect us — the visible ones and the ones we only feel — and invite viewers into a more expansive way of seeing our collective stories.
b., 1961, Akron, Ohio
Jamie Lindholm is an American artist, writer, teacher, and mentor living near Boulder, Colorado. She is most known for her complex oil paintings visually weaving people, places, and memories that culminate in conceptual work about our human entanglements.
Jamie graduated from Ashland University with a BSBA in Business Management and Marketing. She then progressed through art programs in the studios of David Zuccarini, Maryland Institute College of Art, Studio Incamminati, and The Art Students League of NY where she studied with notables Everett Kinstler, David Leffel, Nelson Shanks, and Robert Neffson. She continued her studies with a Master of Fine Art (with highest honors) from Regis University.
She has received recognition for her paintings from the Portrait Society of America, the Luxembourg Art Prize, American Women Artists, the Art Renewal Center, the Almenara Collection, and the Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club. Her work has appeared in the book The Best of Drawing by Artists Network & American Artist Magazine, International Artist Magazine, Design NJ, Somerset County Business, and several issues of Artists Magazine.
Lindholm’s art has been exhibited throughout the United States. Notable venues include the Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art, the Rockwell Museum, the Salmagundi Club, the National Arts Club, the Brookgreen Gardens Museum, and the Customs House Museum. Her work is in the permanent collections of the International Securities Exchange and Dancker, Sellew & Douglas, as well as private collections in the United States, Switzerland, Australia, and Sweden.
Jamie enjoys mentoring other women artists and teaching students of all ages. She most recently enjoys teaching her unique workshop “Creativity Released: A Journey to Your Unique Voice”, which chronicles and leads attendees through specific explorations to analyze and uncover their creative expressions. She is a Signature Status member of American Women Artists, and a long-time member of the Portrait Society of America, where she has volunteered as an Ambassador, a National Coordinator, and a Mentor. She annually participates in their conferences providing Portfolio Critiques.
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