about
Jamie Kroeger worked in the environmental and avalanche science fields before committing to art in 2014. Since then, by means of material, process and concept, she translates the relationship between people and outside environments, into object-based narratives. In 2017, she graduated from the Alberta College of Art + Design (Jewellery + Metals major, BFA with Distinction) in Calgary, Canada and was a student in the Jewellery and Silversmithing department at the Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland in 2015. Immediately after, she moved to Norway and completed a Master of Fine Art in Medium and Material Based studies at the Kunsthøgskolen i Oslo, Oslo, Norway (2019). Currently, she is faculty in the Jewellery + Metals department at the Alberta University of the Arts, while maintaining her own personal studio practice in Golden, British Columbia. Her art jewellery has been exhibited both at a national and international level.
artist statement
Through the creation of jewellery objects, I consider the relationships that exist between humans and outdoor environments. With the careful choice of material and process, the action of making allows the opportunity to relay specific tales of adventure and challenge that have been collected over twenty years of working in the Canadian mountain landscape. Hours spent in the studio grant the opportunity to reflect on time spent outside and realize that with all the highs and lows it brought, my experiences affect the way I make art and approach the problem-solving situations within it. By means of material, process, and concept, I can create object-based narratives that offer another way of observing how a basic relationship to place can evolve into
specific cultures and attitudes.
