JAMIE SPINELLO
Born: Lafayette, LA
Grew up in Jackson, MS
2010 - present: Austin, TX
EDUCATION:
MFA, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
BFA, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS
(double BFA in Painting & Graphic Design, minor in Art History)
PUBLIC ART:
2025. Oertli Park, "Lithic Islands", Austin, TX
2025. La Cruces, NM, permanent installation
2025. Silver City, NM, permanent installation
2023. Richmond Ave Sculpture Trail, "Carapace", Houston, TX
2022. Fortlandia, "Chrysaline", Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, Austin, TX
2021. True North Project, "Allochory", Houston, TX
2021. Bush Intl. Airport Purchase Award, "Asclepius Ecclesia", Houston, TX
2019. Tempo Exhibit, "Allochory", Austin, TX
2018. Tempo Exhibit, "Asclepius Ecclesia", Austin, TX
2012. Fusebox Festival, Payphone Revival Project Installation, Austin, TX
GROUP SHOWS:
2026
Quarter Gallery, Regis Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
Cedar Park Sculpture Garden, Cedar Park, TX
Dougherty Art Center, Morphology & Modularity (two-person show), Austin, TX
2025
K Space Contemporary, "Third Coast Biennial", Corpus Christi, TX
IU Kokomo Gallery, "The Uncanny", Kokomo, IN
2024
Le Mieux Gallery, "And Now for Something New", VOL 6", New Orleans, LA
Craighead Green Gallery, "New Texas Talent", Dallas, TX
Clay Center of New Orleans, "Ripple Effect", New Orleans, LA
Gallery 2000, Austin Community College, "Material Evolution", Austin, TX
The Museum of Northern California Art, "Influx", Chico, CA
Richmond Avenue Sculpture Trail Exhibit, Houston, TX
2023
Richmond Avenue Sculpture Trail Exhibit, Houston, TX
2022
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, Fortlandia, Austin, TX
Art Museum Texas, Texas Sculpture Group Show, Houston, TX
2021
Contemporary Arts Center New Orleans, "Behind Every Beautiful Thing", New Orleans, LA
True North, Houston Heights Public Art Exhibit, Houston, TX
RecSpec Gallery, Skulls & Bones, Austin, TX
2020
LSU Museum of Art, Irene Pennington Sculpture Garden, Baton Rouge, LA
RecSpec Gallery, Superstitions, Austin, TX
Austin Studio Tour, Big Medium, Austin, TX {Virtual + Outdoor Public Spaces}
2019
Austin-Bergstrom International Airport Installation, Austin, TX
Tempo Public Art installation at Hampton Hill Library, Austin, TX
'Convergence' Public Art Exhibit at Rendon Park, Austin, TX
2018
Tempo Public art installation at Milwood Library, Austin, TX
AIPP Sculpture Exhibit at Rendon Park, Austin, TX
Femme Abstract, East Austin Studio Tour, Austin, TX
Blue Genie Art Bazaar, Austin, TX
2017
Dimension Gallery, Sculp-chur, Austin, TX
Women & Their Work, Red Dot Annual Show, Austin, TX
Blue Genie Art Bazaar, Austin, TX
2016
Due East Group Show, Austin, TX
Unreal, Verge Art Exhibition, Rising Sun Aikido, Austin, TX
Women & Their Work, Red Dot Annual Show, Austin, TX
East Austin Studio Tour, The Comeback Space, Austin, TX
Blue Genie Art Bazaar, Austin, TX
2015
Women & Their Work, Red Dot Annual Show, Austin, TX
Art Science Gallery, Trading Card Show, Austin, TX
2014
Fort Wayne Museum of Art, "Crossing Lines", Fort Wayne, IN
Gallery Black Lagoon, West of East Show, Austin, TX
Art Science Gallery, Trading Card Show, Austin, TX
Women & Their Work, Red Dot Annual Show, Austin, TX
Austin Bergstrom International Airport Exhibit, Austin, TX
West Austin Studio Tour, #21, Austin, TX
2013
Art Science Gallery, Eclosion, Austin, TX
Women & Their Work, Red Dot Annual Show, Austin, TX
Yeiser Art Center, Global Perspectives, Paducah, KY
Gallery Black Lagoon, Fundraiser Group Show, Austin, TX
2012
Gallery Black Lagoon, Mixed Media, Austin, TX
Revival Project, Fusebox Arts Festival, Austin, TX
Wright House Wellness Center, Ashwell Clinic ATX, AIDS Charity Exhibit & Art Sale, Austin, TX
Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland, Gift Shop Exhibit,"Project Moca", Cleveland, OH
2011
East Austin Studio Tour Group Show, Big Medium, Austin, TX
Austin-Bergstrom International Airport Installation, Austin, TX
A.I.R Studio Residency and Exhibition, Paducah, KY
Gallery Black Lagoon, Group Show, Austin, TX
Pump Project Gallery, Group Show, Austin, TX
Handmade Austin Women Collective Annual Show, Austin, TX
2010
USM Museum of Art, Alumni Show, Hattiesburg, MS
SFMOMA Artists Gallery, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA
Lobot Gallery, Oakland, CA
Terminal 22, Oakland, CA
Five Points Art House, Biennial, San Francisco, CA
Root Division Gallery, Compelled, San Francisco, CA
2009
Hatch Gallery, Introductions, Oakland, CA
Chillin Productions annual Art Fair, San Francisco, CA
Five Points Art House, Paper Cuts, San Francisco, CA
2008
Root Division Gallery, Biophelia, San Francisco, CA
Femina Potens Gallery, Fluid, San Francisco, CA
2007
Mass Gallery, Austin, TX
Big Bend Contemporary, Tallahassee, FL
End Of The Line Cafe, Pensacola, FL
Desoto Row Gallery, Savannah, GA
Athens Institute of Contemporary Art, Athens, GA
Young Blood Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Civilian Arts Projects, Washington, DC
G-A-S-P Gallery, Brookline, MA
Museum of New Art, Detroit, MI
Yale School of Art, New Haven, CT
Sweet Hickory Records, Bloomington, IN
Fort Gondo Compound for the Arts, St. Louis, MO
Lloyd Dobbler Gallery, Chicago, IL
Zeitgeist Theater, New Orleans, LA
Swell Gallery, Evolution, San Francisco, CA
Red Ink Studios, SFAI Now, San Francisco, CA
Vernissage, Herbst Pavilion, San Francisco, CA
2006
Immediate Futures, San Francisco Art Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Two-person shows:
2026 Dougherty Art Center, Front Gallery
2011 Black Lagoon Gallery, Austin, TX
2010 EverGold Gallery, Bimana, San Francisco, CA
GRANTS / AWARDS:
Texas Folklife Artist Relief Grant - 2021
Big Medium Artist Relief Grant - 2020
Tempo Public Art Sculpture Commission City of Austin - 2019
Capacity Building Grant, City of Austin - 2018
Tempo Public Art Sculpture Commission City of Austin - 2018
Paducah Art Alliance Residency Fellowship 2011
Murphy Cadogan Fellowship, San Francisco Foundation, 2006
San Francisco Art Institute MFA Fellowship 2005
Laurel Art League Scholarship 2003 & 2004
USM Academic Excellence Achievement Award
USM Leadership Scholarship
PUBLIC ARTIST POOLS:
Minneapolis + St. Paul Airport pre-qualified pool, Minneapolis, MN
Pre-qualified Artist pool, City of San Antonio, Texas
Pre-qualified Artist pool, City of Austin, Texas
Pre-qualified Artist pool, City of San Antonio, Texas
Corridor Construction Program, City of Austin, Texas
Pre-qualified Artist pool, City of Denton, Texas
Acclaimed Artist Purchase Initiative Selected Artist, Santa Fe, NM
RESIDENCIES:
Air Residency Program / 2011 / Paducah Art Alliance, Paducah, KY
Lobot Gallery + Studio DIY Space Collective / 2010 / Oakland, CA
PERMANENT COLLECTION:
City of Las Cruces, New Mexico, "Allochory", City Hall, acquisition 2025
City of Silver City, New Mexico, "Hibiscus Pod", City Hall Annex, acquisition 2025
City of Austin, "Lithic Islands", Oertli Park, acquisition 2025
City of Houston, Bush Intercontinental Airport, "Asclepius Ecclesia", Houston Arts Alliance, acquisition 2021
Rob Kalin, Etsy founder, acquisition 2016
Etsy, acquisition 2014
PeoplePC, acquisition 2007
Press and Publications:
2023 - "Autumn Witch Issue: Featured Artist", Enchanted Living, October 2023
2022 - "KELLEY DEVINE | JACK GRON | JAMIE SPINELLO”. Art Museum Tx (Sugar Land), Glasstire, Aug 19, 2022
2021 - "Oversize sculptures populate Houston's Heights Boulevard", Houston Chronicle, Mar 18, 2021
2021 - "True North 2021", Glasstire, — Mar 26, 2021
2021 - "Five-Minute Tours: Cary Reeder at Heights Boulevard", Glasstire, Sep 2, 2021
2020 - "Superstitions", Glasstire, Oct 5, 2020
2018 - "TEMPO Returns to Austin with More Than Double the Art", Glasstire, Aug 31, 2018
2016 -"East Austin Tour? Here's Four More Picks", Austin Chronicle, Nov 17, 2016
2014 - "Midwest Looks at Mid-Texas: Fort Wayne, Meet Austin! Fort Wayne Museum of Art", Glasstire, Nov 22, 2014
2010 - "Urban Legends, Fantasy Landscapes: First Thursday Openings To Catch", 7x7, June 01, 2010
2010 - "111 MINNA & EVER GOLD OPENINGS", Fecal Face, 12 August 2010
2008 - "Visual Arts: New view: See the world through different eyes", SF Chronicle, February, 21, 2008
2006 - "Through The Lens", SF Chronicle, March 26, 2006
EMPLOYMENT History:
Self-employed full-time artist / 2010-present
Weldon Owen Publishing - Illustrator, Storyboard Artist / San Francisco 2009-2014
Femina Potens Gallery - Web developer, Graphic Designer, Art Installer / SF, CA 2008
ArtWorkSF Gallery - Web developer, Graphic Designer, Art Installer / SF, CA 2007-2008
Diego Rivera Gallery - Gallery Docent, Security Guard for SFAI, 2005 - 2007 (while in school)
San Francisco Art Institute - Teaching Assistant, Bruce McGaw, Drawing I / SF, CA 2006
A+Plus Printing - Graphic Designer, Illustrator, Prepress Preparation / 2004-2005
USM Museum of Art - Docent, Installation, Graphics, Web design / 2001-2004
Thames Polymer Science Research Center - Web Developer, Flash Animation, Illustrator / 2002-2004
Born: Lafayette, LA
Grew up in Jackson, MS
2010 - present: Austin, TX
EDUCATION:
MFA, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
BFA, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS
(double BFA in Painting & Graphic Design, minor in Art History)
PUBLIC ART:
2025. Oertli Park, "Lithic Islands", Austin, TX
2025. La Cruces, NM, permanent installation
2025. Silver City, NM, permanent installation
2023. Richmond Ave Sculpture Trail, "Carapace", Houston, TX
2022. Fortlandia, "Chrysaline", Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, Austin, TX
2021. True North Project, "Allochory", Houston, TX
2021. Bush Intl. Airport Purchase Award, "Asclepius Ecclesia", Houston, TX
2019. Tempo Exhibit, "Allochory", Austin, TX
2018. Tempo Exhibit, "Asclepius Ecclesia", Austin, TX
2012. Fusebox Festival, Payphone Revival Project Installation, Austin, TX
GROUP SHOWS:
2026
Quarter Gallery, Regis Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
Cedar Park Sculpture Garden, Cedar Park, TX
Dougherty Art Center, Morphology & Modularity (two-person show), Austin, TX
2025
K Space Contemporary, "Third Coast Biennial", Corpus Christi, TX
IU Kokomo Gallery, "The Uncanny", Kokomo, IN
2024
Le Mieux Gallery, "And Now for Something New", VOL 6", New Orleans, LA
Craighead Green Gallery, "New Texas Talent", Dallas, TX
Clay Center of New Orleans, "Ripple Effect", New Orleans, LA
Gallery 2000, Austin Community College, "Material Evolution", Austin, TX
The Museum of Northern California Art, "Influx", Chico, CA
Richmond Avenue Sculpture Trail Exhibit, Houston, TX
2023
Richmond Avenue Sculpture Trail Exhibit, Houston, TX
2022
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, Fortlandia, Austin, TX
Art Museum Texas, Texas Sculpture Group Show, Houston, TX
2021
Contemporary Arts Center New Orleans, "Behind Every Beautiful Thing", New Orleans, LA
True North, Houston Heights Public Art Exhibit, Houston, TX
RecSpec Gallery, Skulls & Bones, Austin, TX
2020
LSU Museum of Art, Irene Pennington Sculpture Garden, Baton Rouge, LA
RecSpec Gallery, Superstitions, Austin, TX
Austin Studio Tour, Big Medium, Austin, TX {Virtual + Outdoor Public Spaces}
2019
Austin-Bergstrom International Airport Installation, Austin, TX
Tempo Public Art installation at Hampton Hill Library, Austin, TX
'Convergence' Public Art Exhibit at Rendon Park, Austin, TX
2018
Tempo Public art installation at Milwood Library, Austin, TX
AIPP Sculpture Exhibit at Rendon Park, Austin, TX
Femme Abstract, East Austin Studio Tour, Austin, TX
Blue Genie Art Bazaar, Austin, TX
2017
Dimension Gallery, Sculp-chur, Austin, TX
Women & Their Work, Red Dot Annual Show, Austin, TX
Blue Genie Art Bazaar, Austin, TX
2016
Due East Group Show, Austin, TX
Unreal, Verge Art Exhibition, Rising Sun Aikido, Austin, TX
Women & Their Work, Red Dot Annual Show, Austin, TX
East Austin Studio Tour, The Comeback Space, Austin, TX
Blue Genie Art Bazaar, Austin, TX
2015
Women & Their Work, Red Dot Annual Show, Austin, TX
Art Science Gallery, Trading Card Show, Austin, TX
2014
Fort Wayne Museum of Art, "Crossing Lines", Fort Wayne, IN
Gallery Black Lagoon, West of East Show, Austin, TX
Art Science Gallery, Trading Card Show, Austin, TX
Women & Their Work, Red Dot Annual Show, Austin, TX
Austin Bergstrom International Airport Exhibit, Austin, TX
West Austin Studio Tour, #21, Austin, TX
2013
Art Science Gallery, Eclosion, Austin, TX
Women & Their Work, Red Dot Annual Show, Austin, TX
Yeiser Art Center, Global Perspectives, Paducah, KY
Gallery Black Lagoon, Fundraiser Group Show, Austin, TX
2012
Gallery Black Lagoon, Mixed Media, Austin, TX
Revival Project, Fusebox Arts Festival, Austin, TX
Wright House Wellness Center, Ashwell Clinic ATX, AIDS Charity Exhibit & Art Sale, Austin, TX
Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland, Gift Shop Exhibit,"Project Moca", Cleveland, OH
2011
East Austin Studio Tour Group Show, Big Medium, Austin, TX
Austin-Bergstrom International Airport Installation, Austin, TX
A.I.R Studio Residency and Exhibition, Paducah, KY
Gallery Black Lagoon, Group Show, Austin, TX
Pump Project Gallery, Group Show, Austin, TX
Handmade Austin Women Collective Annual Show, Austin, TX
2010
USM Museum of Art, Alumni Show, Hattiesburg, MS
SFMOMA Artists Gallery, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA
Lobot Gallery, Oakland, CA
Terminal 22, Oakland, CA
Five Points Art House, Biennial, San Francisco, CA
Root Division Gallery, Compelled, San Francisco, CA
2009
Hatch Gallery, Introductions, Oakland, CA
Chillin Productions annual Art Fair, San Francisco, CA
Five Points Art House, Paper Cuts, San Francisco, CA
2008
Root Division Gallery, Biophelia, San Francisco, CA
Femina Potens Gallery, Fluid, San Francisco, CA
2007
Mass Gallery, Austin, TX
Big Bend Contemporary, Tallahassee, FL
End Of The Line Cafe, Pensacola, FL
Desoto Row Gallery, Savannah, GA
Athens Institute of Contemporary Art, Athens, GA
Young Blood Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Civilian Arts Projects, Washington, DC
G-A-S-P Gallery, Brookline, MA
Museum of New Art, Detroit, MI
Yale School of Art, New Haven, CT
Sweet Hickory Records, Bloomington, IN
Fort Gondo Compound for the Arts, St. Louis, MO
Lloyd Dobbler Gallery, Chicago, IL
Zeitgeist Theater, New Orleans, LA
Swell Gallery, Evolution, San Francisco, CA
Red Ink Studios, SFAI Now, San Francisco, CA
Vernissage, Herbst Pavilion, San Francisco, CA
2006
Immediate Futures, San Francisco Art Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Two-person shows:
2026 Dougherty Art Center, Front Gallery
2011 Black Lagoon Gallery, Austin, TX
2010 EverGold Gallery, Bimana, San Francisco, CA
GRANTS / AWARDS:
Texas Folklife Artist Relief Grant - 2021
Big Medium Artist Relief Grant - 2020
Tempo Public Art Sculpture Commission City of Austin - 2019
Capacity Building Grant, City of Austin - 2018
Tempo Public Art Sculpture Commission City of Austin - 2018
Paducah Art Alliance Residency Fellowship 2011
Murphy Cadogan Fellowship, San Francisco Foundation, 2006
San Francisco Art Institute MFA Fellowship 2005
Laurel Art League Scholarship 2003 & 2004
USM Academic Excellence Achievement Award
USM Leadership Scholarship
PUBLIC ARTIST POOLS:
Minneapolis + St. Paul Airport pre-qualified pool, Minneapolis, MN
Pre-qualified Artist pool, City of San Antonio, Texas
Pre-qualified Artist pool, City of Austin, Texas
Pre-qualified Artist pool, City of San Antonio, Texas
Corridor Construction Program, City of Austin, Texas
Pre-qualified Artist pool, City of Denton, Texas
Acclaimed Artist Purchase Initiative Selected Artist, Santa Fe, NM
RESIDENCIES:
Air Residency Program / 2011 / Paducah Art Alliance, Paducah, KY
Lobot Gallery + Studio DIY Space Collective / 2010 / Oakland, CA
PERMANENT COLLECTION:
City of Las Cruces, New Mexico, "Allochory", City Hall, acquisition 2025
City of Silver City, New Mexico, "Hibiscus Pod", City Hall Annex, acquisition 2025
City of Austin, "Lithic Islands", Oertli Park, acquisition 2025
City of Houston, Bush Intercontinental Airport, "Asclepius Ecclesia", Houston Arts Alliance, acquisition 2021
Rob Kalin, Etsy founder, acquisition 2016
Etsy, acquisition 2014
PeoplePC, acquisition 2007
Press and Publications:
2023 - "Autumn Witch Issue: Featured Artist", Enchanted Living, October 2023
2022 - "KELLEY DEVINE | JACK GRON | JAMIE SPINELLO”. Art Museum Tx (Sugar Land), Glasstire, Aug 19, 2022
2021 - "Oversize sculptures populate Houston's Heights Boulevard", Houston Chronicle, Mar 18, 2021
2021 - "True North 2021", Glasstire, — Mar 26, 2021
2021 - "Five-Minute Tours: Cary Reeder at Heights Boulevard", Glasstire, Sep 2, 2021
2020 - "Superstitions", Glasstire, Oct 5, 2020
2018 - "TEMPO Returns to Austin with More Than Double the Art", Glasstire, Aug 31, 2018
2016 -"East Austin Tour? Here's Four More Picks", Austin Chronicle, Nov 17, 2016
2014 - "Midwest Looks at Mid-Texas: Fort Wayne, Meet Austin! Fort Wayne Museum of Art", Glasstire, Nov 22, 2014
2010 - "Urban Legends, Fantasy Landscapes: First Thursday Openings To Catch", 7x7, June 01, 2010
2010 - "111 MINNA & EVER GOLD OPENINGS", Fecal Face, 12 August 2010
2008 - "Visual Arts: New view: See the world through different eyes", SF Chronicle, February, 21, 2008
2006 - "Through The Lens", SF Chronicle, March 26, 2006
EMPLOYMENT History:
Self-employed full-time artist / 2010-present
Weldon Owen Publishing - Illustrator, Storyboard Artist / San Francisco 2009-2014
Femina Potens Gallery - Web developer, Graphic Designer, Art Installer / SF, CA 2008
ArtWorkSF Gallery - Web developer, Graphic Designer, Art Installer / SF, CA 2007-2008
Diego Rivera Gallery - Gallery Docent, Security Guard for SFAI, 2005 - 2007 (while in school)
San Francisco Art Institute - Teaching Assistant, Bruce McGaw, Drawing I / SF, CA 2006
A+Plus Printing - Graphic Designer, Illustrator, Prepress Preparation / 2004-2005
USM Museum of Art - Docent, Installation, Graphics, Web design / 2001-2004
Thames Polymer Science Research Center - Web Developer, Flash Animation, Illustrator / 2002-2004