Jaime Coffey
Artist Statement
My paintings are light studies. Light assists us in understanding landscapes, by experiencing the magnitude and direction in which it allows our vision to flow. As light moves it creates a dialogue between forms by defining them and their negative spaces. By concentrating on light as its own entity, I explore how it manipulates itself around objects and is distinguished through mood.
I often seek unfamiliar settings to explore new forms in unique lighting and climate. This invites a sense of play in organic silhouettes and shadows, where I work with nuances between tone, transparency and vibrancy.
The titles of my pieces reflect an investigation of inner work with ideas such as peace, capacity and victory, paralleling images that are gentle while others reflect an urgency. I have been exploring the resiliency of our planet’s natural land regeneration in the face of climate change. I practice slowing down and observing surroundings to reach a calming state of meditation, which I find restorative to conflicts. Such inner peace is not always passive, but rather, a strong force that transforms my inner world. Feeling that we all need nature and a responsibility to protect it, my aim is to raise curiosity with my paintings and encourage collective critical thinking in regards to environment.
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JAIME COFFEY
Born 1977 in Portland, Oregon, USA
Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA, USA
EDUCATION
1999 BFA in Painting, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR
1997 Exchange at Pont-Aven School of Art, Pont-Aven, France
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 Uprooted, TAG Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2022 Rising, TAG Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2020 Intentions, TAG Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2019 Red Earth, TAG Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2018 California Series, TAG Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2008 Bolivia Series, Lobby at 550 N. Brand St., Glendale, CA
2004 Landscapes, Paintings in Oil & Egg Tempera, Gallery 114, Portland, OR
2003 Recent Landscapes, Gallery 114, Portland, OR
2001 Light & Landscapes, Wisp Design Studio, Everett Station Lofts, Portland, OR
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Joy, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Art Is Hope Exhibition Gala & Fundraiser, Salvation Army, Santa Monica, CA
HoldYou Foundation Benefit Auction, TAG Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
JOURNEY The Adventure, TAG Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Aurora, Los Angeles Art Association, Los Angeles, CA
bG Live Nites, Artist Talk & Benefit Auction, bG Gallery, Bergamot Station,
Santa Monica, CA
Spectrum Gestalt 2024, bG Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
Summertime, TAG Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Summerstock, Los Angeles Art Association, Los Angeles, CA
Sky to Sea, TAG Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2023 Juried Open Show, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
Small Artworks, TAG Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
HoldYou Foundation Benefit Auction, TAG Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Aurora, Los Angeles Art Association, Los Angeles, CA
BOTANICA, TAG Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Applied Science, Los Angeles Art Association, Los Angeles, CA
Fragile Planet, TAG Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Americana, TAG Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2022 Small Artworks, TAG Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
HoldYou Foundation Benefit Auction, TAG Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Mannerist, Los Angeles Art Association, Los Angeles, CA
Small Time, Los Angeles Art Association, Los Angeles, CA
Gleaming Apollo, Los Angeles Art Association, Los Angeles, CA
Freestyle, TAG Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Undisclosed Location, Los Angeles Art Association, Los Angeles, CA
Fact Finding, Los Angeles Art Association, Los Angeles, CA
Weird Science, TAG Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2021 First Annual Holiday Show, artHYPE Gallery, North Hollywood, CA
Badass Painters Exhibition Tour, artHYPE Gallery, North Hollywood, CA
Exposed, TAG Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
The Late Style, Los Angeles Art Association, Los Angeles, CA
Terra, TAG Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Petite Works, Los Angeles Art Association, Los Angeles, CA
Windward, TAG Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Apocrypha, Los Angeles Art Association, Los Angeles, CA
360 Degrees of Healing II, Artfully Spaced Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2020 Small Works, TAG Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Aurora, Los Angeles Art Association, Los Angeles, CA
Unlimited 2020 Alumni Show, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR
Petite Works, Los Angeles Art Association, Los Angeles, CA
Virtually Unlimited, TAG Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Seclusion, Los Angeles Art Association, Los Angeles, CA
360 Degrees of Healing, Artfully Spaced Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
ART + ACTIVISM, SoLA Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA
Heritage, TAG Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
New Beginnings, TAG Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2019 Small Works, TAG Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Untitled Monthly Loft Group Shows, TAG Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Living Histories Pop Up Art Show, Castelli Art Space, Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles Art Association Benefit Auction, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
Differences Shine Alike, Artfully Spaced Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2018 Small Works, TAG Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Untitled Monthly Loft Group Shows, TAG Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
In Bloom, HOTE Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Mix It Up, Beyond The Lines Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2017 New Members Group Showcase, TAG Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Centered on the Center, Huntington Beach Art Center, Huntington Beach, CA
2016 Juried Open Show, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
Foreign Travels, Five Women Show, Schomburg Gallery, Bergamot Station,
Santa Monica, CA
2016 Juried Show, Topanga Canyon Gallery, Topanga Canyon, CA
Orange County Center for Contemporary Arts Open Call Show,
Orange County, CA
Itty Bitty Art Show, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
2014 High Desert Lotus Group Show, High Desert Lotus, Bend, OR
2012 Itty Bitty Art Show, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
2011 High Desert Lotus Group Show, High Desert Lotus, Bend, OR
2009 Open Call, LA Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Group Show, Gallery Judaica, Los Angeles, CA
2008 Annual Art Walk, Filmore, CA
2007 Juried Group Show, Satsuma Gallery, North Hollywood, CA
Westmoreland Open Studios, Los Angeles, CA
Los Feliz Village Street Fair, Los Angeles, CA
2006 LA Art Exchange Auctions, Santa Monica, CA
2004 Cathedral Park Cafe Show, Portland, OR
Sticky, Gallery 114, Portland, OR
Cascade AIDS Project Art for Life Benefit Auction, Portland, OR
Container, Gallery 114, Portland, OR
2003 Steal, Gallery 114, Portland, OR
Alumni Landscape Show, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR
Portrait Show, Gallery 114, Portland, OR
Cascade AIDS Project Art for Life Benefit Auction, Portland, OR
New Members Show, Gallery 114, Portland, OR
2002 Collecting on a Shoestring, Gallery 114, Portland, OR
Backspace Show, Gallery 114, Portland, OR
2000 Cascade AIDS Project Art for Life Benefit Auction, Portland, OR
Cascadia Coffee House Rotating Shows, Portland, OR
1999 Senior Thesis Show, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR
Evening With An Emerging Artist, Pacific Northwest College of Art,
Portland, OR
1998 PNCA Artist’s End of Year Showcase, Portland State University, Portland, OR
Portrait Show, Student Lounge, Pacific Northwest College of Art,
Portland, OR
Three Person Show, Student Gallery, Pacific Northwest College of Art,
Portland, OR
AWARDS
1998 Class of 1974 Scholarship, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR
1997 Doro Haskell-Johnson Memorial Scholarship, Pacific Northwest College of
Art, Portland, OR
1996 Shaw Scholarship, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR
Stephen Eberly Thompson Scholarship, Pacific Northwest College of Art,
Portland, OR
1995 Kennedy Freshman Scholarship, Pacific Northwest College of Art,
Portland, OR
PRESS & ASSOCIATIONS
2022 Artillery Magazine: https://issuu.com/artillerymag/docs/artillery_nov-dec_2022/54?fbclid=IwAR3ZksUT2s5K7InzqR4BwRaBN6zrBLHt7uwH26FG78ibnwwRTExtMBa0n2w
2021 artHYPE: https://www.arthype.net/jaimecoffey
2020 YouTube: TAG Bytes Episode 9 Jaime Coffey: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qDYcI_-zgA
2019 Art World Podcast Episode 48: Jaime Coffey on Egg Tempera, TAG Gallery
Exhibit and Being Both an Artist and a Mom: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-48-jaime-coffey-bateman-on-egg-tempera-tag-gallery/id1452087346?i=1000454752778
2013 Studio Visit Magazine, Volume 23
Los Angeles Art Association: https://www.laaa.org/jaime-coffey-bateman
Contact
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