Jamie Rawding
Jamie Rawding is a second-generation Italian American, raised in New Jersey. She began learning to paint with local artists at the age of 8. At university, she studied art history and spent her junior year in France. After graduation, she apprenticed with several metalsmiths in New York City and later created a line of jewelry. As a young mother living in Beijing, China, Jamie started a business as a photographer. Active in Seattle’s cultural community, Rawding has served on the Board of Directors at Cornish College of the Arts and has been a docent at the Seattle Art Museum since 2006. She is a member of the esteemed Women Painters of Washington, and was recently invited to join Gallery Concerts as Lead Art Curator. Driven by an enduring passion for creative dialogue, Jamie Rawding continues to explore how art connects people, places, and lived experience across cultures.
- Medium
- Oil on linen or canvas
- Style
- Expressive realism
- Exhibitions
- 2026 - Matzke Fine Art Gallery, Camano Island, WA - Celebrating Women Painters 2026 - Fountainhead Gallery, Seattle, WA 2025 - Domicile Gallery solo exhibition - “Deuxième Édition”- Seattle, WA 2025 - Columbia Tower Gallery - “A Picture is Worth” - Seattle, WA 2024 - Domicile Gallery solo exhibition- “Facades and Fables”- Seattle, WA 2023 - Gray Sky Gallery, Seattle, WA 2023 - Gallery Ysmailoff “Panorama” - Paris, France 2021- Gray Sky Gallery solo exhibition - “Reconstruction”- Seattle, WA 2021 - Gage Academy “Best of Gage”, Seattle, WA 2021 - Gage Academy “Spitting Image”, Seattle, WA 2020 - d”Art Center, Norfolk, VA - HONORABLE MENTION 2020 - Gage Academy “Best Of Gage”, Seattle, WA 2020 - Gage Academy “Spitting Image”, Seattle, WA 2019 - Madison Park Art Walk at E.Rummage, Seattle, WA 2019 - KOH Show at Antonio Salon, Seattle, WA 2019 - Axis Gallery, Seattle, WA 2019 - Schack Art Center, Edmonds, WA 2019 - Moses Lake Museum and Art Center, Moses Lake, WA 2019 - Gage Academy “Best Of Gage”, Seattle, WA 2018 - Madison Park Art Walk, Seattle, WA 2016 - Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Sun Valley, ID 2015 - Seattle Tennis Club, Seattle, Seattle, WA 2015 - Lighthouse Charity Fundraiser, Chicago, IL 2014 - Seattle Tennis Club, Seattle, WA 2013 - Seattle Tennis Club, Seattle, WA 2012 - Necklace -Seattle Metals Guild, Seattle, WA 2004 - Friends of Professor Swaminati, Tokyo, Japan 2002 - Tokyo American Club, Tokyo, Japan 2000 - Canadian Embassy, Beijing, China 1999 - Gallery, Beijing, China 1999 - Australian Embassy, Beijing, China
- Upcoming
- Women Painters of Washington - April 2026 Domicile Gallery - July 2026
- Education
- 2024 - Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, Peter VanDyke 2023 - West Dean College, UK, Jane French 2022 - Studio Escalier, Paris, France 2018 - 2021 KOH Atelier, Seattle, WA 2021 - Gage Academy of Art -Art History with Susan Brangers 2020 - Gage-Anatomy & Sculpture 2020 - Gage-Al Gury 2020 - New York Academy of Art - Steven Assael 2019 - Gage-Dominique Medici, Seattle, WA 2019 - Gage-Juliette Aristedes, Seattle, WA 2018 - Creative Workshop with Anita Lehman, Civita, Italy 2018 - Gage-Tom Hoffman, Seattle, WA 2018 - Gage-Kathleen McKeehan, Seattle, WA 2016 - Gage-Aron Hart, Seattle, WA 2003 - Maine School of Photography, Rockport, ME 1988 - Haystack School of the Crafts, Deer Isle, ME 1984 - 1985 University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France 1982 - 1986 BA - University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
- Awards
- 2020 Honorable Mention - DIVULGE exhibit, d’Art Center, Norfolk, VA 2019 Recipient of Puget Sound Group of Northwest Artists Scholarship (PSGNA)
- Current projects
- Currently working on series for a solo exhibition in July at Domicile Gallery, Seattle, WA
- Inspiration
- I was trained in classical atelier - 3 year program.