JANIE STAMM
Janie Stamm was born and raised on the edge of the Everglades in Broward County, Florida. She is a craft-based artist currently residing on the western banks of the Mississippi River in Saint Louis, Missouri. Her work focuses on preserving Florida’s environmental and Queer history in the face of climate change. She uses a craft-based practice to tell these stories.
In the spring of 2019, Janie received an MFA in Visual Art from Washington University in Saint Louis. She was the recipient of several awards including two Regional Arts Commission grants, Critical Mass grant, Dubinsky Scholarship to study at the Fine Arts Work Center, and the Frida Kahlo Creative Arts Award from Washington University in St. Louis. Her work was featured on the cover of the December 2016 issue ofPoetrymagazine and in the Spring 2021 issue ofCandyFlossMagazine. Janie was an artist in residence at ACRE, the Cite Internationale des Arts, Aquarium Gallery, SAFTA, Craft Alliance, and is a resident teaching artist at the Contemporary Art Museum in St. Louis.
