Biography Jamie Burmeister’s sculptures have been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions in galleries and museums throughout the Midwest including the Des Moines Art Center in Des Moines Iowa, the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts in Omaha, Nebraska, Arkansas Art Center in Little Rock, Arkansas, Sheldon Gallery in Lincoln, Nebraska, and the Sioux City Art Center in Sioux City, Iowa. Jamie has produced sculpture for various public sculpture exhibits including “Washburn University Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition” in Topeka, Kansas and “Wind and Water” and “Elements” in Omaha, Nebraska. In addition, Jamie has completed commissions for the “Snuff Out Tobacco” campaign, the City of Omaha, Nebraska, Crisp Recording Studios in Fayetteville, Arkansas and is presently working on his largest commission to date for the new South Omaha Library. Mr. Burmeister is the recipient of numerous awards and honors including the Nebraska Art Council’s 2007 Individual Artist Fellowship, Omaha Entertainments Awards 2006 Three-Dimensional Sculpture Award, UNL’s Trickey Memorial Award, UNL Woods Fellowship, Kimmel Harding Nelson Center Residency in Nebraska City Nebraska and BarkerArt Residency at the Hot Shops Art Center in Omaha, Nebraska. He was born in Harlan, Iowa in 1969 and currently lives in Gretna, Nebraska with his wife, Kelli, and two children, Makenzie and Jackson. Jamie is an Art Instructor at Metropolitan Community College in Omaha, Nebraska. He received a B.A. in Exercise Science from Creighton University in Omaha in 1992, an M.S. in Health Education from the University of Nebraska at Omaha in 1995, and an M.F.A. in Sculpture from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln in 2005. |