Trevor Jamieson’s art explores the shared experiences and collective memories of people, places, and times. Frequently his drawings focus on the irrational devotion of sports fandom. Obsessively creating images through meticulous repetition of statistics, Jamieson seeks to express communal stories while questioning how we define people. He is fascinated by numbers and what they can and cannot reveal.
Jamieson has also turned his attention to hockey, focusing not on statistics but the sense of place that defines Canada’s game. Road maps are used as the surface on which hockey players are drawn. The highways and back roads that stitch together the country appear as scars that tell a shared, Canadian story of vast space and home.
Trevor Jamieson
Inspiration to action by Naomi Klein’s seminal book “This Changes Everything: Climate Change vs. Capitalism”, Jamieson has begun creating painting that juxtapose the urgency of our climate crisis with the familiar tropes of popular culture. Additionally he has used collage as a means of reusing and repurposing the ephemera that builds up in our lives.
In 2014 Jamieson began to exhibit his work. He has been included in shows across the province. Jamieson’s work is on display at The Riverbank & Co. in Sarnia, The Ceder Lake Studios in Cambridge, and The Sports Gallery in Toronto’s Distillery Distinct.
After studying Visual Art at the University of Western Ontario, Jamieson returned to Sarnia and began his career in education. He teaches Visual Art at Northern Collegiate. Married to the lovely Stefany Jamieson, they are the proud parents of Brandon and Taylor Jamieson. Brandon is a frequent artistic collaborator with his father and when Taylor stops drawing on the walls and furniture she can begin collaborating too.