Artist Statement
Artist Statement
All of my art is my own original creation and predominately queer-related. My interest in creating this type of art stems from my love for queer people and especially transgender people. Being both queer and trans, I know how hard it can be to live openly in our society. I have experienced the bigotry, oppression, and violence first hand.
I believe it is important to shed as much light as possible on inequality as well as show the integrity, courage, beauty, and love of our people. It has been my experience with the queers I have known (and from our LGBTQ heroes past and present) that queer people are some of the most honest, compassionate, loving, and wonderful people in the world. We are not all good or all bad, we are just human with our own struggles, hopes, dreams, and desires. And it is for you most of all, beautiful queer people, that I create and dedicate my art. I hope that my art will honor you and bring you joy.
Bio
Bio
Jamie Diaz is a Mexican-American trans woman and artist based in Dallas, Texas.
Jamie became a self-taught artist and musician in the 1970s inspired by underground comics, rock music, tattoo artists such as Ed Hardy and Cliff Raven, and the Dutch masters—Vermeer, Rembrandt, Van Gogh.
Over the past decade, Jamie has become known for her growing body of queer art. She has inspired many in the LGBTQ+ community by conveying love, beauty, and the resilience of the human spirit even in the presence of suffering and persecution.
Her debut solo exhibition, Even Flowers Bleed (Daniel Cooney Fine Art, 2022), received praise in publications such as Artforum, Them, and NBC OUT. Her art has also been featured in several group exhibitions. Jamie’s first full length comic book, Queer Angels & Devils: The Table of Immortals, was published by A.B.O. Comix in 2024. Her art has also been featured in numerous publications and anthologies. Jamie was named the Museum of Trans History & Art artist-in-residence in 2023 and was a Center for Art and Advocacy Right of Return fellow in 2025.
Jamie’s life is the subject of a short documentary film called “Love, Jamie” (dir. Karla Murthy), which was awarded the Grand Jury Prize for Outstanding Documentary Short Film when it premiered at Outfest Los Angeles 2023. The film is now streaming on PBS American Masters and available for institutional licenses through GOOD DOCS.
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