Janie Stamm: Pleasure Cruise, Rivalry Projects, Buffalo, NY, 2021

Janie Stamm (b. 1988) is an artist based in Pacific, MO. Born and raised on the edge of the Everglades in Broward County, Florida, her work focuses on preserving Florida’s environmental and Queer history in the face of climate change through embroidery and assemblage sculpture.

Janie received an MFA in Visual Art from Washington University in Saint Louis, where she received the Dubinsky Scholarship for study at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, MA and the Frida Kahlo Creative Arts Award. She has received additional awards from the Regional Arts Commission of St. Louis and Critical Mass. She has been an artist in residence at ACRE, the Cite Internationale des Arts, Aquarium Gallery, SAFTA, and Craft Alliance. Her work has been featured in outlets including Poetry Magazine and CandyFloss. She regularly exhibits her work throughout the United States. Her solo exhibition, Wet Garden, was on view at the Kranzberg Arts Foundation in St. Louis, Spring 2025.