PERSONAL STRUCTURES

Jamie Lester is an award-winning West Virginia-based artist who has created kinetic sculpture, murals, abstract pieces, and lifelike bronze works across The United States. He has created private and public art for multiple states, universities, and organizations, including a life-plus-one-third sculpture of David Crockett that will debut in front of the Tennessee state capitol in winter 2026. Jamie’s fine art reflects the rich iconography of Appalachia, and the desperate beauty found in extraction economies all over the world. The Way of the Gods, his most recent solo exhibition in Washington, D.C., offers an interpretation of the Greek gods formed from clay, reclaimed steel, and repurposed pieces. The Way of the Gods features two award-winning pieces: “Aphrodite,” which won the Purchase Award at the Juliet Art Museum, and “Poseidon,” which won Best in Show at Tamarack Marketplace Best of West Virginia Exhibition in 2025.