Jamie Obermeier, M.F.A.
| Title: | Associate Professor, Head of the Division of Studio Art |
| Division: | Studio Art |
| Office Location: | 418 |
| Office Phone: | 815-753-7701 |
| Office Fax: | 815-753-7701 |
| Email: | obermeier@niu.edu |
Educational Background
- M.F.A., Silversmithing and Jewelry Design, Indiana University
- B.F.A., Metals and Jewelry Design, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania
Current Research
- Digital fabrication technology (3d printing / modeling, machining) utilizing both traditional and non-traditional materials
- Outsourced industrial processes in creative practice
- Casting methods and materials in ancient history
- Non-Western metalworking processes
Courses Taught
- ARTS 351 Beginning Metalwork, Jewelry Design, and Digital Fabrication
- ARTS 450 Digital Fabrication Workshop
- ARTS 451 Advanced Metalwork, Jewelry Design, and Digital Fabrication
- ARTS 452 Advanced Research in Metalwork, Jewelry Design, and Digital Fabrication
- ARTS 453 Digital Fabrication Workshop II
- ARTS 454 Advanced Research in Digital Fabrication
- ARTS 551 Beginning Metalwork, Jewelry Design, and Digital Fabrication
- ARTS 650 Graduate Printmaking Workshop Topics course
- ARTS 651 Metalwork, Jewelry Design, and Digital Fabrication
- ARTS 653 Digital Fabrication Workshop II
- ARTS 654 Advanced Research in Metalwork, Jewelry Design, and Digital Fabrication
Selected Recent Exhibitions
- Schmuck: The International Exhibition of Artistic Jewellery, Internationale Handwerksmesse, Messegelände, Munich, Germany, 2026
- The Jewelry Code, The National Museum of Kazakhstan, Astana, Kazakhstan, 2025
- Turning Point, Gdansk Jewellery Week, Centrum Exhibition Center, Gdansk, Poland, 2025
- Materials Hard and Soft, Patterson-Appleton Arts Center, Denton, Texas, 2024
- Still Processing, NYC Jewelry Week, Steuben Gallery, Pratt Institute, New York, New York, 2023
- CraftForms 2023, Davenport Gallery, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, Pennsylvania, 2023
Selected Works
Contact Us
School of Art and Design, room 216
815-753-1473
815-753-7701 (fax)
artanddesigninfo@niu.edu