Details

First Name	Jillian Lee
Last Name	Adamson
Username	jillianleeadamson
Website	http://www.jillianleeadamson.com

Statement

As a neurodivergent, Mad-identified artist, my practice revolves around themes of trauma, recovery, and resilience. Navigating conventions of fine art and craftwork, I produce works that embody the ethos of ‘Sloppy Craft’.

With needle and thread, I embroider Metaphorical Cells through the rhythmic and tactile process of slow stitching, a meditative method of making that gives form to the experiential knowledge informing my practice.

Through embroidery, I aim to decode the complex emotions and hurdles I’ve faced whilst traversing a seemingly indifferent world.

A single thread is weak, but when that thread is woven around itself, when it is tied and pulled, knotted and twisted, it becomes nearly indestructible whilst maintaining an appearance of fragility.

Biography

Jillian Lee Adamson (b. 1977; Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA) is an interdisciplinary artist living in East Lothian, Scotland. Jillian attended several high schools, including the Perpich Center for Arts Education, where she specialised in Media Art studies. During her final two years of high school, she was also accepted as a post-secondary student to study foundational courses at Minneapolis College of Art and Design.

Jillian furthered her art education at Minneapolis Community and Technical College, where she studied Cinematography under Bruce Mamer. In addition to cinematography, she also minored in Photography and Ceramics, and took elective classes in Drawing, Printmaking, Painting, Theatre and Voice.

In 2024, Jillian graduated with a First Class BA (Hons) in Painting from Edinburgh College of Art.