JeremyTheAlien's Profile

Bio

I was born and raised in New Orleans, LA and found my passion for art in college, at LSU in Baton Rouge. After graduating with a BFA in 1993, I came back to New Orleans and have continued creating art.

I have taught art to children, freelanced as a psychic and clown, worked as a metal smith for a local jewelry artist, and have volunteered my artistic services to many nonprofit organizations including Louisiana Himalaya Association, The Big Top Gallery, Crescent Wrench Books & Info Shop, New Orleans Food Co-op, New Orleans Outreach, and Recycle 4 the Arts. My work has been exhibited at many places around New Orleans and was featured in a full-length documentary in 2001 called Artisans in the Know.

I grew up loving stuffed animals and still love plush, furry things. I consider myself mainly a painter but in the last 3 or 4 years have also been creating soft sculptures of the characters I have created through painting. My main characters are Jeremy the Alien, a soft-spoken, humble guy who likes experiencing new things, and Atlas the Cat, a street-smart, savy guy who is always talking his way out of trouble. My newest work consists of 3-dimentional, plush musical instruments. My main focus was to create life-sized plush forms of some of the musical instruments I have always wanted to play (well). They intentionally do not make sound. It is more about how they feel. Enjoy!☺

Female, Born on December 28

Favorite Materials

fleece, fauxfur, wood, embroideryfloss, polyfill