Jami Balicki
Ed-GRS Fellow
Jami Balicki is a descendent of the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin whose work is grounded within the histories and stories passed down to her through her matriarchal lineage. Her art practice is collaborative and multidisciplinary, incorporating photography, printmaking, papermaking, and writing to trace the intersections between history, community, and personal experience.
Presentations
Artist talk: in an art history class at Edgewood College, Madison, Wisconsin.
Publications & Exhibitions
2025-
Oscillation: A Year In Motion (The First Year MFA Review Show) at University Wisconsin-Madison.
Now You See Me: Self-Portraits, Cedarburg Art Museum, a photograph of mine will be living at University Health Services for two years (also paid for the photograph)
2024-
‘Indigenous Art: Reclaiming Space, Reclaiming Stories’ gallery highlights Indigenous student art: The Badger Herald.
Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service: 5 Things to know and do the weekend of January 24, 2025
Photos in Boston College.
Photos published in HNDL (Highlighted Neurodivergent and Disabled Life) Magazine Issue 9.
Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service: How the Urban Indigenous League is creating safe spaces for Milwaukee’s Native Community.
Group exhibitions
2025-
Love Is University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Native November Art Show
Chaos Seeking University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Photography Show,
Oscillation A Year In Motion (The First Year MFA Review Show) at University Wisconsin Madison
Now You See Me: Self-Portraits, Cedarburg Art Museum
Photograph installed at University Health Services for two years
2024-
Love Is University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Native November Art Show
Chaos Seeking University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Photography Show
Committees & Service
Member of the Native Advisory Board at Milwaukee Art Museum, Urban Indigenous League Photographer, Volunteer for Indian Summer.
Member of Urban Indigenous League, a soon to be non-profit intertribal organization uniting Indigenous people across Milwaukee through community engagement.
Board member, Milwaukee Art Museum for the revitalization of their Native Art permanent collection.
Photographer and attendee, Culture Keepers a Native Led Tribal Libraries Archives and Museums Conference (12-15 May 2026) in Lac Du Flambeau.
Awards
2024 Art Dose Magazine: Top 60 Artists to Follow