Jaimie Warren

Jaimie Warren (born 1980) is an American photographer and performance artist who is based in Brooklyn, New York. Warren is a fellow in Interdisciplinary Arts from the New York Foundation for the Arts, she is the recipient of the Baum Award for An Emerging American Photographer, and is a featured artist on the PBS Art:21 series “New York Close Up”.

She and artist Matt Roche are also the co-creators and co-directors of Whoop Dee Doo, a non-profit faux public access television show that creates large-scale commissioned projects for museums and festivals.Whoop Dee Doo (est. 2006) has created over 30 commissioned projects for organizations including the Smart Museum of Art (Chicago), Loyal Gallery (Sweden), The Contemporary (Baltimore, MD), among others. Whoop Dee Doo is the recipient of a 2016 Franklin Furnace Grant, a 2015 Abrons Arts Center Artist Fellowship, and was a 2016 artist-in-residence at the High Line.

From 2000 to 2012, Warren worked to aid the growth of the Kansas City, Missouri art community, curating numerous exhibitions, public events and youth-oriented programs and classes. Warren worked with and received support from organizations such as the Charlotte Street Foundation, The Lighton International Artist Exchange Program, and Studios, Inc. In 2011, Warren received a United States Presidential Scholars Program Teacher Recognition Award presented by Barack Obama in Washington, D.C. Since relocating to Brooklyn in 2013, Warren has been selected for multiple artist residencies including The Sharpe-Walentas Studio Program, BRIC Visual Artist Residency, Abrons Arts Center, and American Medium.

Warren has also been a guest artist and lead teacher in numerous New York City museums, arts institutions, arts organizations and public schools including the Brooklyn Arts Council, The Museum of Modern Art, The New York Studio Residency Program, and Art:21 Educators, among others.

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