academic, artist, and writer.

BIO Jameson Baudelaire grew up in Los Angeles, California, before she moved to Texas for university. She is currently a graduate student who specializes in BIPOC and queer BIPOC experiences. Outside of school and work, she can be found spending time with her beloved great dane, at the book store talking herself out of buying more books, or out listening to live music.

ACADEMIC WORK My academic research focuses on African-American gender and sexuality in 20th-century United States history. I explore the way cultural movements, social activism, and acts of rebellion impacted gender roles, folklore, and culture and identity within the Black community.

I am currently working on my Master’s thesis which outlines history of Black women within U.S. motorcycle culture. I am the founder and director of the BikeHER Stories Oral History Project, where I travel around the South and Southwestern United States conducting oral history interviews with women who ride motorcycles.

ART PRACTICE My artwork is both a form of self-expression and academic theorizing, using Gloria Anzaldúa’s principles of testimonio work and autohistoria-teoría, and adrienne maree brown’s principles of pleasure activism. This phase of my work is influenced by abstract expressionism, and uses various techniques, textures, and colors to capture emotional snapshots. I work out of my home studio in Texas.

To purchase prints of my artwork, see my store on Society6.