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About the artist
Jade Dameon, also known as JDGrimsbane online, or simply JD, is a black disabled multimedia artist born and based in Eastern NC.
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Born into a music-loving family, they began their artistic journey by learning to read and play music in the school band. During high school JD learned basic woodworking construction and blueprint drawing. This led to stone masonry and finally welding and fabrication in college.
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After becoming disabled during their adolescence, a new worldview opened for them. Despite what their body could no longer do, they could still be a part of the creative process. Their love of video games, tinkering, and affinity for tools steered them towards computer engineering. There they learned how to build computers, rewire electrical systems, and even program industrial machinery.
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They're currently expanding their knowledge of different art forms to better incorporate their previous endeavors into something new.
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Should you see them in person, they may even be accompanied by their service hellhound, codename: Ghost Beauty
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Jade Dameon
1998
Born and based in North Carolina
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Education
Lenoir Community College:
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​Post Disability
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Associate's Degree in Visual Arts 2024-
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Art History Survey II - 2025
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Visual Art Portfolio - 2025
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World Civilizations I - 2025
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General Psychology - 2025
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Descriptive Astronomy - 2024
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Intro to Jazz - 2024
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3D Design 2024
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2D Design - 2024
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Drawing I - 2024
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Art History Survey I - 2024​
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Pre-Early Disability
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Diploma in Computer Engineering Technology - 2019 — 2021
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Certificate in CET – Personal Computer Specialist – 2021
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Certificate in CET – Industrial Computer Controls – 2020
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Certificate in CET – Industrial Electronics – 2019
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Certificate in CET – Electronics – 2019
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Certificate in CET – Programable Logic Controller - 2019
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Diploma in Welding Technology (High Honors) – 2017 — 2018
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Certificate in WT – Intermediate Welding Skills - 2018
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Certificate in WT – GMAW (MIG) Welding – 2018
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Certificate in WT – Basic Welding Skills – 2018
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Certificate in WT – SMAW (Stick) Welding – 2018
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Cisco:
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CCNA: Switching, Routing, and Wireless Essentials – 2021
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OSHA:
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10-Hour Safety Course – 2015
Mediums
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Traditional
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Digital
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Sculpting
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Fabrication
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Exhibitions
Group Exhibitions
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2025 Lenoir Community College NC, Vita et Mors
A digital self portrait of the artist Jade Dameon
A brown bully mix with white markings wearing a red service dog vest. The chest patch reads "WORKING STOP DO NOT PET"
Ghost checking herself out in the mirror. Her backpack patches read "SERVICE DOG IN TRAINING DO NOT PET"
A digital self portrait of the artist Jade Dameon