JAMEA RICHMOND-EDWARDS

b. Detroit 1982
EDUCATION & TRAINING
Howard University- MFA Painting
Spring 2012
Jackson State University School of Liberal Arts
Degree: Bachelor of Art in Art; May 2004
Magna Cum Laude
ART RESIDENCIES
555 Non Profit Gallery and Studios- Detroit, MI. June-August 2012
Art Residency
Tougaloo Art Colony- Tougaloo, MS. July 2003
Art Residency

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
Solo Exhibitions
2016

Mosaic Project
Pennsylvania College of Art and Design
Lancaster, PA
August 23-October 30, 2016
Take Me Away
The Southern Gallery
Charleston, South Carolina

2015

The Cost of Making Her Run

The NNamdi Center for Contemporary Art
Detroit, MI
November 6- January 2, 2016

2014

The Cost of Making Her Run: Fear, Flight, Freedom

DCAC
Washington DC
March 21-April 20, 2014

2012

Shrines
Morton Fine Art
Washington DC
May 12-14, 2012

2005

Femininity
Bucket Works Art Gallery
Milwaukee, WI.
January 23-February 2, 2005

Group Exhibitions
2017

Shifting: African American Women Artists and the Power of Their Gaze.
David Driskell Center
College Park, MD
March 2-May, 2017
She Rocks
Kravets/Wehby Gallery
New York, NY
January 14- February 18, 2017

2016

Lest We Forget
Galerie Myrtis
Baltimore, MD
September 12-October 16, 2016
It Takes a Nation: Artists for Social Justice
Katzen Museum
Washington, DC
September 6-October 23, 2016
Circle of Friends
Katzen Art Museum
Washington DC
January 23-March 13, 2016
History Continues: Contemporary African American Artists
University of Maryland Mosley Gallery
Eastern Shore, MD
February 4- March 10, 2016

2015

Topography
Tinney Contemporary
Nashville, TN
October 3-November 28, 2015
Delusions of Grandeur Artists Collective: How We Lost DC
Honfleur Art Gallery
Washington, DC.
September 4th-October 4, 2015
InFlux Art Fair
Harlem, New York
May 14th-17th 2015
Re-Al-Lized
Carol Jazaar Gallery
Miami FL
November 28- Jan 6th, 2015

2014

PRIZM Art Fair

Miami Center for Architecture and Design
Miami FL
December 4-7 2014
Transformer 11th Auction
Katzen Art Center
Washington DC
November 22, 2014
Romare Bearden, Terry Brodie, Kesha Bruce and Jamea Richmond-Edwards
Clifford Chance US LLP, NY
Washington DC
April 15-August 7th, 2014
Assembled
Whitney Center for the Arts
Pittsfield, Massachusetts
February 7-March 7, 2014

2013

SELECT 2013
Washington DC
February 16- March 16th 2013

Delusions of Grandeur: No Strings Attached

39th Street Gallery
Brentwood, MD
December 15-January 19, 2013
"Contemporary Response" to The African Presence in Renaissance Art
Galerie Myrtis in conjunction with the Walters Art Museum.
Baltimore, MD
October 14-January 21, 2013.
Delaware Centennial
Delaware Art Museum
Wilmington, DE
October 20- January 13, 2013
2012

To be Young, Gifted and Black in the Age of Obama

Kentler International Drawing Space
Brooklyn, NY
7 September - 21 October 2012
Fashioned in Time
Corridor Gallery/ Rush
Brooklyn, NY
November 13- January 7, 2012

2011

Visions, Voices and Viewpoints of African American Artists

Peltz Gallery
Milwaukee, WI
January 21- February 19, 2011

Delusions of Grandeur: Ascension

Parish Gallery
Washington DC
August 19-September 12, 2011
Delusions of Grandeur
Mandarin Oriental Hotel
Washington DC
July 14-August 12, 2011
2010

FOCUS GROUP: Four Walls, Four Women

DC Arts Center

Washington DC
November 19-January, 2010
Pretty Things, Little Treasures and Hidden Meanings
AYN Studios
Washington DC
September 17-September 30, 2010

Modus Union
Art Whino
Washington, DC
November 4, 2010.
Women of the African Diaspora: Images of Hope & Struggle
Fellowship Hall in Wesley United Methodist Church
Washington, DC.
May 21-29th 2010.
2009

Coexist
Broadway Theatre Center
Milwaukee, WI.
July 24, 2009.

2006

The Uncommon Icon: Reinventing the Sacred

Uihlein Peters Gallery.
Milwaukee, WI
January 28- February 16, 2006.

CURATORIAL
2011

Locked-In
Howard University Sculpture Studio
Washington DC

SELECTED LECTURES/SYMPOSIUM
2016

Panel Discussion: Riffling on the Legacy of the Black Arts Movement

Katzen Museum
Washington DC
Lecture: Jamea Richmond-Edwards
Pennsylvania College of Art and Design
Lancaster, PA
Panel Discussion: Lest We Forget
Galerie Myrtis
Baltimore, MD

2015

Panel Discussion: Stockholm Syndrome

Hamiltonian Gallery
Washington DC
Guest Lecturer: Porter Colloquium, Sheroes and Womanist
Howard University
Washington DC
Panel Discussion: Black Lives/White Light
ReCreative Spaces
Washington DC

2014

Guest Art Lecturer

Corcoran College of Art
Washington, DC

2013

Panel Member, 21st Annual Woman to Woman Conference.

Howard University
Washington, DC

2012

Artists Talk, Revealing the African Presence in Renaissance Europe: The Contemporary
Response.
Galerie Myrtis
Baltimore, MD
Artists Talk, To be Young Gifted and Black in the Age of Obama.
Kentler International Drawing Space
Brooklyn NY

Panel Member, Contemporary African American Art

Howard University
Washington, DC
2011 Artists Lecture, 30 Americans; Under the Influence
Corcoran Gallery of Art
Washington DC
Panel Member, Women Artists Rising Above Anonymity
Galerie Myrtis
Baltimore, MD
Artists Talk, Delusions of Grandeur: Ascension
Parish Gallery
Washington, DC
Artists Talk, FOCUS GROUP: Four Walls, Four Women
District of Columbia Arts Center
Washington DC
Artists Talk, Visions, Voices and Viewpoints of African American Artists
Peltz Gallery
Milwaukee, WI

SELECTED SPECIAL PROJECTS

2015

Book Cover: Toni Morrison and the Queer Pleasure of Ghost by Juda Bennett
Book Cover: Shapeshifters: Black Girls and the Choreography of Citizenship
by Aimee Meredith Cox

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2013ArtinEmbassiesMural,Dakar,Senegal

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2016

Connelly Hardaway. Jamea Richmond-Edwards Art Tackles the War on Drugs

Charleston City Paper September 21, 2016. Online
Black Women Turn Inward and Take Flight in Jamea Richmond-Edwards Artwork
Artsy.net Online
Angela Carroll. Lest We Forget
Bmoreart October 13, 2016. Online.
Mark Jenkins: Womens Artwork is Never Done
The Washington Post February 25, 2016. Online.
Antwaun Sargent: An Artist Finds Her Familys Glamour in the Crack Epidemic
Vice January 19, 2016. Online.
Callaloo: Art & Culture in the African Diaspora. Volume 38, Number 4.
Pages 847-850. Pages 938-942

2015

Joe Nolan: Black Art Matters in Topography, at Tinney Contemporary, Nashville

Burnaway November 19, 2015. Online.
Transition: An International Review. 2015 Issue 117.
Pages 54, 58, 64,
John Sherman: How the Identity Politics of Empire Play Out on Its Walls
Hyperallergic April 27, 2015. Online.
Vinesh Vora: Harlem Introduces Its First Ever Contemporary Art Fair
The Source May 16, 2015. Online.

2014

Telling Stories in Portraits. Artists & Makers. Winter 2015. Page 80

Mark Jenkins: Jamea Richmond-Edwards
The Washington Post April 4, 2014. Online

2013

BlackArtists:30ContemporaryArtMakersUnder40YouShouldKnow
TheHuffingtonPostFebruary26,2013.Online
Marlisa Sanders: FamilyTurmoilWasTheCreativeSparkForAYoungArtist
TheInternationalReviewofAfricanAmericanArtPlusFebruary16.Online

Michael OSullivan: Subtle attention-seekers without strings Washington Post

January 4, 2013. Online

2012

Cara Oba, The Contemporary Response at Galerie Myrtis Baltimores Contemporary

Art Authority October 18. Online
Associated Press, Detroit Precinct Transformed Into Art House AOL on NEWS
August 9, 2012. Online

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
American University: Washington, DC- January 2014-present
Adjunct Professor
Northwestern High school: Hyattsville, MD August 2013 to present.
VPA visual arts instructor. Instructed visual arts majors in Intro to Drawing, Intro to Painting, Art
History and Intro to Sculpture.
Howard University; Washington D.C. Spring 2012
Graduate Assistant. Instructed a semester long figure drawing course.
Archbishop Carroll High School; Washington D.C. August 2008- 2013
Art Teacher/ Department Chair/IB certified teacher/Yearbook Advisor. Instructed 9-12th students
utilizing the IB philosophy in Painting and Drawing, Ceramics, Photography, and Portfolio
Development.
Agape Center for Academic Excellence; Milwaukee, WI- August 2005- January 2007
Fine Arts Instructor. Instructed art classes for grades K4 to 8 th grade with special emphasis in art
criticism and history.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Milwaukee Courier; Milwaukee, WI October 2004 to January 2005
Freelance Illustrator. Created illustrations and political cartoons.
RELDE Publishing Comp. Jackson, MS- April 2003 to May 2004
Illustrator. Illustrated a Childrens Book, Grandmas Biscuits, written by Robert Little.
Jackson Free Press Alternative Magazine; Jackson, MS- November 2002-May 2004
Illustrator. Created illustrations to accompany articles and designed magazine covers.