Gallery MOMO

Ayana V Jackson

Artist Curriculum Vitae

EDUCATION
2005

  • Sieverding at Universitat der Kunst, Berlin, Germany

1995-1999

  • Spelman College

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2011

  • Projection Surface, Gallery MOMO, Johannesburg, South Africa

2010

  • African by Legacy, Mexican by Birth, Angkhor Photo Festival, Cambodia

2008

  • Looking Glass Self, Peter Hermann Gallery, Berlin, Germany

2007

  • African by Legacy, Mexican by Birth, Mijares Gallery in conjunction with UCLA, Los Angeles, CA

2006

  • Viajes Personales, Bluefields Indian and Caribbean University, Bluefields, Nicaragua African by Legacy, Mexican by Birth, Guadeloupe Arts Center, San Antonio, Texas; Galeria de la Raza curated by San Francisco Mexican Museum, San Francisco, CA; Franklyn H.Williams Caribbean Cultural Center & African Diaspora Institute

2005

  • Viajes Personales, Instituto Universitario de Barlovento, Higuerote, Venezuela; Biblioteca Virgilio Barco, Bogota Colombia; UNAN-Leon, Leon, Nicaragua; Museo del Hombre, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic African By Legacy, Mexican by Birth (Series 1), Inter-America Foundation, National Council of La Raza, Inter-Agency Consultation on Race in Latin America. Washington DC

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011

  • Paris Photo 2011, Grand Palais, Paris, France
  • FNB Joburg Art Fair 2011, Gallery MOMO booth, South Africa
  • “A Tribute to Photography,” Primo Marella Gallery, Milan, Italy
  • Kaddou Diggen: la Parole aux Femmes, Galerie Le Manage/French Institute, Dakar, Senegal

2010

  • New African Photography, Gallery MOMO, Johannesburg, South Africa
  • ECO, SEGAW, ECHO, XIANG Project Row Houses Round 32, Houston, Texas
  • The Mothership has Landed, Rush Arts, New York, NY

2009

  • 8th Bamako Encounters / African Photography Biennial, Bamako, Mali

2008

  • The Shoot Out: A Lonely Crusade, Homage to Jamel Shabazz, The George and Leah McKenna Museum of African American Art, New Orleans, LA

2007

  • Post Millennial Black Madonna Paradise/ Inferno, Museum of Contemporary African Diasporic Art (MoCADA) and Skylight Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2006

  • The Shoot Out, African American Museum, Philadelphia, PA

2005

  • Visualized Rhythm,curated by Peter Hermann Gallery for Afrika Festival. Portsdam, Germany Assembly International, Tara Herbst and Nicolas Siepen for Kulturstiftung des Bundes, Berlin, Germany

2004

  • El Negro Mas Chulo: African by Legacy, Mexican by Birth, A Gathering of the Tribes Gallery, New York, NY
  • Indocile Identities, Amrita Arts for Pool Art Addict, New York, NY
  • Homecoming, Rush Arts Gallery for Phatfarm Flagship Store, New York, NY
  • Black Fine Art Show, Rush Arts Gallery, New York, NY

ARTIST RESIDENCIES
2010

  • Gallery MOMO/Goethe Institute, Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Light Works, Syracuse, NY, Louisiana Art Works, New Orleans, LA.

2009

  • Cite International des Arts, Paris France,
  • New Jersey City University, Jersey City, NJ.

2006

  • The Bakery Photographic Collective, Portland, Maine.

COMMISSIONS

  • World Bank Collection, Washington DC
  • Wedge Collection, Toronto, Canada
  • Alcatel Lucent Foundation, New Jersey USA

PUBLICATIONS

  • 2011
  • FNB Joburg Art Fair 2011 Catalogue, featured artist for Gallery MOMO
  • L’Institut Francais, Dakar, Kaddou Diggen, La Parole Aux Femmes Exhibition catalogue

2010

  • City Press (South Africa), Citizen of the World, Gail Smith.

2009

  • Bamako Encounters Exhibition Catalogue.
  • African by Legacy, Mexican by Birth exhibition catalogue, Unilan Publishing Co.
  • Camera Austria Issue 107.

2007

  • Sunday Times (South Africa), The Big Picture, Sean O’Toole, December 2007

2006

  • African by Legacy, Mexican by Birth Exhibition Catalogue,

2004

  • SOULS: A Critical Journal of Black Politics, Culture, and Society, (Cover image) Vol. 6, #2, Spring 2004 (Colombia University)
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