Jamea Richmond-Edwards
(b. 1982)Jamea Richmond-Edwards creates monumental paintings and mixed-media collages that incorporate elements of mythology, Afrofuturist iconography, and magical realism.
Biography
Jamea Richmond-Edwards's Black and Indigenous ancestry largely informs her practice––the artist was born and raised in Detroit, and her family has roots in Mississippi with Mississippi Choctaw and Creek heritage.
Having grown up in 1980s Detroit, Richmond-Edwards bore witness to the destruction brought about by the crack and AIDS epidemics in her immediate community, an experience she visualizes in her work. In 2004, she earned her BFA at Jackson State University, followed by her MFA at Howard University in 2012.
Throughout her work, Richmond-Edwards features self-portraits and portraits of family members and friends performing as avatars in otherworldly settings. Her subjects are rendered in black-and-white and are submerged in vibrant, kaleidoscopic environments that further enhance the mysticism of the scenes presented. Richmond-Edwards often creates these fantastical narratives at a large scale, imbuing them with monumental presence.
The Studio Museum holds two works by Richmond-Edwards in its collection. She earned her BFA at Jackson State University in 2004, followed by her MFA at Howard University in 2012. In 2019, she was a recipient of the Joan Mitchell Painters and Sculptors Award and was a 2020 Joan Mitchell Artist-in-Residence. Richmond-Edwards's solo exhibitions include those at MOCA, North Miami Museum of Contemporary Art and Library Street Collective, and she has participated in group exhibitions at the Brooklyn Museum, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and the Baltimore Museum of Art, among others.
Jamea Richmond-Edwards
(b. 1982)Jamea Richmond-Edwards creates monumental paintings and mixed-media collages that incorporate elements of mythology, Afrofuturist iconography, and magical realism.
Biography
Jamea Richmond-Edwards's Black and Indigenous ancestry largely informs her practice––the artist was born and raised in Detroit, and her family has roots in Mississippi with Mississippi Choctaw and Creek heritage.
Having grown up in 1980s Detroit, Richmond-Edwards bore witness to the destruction brought about by the crack and AIDS epidemics in her immediate community, an experience she visualizes in her work. In 2004, she earned her BFA at Jackson State University, followed by her MFA at Howard University in 2012.
Throughout her work, Richmond-Edwards features self-portraits and portraits of family members and friends performing as avatars in otherworldly settings. Her subjects are rendered in black-and-white and are submerged in vibrant, kaleidoscopic environments that further enhance the mysticism of the scenes presented. Richmond-Edwards often creates these fantastical narratives at a large scale, imbuing them with monumental presence.
The Studio Museum holds two works by Richmond-Edwards in its collection. She earned her BFA at Jackson State University in 2004, followed by her MFA at Howard University in 2012. In 2019, she was a recipient of the Joan Mitchell Painters and Sculptors Award and was a 2020 Joan Mitchell Artist-in-Residence. Richmond-Edwards's solo exhibitions include those at MOCA, North Miami Museum of Contemporary Art and Library Street Collective, and she has participated in group exhibitions at the Brooklyn Museum, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and the Baltimore Museum of Art, among others.