American artist
Jammie Holmes
Born 1984 (age 40–41)Thibodaux, Louisiana
Education Self-taught as painter Known for Painting, public art Website www
Jammie Holmes (born 1984) is an American painter and public artist. As a painter, he is known for work that represents scenes of Black life in the American deep south, paying particular attention to the contrast of Louisiana as a hub of hospitality and as a place with a deep history of poverty and racism.[ 1] [ 2] [ 2] Dallas, Texas .[ 3]
Early life
Holmes was born and raised in Thibodaux, Louisiana .[ 4] [ 2] labor union conflicts which have had an intense presence since the Thibodaux Massacre of 1887.[ 5]
Art career
In 2020 Holmes staged a performance where George Floyd 's last words were attached to airplane banners and flown above New York City, Dallas, Los Angeles, Detroit, and Miami.[ 6] [ 7] [ 8] [ 9] [ 10] I'VE SEEN IT ALL in Dallas, Texas.[ 11]
His paintings are included in the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston [ 12] Columbus Museum of Art .[ 13]
Exhibitions
Conception Art Show, Dallas, TX (2017)
My Colors , Pocket Art Studio, Rome, Italy (2018)Permanent , Mega Art Gallery, Corchiano, Italy (2018)Conception Art Show, Dallas, TX[ 14]
Clean Water , Stella Jones Gallery, New Orleans, LA (2019)[ 15] No Dead Artists , Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, New Orleans, LA (2019)[ 16] LA Artcore 5th Annual Juried Exhibition (2019)[ 17]
What We Talking About , Marianne Boesky Gallery (2022)[ 18] Pieces of a Man , Library Street Collective, Detroit (2021)[ 19] What Happened to the Soul Food? , Gana Art Gallery, Korea (2022)[ 20] SomewhereinAmerica , Various Small Fires , Los Angeles (2023)[ 21]
References
^ "Jammie Holmes" . Library Street Collective . Archived from the original on 2021-07-27. Retrieved 2020-09-20 .^ a b c Biro, Matthew (2 June 2021). "Jammie Holmes: Pieces of a Man" . The Brooklyn Rail . ^ "Four Black Men, Lost in Thought" . The New York Times . 2 October 2020.^ Hicks, Tyler. "Artist Jammie Holmes Paints What He Knows: Stories of Trauma and Survival" . Dallas Observer . ^ "The Thibodaux Massacre Left 60 African-Americans Dead and Spelled the End of Unionized Farm Labor in the South for Decades" . Smithsonian Magazine . Retrieved 2020-09-20 .^ Moss, Hilary (1 June 2020). "George Floyd's Final Words, Written in the Sky" . The New York Times . ^ Holland, Oscar; Pellerin, Ananda (2 June 2020). "George Floyd's last words fly across the skies of US cities" . CNN . ^ "George Floyd's Last Words Soar Over Detroit: "Please I Can't Breathe" . wdet.org . June 2020.^ "Artist Jammie Holmes Flies Banners Across the Sky to Remember George Floyd's Last Words" . Observer . 3 June 2020.^ "Why Visual Artist Jammie Holmes Took George Floyd's Last Words to the Sky" . Texas Monthly . 10 July 2020.^ "Artist Jammie Holmes Wants to Remind Dallas About the City's Black History" . D Magazine . 21 July 2021.^ "Jammie Holmes Brown Sparrow" . mfah.org .^ "Present Generations: Creating the Scantland Collection of the Columbus Museum of Art" . columbusmuseum.org . 25 May 2021.^ "New Digital Art Exhibit Features Dallas-Based Artist's Sky-High Response to the Murder of George Floyd" . PaperCity Magazine . 2020-06-08. Retrieved 2020-09-20 .^ " . www.artsdistrictneworleans.com . Retrieved 2020-09-20 .^ "International Juried Exhibition of Contemporary Art - 23RD ANNUAL NO DEAD ARTISTS - Exhibitions - JONATHAN FERRARA GALLERY" . www.jonathanferraragallery.com . Retrieved 2020-09-20 .^ "5th Annual Juried Exhibit" . LA Artcore . Archived from the original on 2021-07-27. Retrieved 2020-09-20 .^ "What We Are Talking About" . Marianne Boesky Gallery .^ Matthew Biro (June 17, 2021). "Jammie Holmes: Pieces of a Man" . Brooklyn Rail . ^ Alexis Schwartz (January 21, 2022). "Jammie Holmes Unveils the Rural Black South to the World" . Cultured Mag . ^ Angelica Villa (February 17, 2023). "Painter Jammie Holmes Wrestles with What It Means to Belong" . ARTnews .
