"My paintings act as a voice for the stories that haven’t been told. My goal is to have people see and hear what I see and hear — our truths."
– Jerrell Gibbs
Lives and works in Baltimore, MD, US
EDUCATION
2020
MFA, The LeRoy E. Hoffberger School of Painting, Baltimore, MD, US
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Forthcoming
2025
Solo Exhibition, No Solace in the Shade, Brandywine Museum of Art, Chadds Ford, Pa
2024
Language of Tears, James Cohan Gallery, New York, NY
2023
I Can See Through Muddy Waters and Find Dry Land, Los Angeles, CA, US
2022
Entre Nous, Mariane Ibrahim Gallery, Paris, FR
2021
Sounds of Color, Mariane Ibrahim Gallery, Chicago, IL, US
2017
Our right to smile, Dovecote Café, Baltimore, MD, US
Painted Matters: The Art of Jerrell Gibbs, The Galleries at CCBC, Dundalk, MD, US
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
The Wrong Sea, Dunes, Portland Maine
How do you want to see yourself, Galleria Anna Marra, Rome, Italy
2023
Human Tapestry, Bode, Berlin, DE
Friends and Lovers, The Flag Art Foundation, New York, NY
That Which Compels Me So, Galerie Myrtis, Baltimore, MD
Black American Portraits, Spelman College Museum of Fine Art, Atlanta, GA, US
2022
The Radical Voice of Blackness Speaks of Resistance and Joy, Banneker-Douglas Museum, Annapolis, MD, US
Art Basel, Mariane Ibrahim Gallery, Seoul, KR
Art Basel, Mariane Ibrahim Gallery, Miami Beach, FL, US
Art Basel Paris, Mariane Ibrahim Gallery, Paris, FR
20 x 21 Exhibition, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD, US
Art Basel , Mariane Ibrahim Gallery, CH
2021
Black American Portraits, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA, US
Present Generations: Creating the Scantland Collection of the Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus Museum of Art, OH, US
Now Is The Time: Recent Acquisitions to the Contemporary Collection, Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD, US
2020
Tell Me A Tale, Wentrup Gallery, Berlin, DE
ZONAMACO, Mariane Ibrahim Gallery, Mexico City, MX
On the Verge: 25 New and Emerging Artists, Creative Alliance, Baltimore, MD, US
2019
DISEMBODiMENT, UTA Artist Space, Beverly Hills, CA, US
Our World, Eubie Blake Center, Baltimore, MD, US
Incubate This!, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD, US
Permutations, Goucher College, Baltimore, MD, US
EXPO Chicago, Mariane Ibrahim Gallery, Chicago, IL, US
KinShips, Gallery CA, Baltimore, MD, US
Red Lines, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD, US
Breaching The Margins, Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, MI, US
BLACKFACE: A Reclamation of Beauty, Power, and Narrative, Galerie Myrtis, Baltimore, MD
2018
Implicit Dimensions, Anderson Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, US
7/8…9, Anacostia Arts Center, Washington DC, US
Mirror, Cardinal Space, Baltimore, MD, US
Raising Hands and Voices, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD, US
Past Tense, Space Gallery, Portland, ME, US
2017
Washington Project for the Arts, Uline Arena, Washington DC, US
2016
Harbor Bank Collaboration, Harbor Bank, Baltimore, MD, US
Black Artists of DC: A Legacy of Excellence, The Gallery at Howard University University Blackburn Center, Washington DC, US
Art in the Hands of Men, Reginald F. Lewis Museum, Baltimore, MD, US
Fathers, Brothers, Sons, ICA Gallery, Baltimore, MD, US
Art in the Hands of Men, The Incredible Little Art Gallery, Baltimore, MD, US
2015
Art Meets the Runway, Skyloft Galleries, Baltimore, MD, US
Baltimore Presents Visionary, The Creative Alliance, Baltimore, MD, US
AWARDS & GRANTS
2024
The Pew Arts and Heritage Grant
2021
American Academy of Arts and Letters: Rosenthal Family Foundation Award in Art
2018
Leslie King-Hammond Award, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD, US
Roberta Polevoy Award, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD, US
RESIDENCIES
2019
Mare Residency, Baltimore, MD, US
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
Brandywine Museum of Art, Chadds Ford, PA
US Capitol, Washington, DC
Los Angeles Museum of Art, Los Angeles CA
Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore MD
X Musuem, China, Beijing, Chaoyang
CC Foundation, Shanghai, China
Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus OH