DIGITAL RESIDENT

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Jamea Richmond-Edwards

april 20 - APRIL 24, 2020

Jamea Richmond-Edwards creates monumental scale mixed media collages utilizing a variety of papers and hand-drawn elements. Her work focuses on Black Americana and the intersection of Blackness and Indigenous American culture. Her current body of work explores American and pre-colonial history by examining her ancestral roots in the Southeastern parts of the United States. 

Born and raised in Detroit Michigan, Richmond-Edwards graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Jackson State University in 2004 where she studied painting and drawing and went on to earn an MFA in painting from Howard University in 2012. She is a recipient of the 2019 Joan Mitchell Painters and Sculptors Award and a 2020 Joan Mitchell Artist in Residence. Jamea has exhibited her artwork nationally and internationally including the California African American Museum, Charles Wright Museum in Detroit MI and Kravets Wehby Gallery in New York. Her work is included in the collections of the Studio Museum of Harlem and Rubell Family Collection. She currently resides in Maryland with her husband and three sons.