SHABEZ JAMAL

EDUCATION

PRESENT: MFA, Tulane University. New Orleans, LA

2019: BIS , University of Missouri St. Louis. St. Louis, MO.

2015: AFA, St. Louis Community College - Florissant Valey. Ferguson, MO.

RESIDENCIES AND FELLOWSHIPS

2020

Mellon Graduate Community Engaged Fellowship. Tulane University New Orleans, LA

Commonwealth: In the City Visual Arts Fellowship. Harvard University Cambridge, MA.

2019

Paul Artspace Facilitator Fellowship

Florissant, MO.

Old No. 77 Arts Hotel Artist in Residence

New Orleans, LA.

2018

Paul Artspace Artist in Residence

Florissant, MO.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2019

Chantillier Pop -Up, Old No. 77 Arts Hotel. New Orleans, LA.

2018

A Free Space Between Intersections, Erica Popp Gallery. St. Louis, MO.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2021

In the City: Memories of Black Prescence, Griot Museum of African American History, St. Louis,MO

2020

Art Is Revolution, RYOT/Huffpost AR Virtual Exhibition

That which brough you here, will take you out, Pearl Conard Gallery at Ohio State. Mansfield, OH.

2019

Art Is Labor, Arcade Contemporary Arts Projects. St. Louis, MO.

Exposure 20: Safe Spaces, UMSL Gallery 210, St. Louis, MO.

Art+ Landscape STL, GCAAD. Granite City, IL..

Winter Exhibition, Angad Arts Hotel. St. Louis, MO.

2018

Alumni Invitational, STLCC Flo Valley Contemporary Gallery. St. Louis, MO.

Cry of Victory and Short Walks to Freedom, projects+gallery. St. Louis, MO.

Urban Bridge, UMSL Gallery 210. St. Louis, MO.

2016

Varsity Art, Art STL. St. Louis, MO.

Best of Collegiate Photography, Photographer's Forum.

2015

Vibez, 2720. St. Louis, MO.

Advanced Student Exhibition, STLCC Flo Valley Contemporary Gallery. Ferguson, MO.

2014

Advanced Student Exhibition, STLCC Flo Valley Contemporary Gallery. Ferguson, MO.

AWARDS AND RECOGNITION

2019

St. Louis Black Pride Excellence in Art

Luminary Arts Future Funds Grant

2016

Art St. Louis Award of Excellence, Varsity Art

St. Louis Community College Student Government Association Award of Excellence in Art

PUBLICATIONS AND PRESS

2021

Strange Fire Collective Interview with Jessica Baran

2019

Five Local Artist Who Celebrate the Human Form, Lauren Smith. Alive Magazine

2018

A Radical Black Artsenaissance Is Reshapping A Fractured St. Louis, James McAnally. Vice Magazine.

A Free Space Between Intersections, John Blaire. All the Art