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