Kellie Jones
Kellie Jones | |
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Born | 1959 |
Nationality | American |
Awards | MacArthur Fellow, 2016 |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | Amherst College |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Art History |
Institutions | Columbia University |
Kellie Jones (born 1959) is an American Associate Professor in Art History and Archaeology in African American Studies at Columbia University. She won a MacArthur Fellowship in 2016.[1]
Early life and education
Jones is the daughter of poets Hettie Jones and Amiri Baraka. Dr. Jones graduated from Amherst College in 1981.[2] She was awarded a Ph.D. by Yale University in 1999.
Career
Her research interests include African Diaspora and African American artists, Latin American and Latino/a artists, and problems in contemporary art and museum theory.[3] Dr. Jones has been published in journals such as NKA, Artforum, Flash Art, Atlantica, and Third Text.[3] Jones has worked as a curator for over three decades.[3]
Awards and honors
Awards, honors, and fellowships Dr. Jones have received include:
- 2005: David C. Driskell Prize.[4]
- 2013: Andy Warhol Foundation Art Writers Grant.[5]
- 2013: Terra Foundation Fellow.[6]
- 2016: MacArthur Fellows Program award.[1]
- 2018: College Art Association Award for Excellence in Diversity.[7]
Curated Exhibits
Exhibits Dr. Jones has curated and co-curated include:
- Basquiat. New York: Brooklyn Museum, March 11, 2005 through June 5, 2005.[8] Co-curators include Marc Mayer, Fred Hoffman, Kellie Jones, and Franklin Sirmans.[8]
- Energy / Experimentation: Black Artists and Abstraction, 1964-1980. New York: The Studio Museum in Harlem, 2006.
- Now Dig This! Art and Black Los Angeles, 1960–1980. Los Angeles: Hammer Museum, October 2, 2011–January 8, 2012; MOMA PS1 in Long Island City, New York, from October 21, 2012–March 11, 2013; and at the Williams College Museum of Art in Williamstown, MA, from July 20-December 1, 2013.[9]
- Witness: Art and Civil Rights in the Sixties. New York: Brooklyn Museum, March 7–July 13, 2014. Co-curated by Teresa A. Carbone, Andrew W. Mellon, and Kellie Jones.[10]
Books
Jones, Kellie (2002). Lorna Simpson. London: Phaidon Press. ISBN 0714840386
Jones, Kellie (2011). EyeMinded: Living And Writing Contemporary Art. Durham: Duke University Press. ISBN 978-0822348733
Jones, Kellie (2011). Now Dig This!: Art & Black Los Angeles, 1960-1980. Los Angeles: Hammer Museum. ISBN 978-3791351360
Jones, Kellie (2017). South of Pico: African American Artists in Los Angeles in the 1960s and 1970s. Durham: Duke University Press. ISBN 978-0822361640
References
- ^ a b "Kellie Jones". MacArthur Fellows Program. MacArthur Foundation. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
- ^ "Event Calendar | Talk by Kellie Jones '81, Art Historian, Curator and 2016 MacArthur Fellow | Amherst College". www.amherst.edu. Retrieved 2018-07-10.
- ^ a b c "Kellie Jones - Faculty - Department of Art History and Archaeology - Columbia University". Columbia.edu. Retrieved 2016-03-07.
- ^ "2005 Prize Winner: Dr. Kellie Jones". High.org. 2014-08-21. Archived from the original on 2016-03-07. Retrieved 2016-03-07.
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- ^ "Kellie Jones". Terra Foundation for American Art. Retrieved 2018-07-09.
- ^ Association, College Art (2018-01-25). "CAA Announces 2018 Awards for Distinction Recipients". CAA News | College Art Association. Retrieved 2018-07-10.
- ^ a b "Brooklyn Museum". www.brooklynmuseum.org. Retrieved 2018-07-09.
- ^ "Now Dig This!: Art and Black Los Angeles 1960–1980 | Now Dig This! digital archive | Hammer Museum". Hammer Museum. Retrieved 2018-07-09.
- ^ "Brooklyn Museum: Witness: Art and Civil Rights in the Sixties". www.brooklynmuseum.org. Retrieved 2018-07-09.