Ayana Vellissia Jackson

1977, US American

Lives and works in Johannesburg and New York City

Education

1995-1999

Spelman College

2005

Sieverding at Universitat der Kunst, Berlin, Germany

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2008

Looking Glass Self, Peter Hermann Gallery, Berlin, Germany

2007

African by Legacy, Mexican by Birth, Mijares Gallery in conjunction with UCLA, Los Angeles, CA

2006

Viajes Personales, Bluefields Indian and Caribbean University, Bluefields, Nicaragua

Viajes Personales & African by Legacy Mexican by Birth, Universidad Xavieriana, Bogota, Colombia

African by Legacy, Mexican by Birth, Guadeloupe Arts Center, San Antonio, Texas; Galeria de la Raza curated by San Francisco Mexican Museum, San Francisco, CA;Franklyn H. Williams Carribean Cultural Center & African Diaspora Institute

2005

Viajes Personales, Instituto Universitario de Barlovento, Higuerote, Venezuela; Biblioteca Virgilio Barco, Bogota Colombia; UNAN-Leon, Leon, Nicaragua; Museo del Hombre, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

African By Legacy, Mexican by Birth (Series 1), Inter-America Foundation, National Council of La Raza, Inter-Agency Consultation on Race in Latin America. Washington DC

Selected Group Exhibitions

2007

Post Millennial Black Madonna Paradise/ Inferno, Museum of Contemporary African Diasporic Art (MoCADA) and Skylight Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2006

The Shoot Out, African American Museum, Philadelphia, PA

2005

Visualized Rhythm, curated by Peter Hermann Gallery for Afrika Festival. Portsdam, Germany

Assembly International, Tara Herbst and Nicolas Siepen for Kulturstiftung des Bundes, Berlin, Germany

2004

El Negro Mas Chulo: African by Legacy, Mexican by Birth, A Gathering of the Tribes Gallery, New York, NY

Indocile Identities, Amrita Arts for Pool Art Addict, New York, NY

Homecoming, Rush Arts Gallery for Phatfarm Flagship Store, New York New York

Black Fine Art Show, Rush Arts Gallery, New York, NY

Lectures

2005

La Fundacion Cultural Chacao, Caracas, Venezuela

Instituto Universitario de Barlovento, Higuerote, Venezuela

Colsubsidio Schools of Bogota, Bogota, Colombia

Biblioteca Virgilio Barco, Bogota Colombia

UNAN-Leon, Leon, Nicaragua

Universidad Centroamericana, Managua, Nicaragua

Banco Central de Nicaragua, Managua, Nicaragua

CEDIM School of Graphic Design, Monterrey, México

Binational Center, Monterrey, México

Universidad Autonomia Ciudad Juarez, Ciudad Juarez México

Altos de Chavon, La Romana, Dominican Republic

Recent Publications

2007

“African by Legacy, Mexican by Birth,” forward by Dr. Marta Moreno Vega, Unilan Publishing Company

2006

“African by Legacy Mexican by Birth,” Complex Magazine, April/May issue

“African by Legacy Mexican by Birth,” Latina.com, April

“African by Legacy, Mexican by Birth,” Caribbean Life Newspaper, February 14

New York Post, January 4

2005

“El Tiempo, Culturas,” Nov. 3, Bogota Colombia

La Prensa, Revista. Oct 24 Managua, Nicaragua

El Diario, Matices Arte y Cultura, Oct. 13, Ciudad Juarez, MX

Listen Diario. Oct. 11. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

“Featured Artist” (Selections from El Negro Mas Chulo: Series I), Planet Magazine, Fall Issue

Grants/SPONSORSHIP

Exhibition Funding: Marguerite Casey Foundation

Exhibition Funding: US State Department Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs

Travel Grant: Inter-America Foundation

Residency

The Bakery Photographic Collective, Portland, Maine, 2006

Public Collections

World Bank Collection, Washington DC

Museo de las dos Culturas, Cuajinicuilapa, Guerrero, Mexico

Wedge Collection, Toronto, Canada