Jammie Holmes
Born1984 (age 3940)
Thibodaux, Louisiana
EducationSelf-taught as painter
Known forPainting, public art
Websitewww.jammieholmes.com

Jammie Holmes (born 1984) is an American painter and public artist. As a painter, he is known for work that represents scenes of Black life in the American deep south, paying particular attention to the contrast of Louisiana as a hub of hospitality and as a place with a deep history of poverty and racism.[1][2] He has been described as a self-taught painter.[2] Holmes lives and works in Dallas, Texas.[3]

Early life

Holmes was born and raised in Thibodaux, Louisiana.[4][2] He grew up in a place surrounded by reminders of slavery along with the labor union conflicts which have had an intense presence since the Thibodaux Massacre of 1887.[5]

Art career

In 2020 Holmes staged a performance where George Floyd's last words were attached to airplane banners and flown above New York City, Dallas, Los Angeles, Detroit and Miami.[6][7][8] The words appeared in large block text; in Detroit the banner read "PLEASE I CAN’T BREATHE", while in New York city it read "THEY’RE GOING TO KILL ME".[9][10] In 2021 he presented the billboard project I'VE SEEN IT ALL in Dallas, Texas.[11]

His paintings are included in the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston[12] and the Scantland collection at the Columbus Museum of Art.[13]

Exhibitions

  • Conception Art Show, Dallas, TX (2017)
  • My Colors, Pocket Art Studio, Rome, Italy (2018)
  • Permanent, Mega Art Gallery, Corchiano, Italy (2018)
  • Conception Art Show, Dallas, TX[14] (2018)
  • Clean Water, Stella Jones Gallery, New Orleans, LA (2019)[15]
  • No Dead Artists, Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, New Orleans, LA (2019)[16]
  • LA Artcore 5th Annual Juried Exhibition (2019)[17]
  • What We Talking About, Marianne Boesky Gallery (2022)[18]
  • Pieces of a Man, Library Street Collective, Detroit (2021)[19]
  • What Happened to the Soul Food?, Gana Art Gallery, Korea (2022)[20]
  • SomewhereinAmerica, Various Small Fires, Los Angeles (2023)[21]

References

  1. "Jammie Holmes". Library Street Collective. Retrieved 2020-09-20.
  2. 1 2 3 Biro, Matthew (2 June 2021). "Jammie Holmes: Pieces of a Man". The Brooklyn Rail.
  3. "Four Black Men, Lost in Thought". The New York Times. 2 October 2020.
  4. Hicks, Tyler. "Artist Jammie Holmes Paints What He Knows: Stories of Trauma and Survival". Dallas Observer.
  5. "The Thibodaux Massacre Left 60 African-Americans Dead and Spelled the End of Unionized Farm Labor in the South for Decades". Smithsonian Magazine. Retrieved 2020-09-20.
  6. Moss, Hilary (1 June 2020). "George Floyd's Final Words, Written in the Sky". The New York Times.
  7. Holland, Oscar; Pellerin, Ananda. "George Floyd's last words fly across the skies of US cities". CNN.
  8. "George Floyd's Last Words Soar Over Detroit: "Please I Can't Breathe"". wdet.org. June 2020.
  9. "Artist Jammie Holmes Flies Banners Across the Sky to Remember George Floyd's Last Words". Observer. 3 June 2020.
  10. "Why Visual Artist Jammie Holmes Took George Floyd's Last Words to the Sky". Texas Monthly. 10 July 2020.
  11. "Artist Jammie Holmes Wants to Remind Dallas About the City's Black History". D Magazine. 21 July 2021.
  12. "Jammie Holmes Brown Sparrow". mfah.org.
  13. "Present Generations: Creating the Scantland Collection of the Columbus Museum of Art". columbusmuseum.org. 25 May 2021.
  14. "New Digital Art Exhibit Features Dallas-Based Artist's Sky-High Response to the Murder of George Floyd". PaperCity Magazine. 2020-06-08. Retrieved 2020-09-20.
  15. ""Clean Water" | Jammie Holmes - Exhibitions - Arts District New Orleans". www.artsdistrictneworleans.com. Retrieved 2020-09-20.
  16. "International Juried Exhibition of Contemporary Art - 23RD ANNUAL NO DEAD ARTISTS - Exhibitions - JONATHAN FERRARA GALLERY". www.jonathanferraragallery.com. Retrieved 2020-09-20.
  17. "5th Annual Juried Exhibit". LA Artcore. Retrieved 2020-09-20.
  18. "What We Are Talking About". Marianne Boesky Gallery.
  19. Matthew Biro (June 17, 2021). "Jammie Holmes: Pieces of a Man". Brooklyn Rail.
  20. Alexis Schwartz (January 21, 2022). "Jammie Holmes Unveils the Rural Black South to the World". Cultured Mag.
  21. Angelica Villa (February 17, 2023). "Painter Jammie Holmes Wrestles with What It Means to Belong". ARTnews.


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