2011 Local USA 829 - Scenic Artist Apprenticeship Program
2005 Old Masters ~ New Visions International painting, Vienna, Austria
1997 B.A., Howard University, Washington, D.C.
education
Solo Exhibitions
2022 BLACK WALL STREET: A Case for Reparations, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ
2020 BLACK WALL STREET: A Case for Reparations, Jenkins Johnson Projects, Brooklyn, NY
2018 BLACK WALL STREET: A Case for Reparations, The ETS Center for Advocacy and Philanthropy, traveled to: The Sheen Center, New York, NY
2017 BLACK WALL STREET: A Case for Reparations, The Sheen Center, New York, NY
Group exhibitions
2021 PRIZM ART FAIR, Art Basel, Miami, FL
2020 PRIZM ART FAIR, Art Basel, Miami, FL
2020 Sounds Good, Mize Gallery, St. Petersburg, FL
2020 62ND ANNUAL DELTA EXHIBITION (juried), Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR
2019 TFA Sixth Annual PopUp Exhibition, Art Basel, Miami, FL
Smile, Mize Gallery, St. Petersburg, FL
Dreams Deferred, Mize Gallery, St. Petersburg, FL
2018 LR9: 1957, The Sheen Center, New York, NY
2015 The Amazing Nina Simone, Miles Gallery, New York, NY
OPEN [C]ALL: The Artist’s Studio, BRIC Arts Media, Brooklyn, NY
2014 Governors Island Art Fair, Governors Island, NY
2012 SITE Project, Long Island University, Humanities Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2010 CORE: A Group Art Show Exploring Innermost Ideas of Existence. Under Minerva Art Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2009 Live to Change Something Through Art, Skylight Gallery, Bedford-Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation, Brooklyn, NY
2005 Old Masters, New Visions Painting Seminar, Rechenau an der Rax, Austria
2022 Story by Staff Writer Marilyn Joyce Lehren. Photos by University Photographer Mike Peters. Videographer Christo Apostolou. ‘BLACK WALL STREET’ ART MAKES CASE FOR REPARATIONS Paintings inspire lessons of an overlooked history, conversations on racism and justice. Posted in: Arts, University. March 1, 2022. Online.
2022 Sal DiMaggio. THE MONTCLAIRION. BLACK WALL STREET:’ A LOOK AT THIS SPRING’S EXHIBITION AT THE MONTCLAIR STATE GALLERIES. Published February 17, 2022. Online
2021 TRINITY UNIVERSITY PRESS. 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre, the harrowing eyewitness account by Mary E. Jones Parrish. Cover art by Ajamu Kojo, hardcopy.
2020 OLIVIA GORDON. “AJAMU KOJO on his groundbreaking new series that examines The Black Arts Movement, Afro-Surrealism, & Henry Dumas.” Cauldron Cascade, 27 September 2020. Online
2020 BRADLEY RUBENSTEIN. “White Riot: Ajamu Kojo.” Battery Journal, 21 July 2020. Online
2020 KAREN WILKIN. The Art of FaceTime Portraiture, Homebound due to the pandemic, painter John Bjerklie and his alter ego, ‘BigHat,’ have taken to video chat to connect with and create portraits of colleagues around the globe. The Wall Street Journal, June 2020. Online
2020 ELLIS WIDNER. Arkansas Arts Center’s annual exhibit opens online, “The 62nd Annual Delta Exhibition” Friday-Aug. 23. Arkansas Democrat Gazette, June 2020. Online
2020 VICTORIA L. VALENTINE. “In a Series of Dignified Portraits, Ajamu Kojo Recalls the Racial Violence that Destroyed ‘Black Wall Street’ Nearly 100 Years Ago.” Culture Type, 22 February 2020. Online.
2020 Editors. “Top Five Picks: February 21 – February 27.” NYC-Arts, 20 Feb. 2020. Online.
2019 Editors. “Top things to do in Tampa Bay for Thursday, Feb. 21.” Tampa Bay Times, 21 Feb. 2019. Online.
2019 Duffy, Maggie. “What’s happening in art: Black history, a perfect pairing and words in cages.” Tampa Bay Times, 6 Feb. 2019. Online.
2017 Editors, “Black Wall Street: A Case for Reparations – Ajamu Kojo’s Historic Exhibition.” 25 January 2017. Video. Online.
2015 Nirenberg, Michael Lee. “Conversation with Painter Ajamu Kojo.” Hyperallergic, 7 May 2015. Online.
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