Jamea Richmond-Edwards
Jamea Richmond-Edwards (b. 1982, Detroit, MI) is an interdisciplinary artist who creates monumental scale assemblages and immersive installations. Invested in exploring the materiality of collage and improvisational gestures, her recent works include self-portraiture that dwells within the realm of imagination and mythos. Born and raised in Detroit, she draws inspiration from her childhood growing up during the crack and AIDS epidemic that created devastating and lasting effects in Black and Indigenous American communities across the US.
“I didn’t have to visit a museum to understand art. My generation inherited the artistic and cultural legacy of the Motown Era that our parents experienced firsthand in the city.” Richmond-Edwards received her BA from Jackson State University (2004) and MFA in painting from Howard University (2012). Her works are included in the collections of the United States Embassy, The Rubell Family Collection, and The Studio Museum in Harlem.
Watch an extended presentation and panel discussion of Jamea Richmond-Edwards’ film, "Leviathan," commissioned for "A Movement in Every Direction: Legacies of the Great Migration" in 2022, here.
Jamea Richmond-Edwards (b. 1982), "This Water Runs Deep," 2022. mixed media and collage on canvas with sound, 2:18 min. 96 x 180 in. Courtesy the artist and Kravets Wehby Gallery. TGM14. Photography by Mitro Hood. Courtesy of the Mississippi Museum of Art and Baltimore Museum of Art.
I’m going back South because I was not feeling at home. I’m currently building a home in Mississippi, trying to reclaim some of what I felt was lost.
- Jamea Richmond-Edwards
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