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2025 Ohio Artist Registry Juried Exhibition
Josiah Jamison
Columbus Ohio 43219 United States Cell Phone: 6146689753 Birthday: June 10, 1999 Website: Josiah’s Website
Bio
Josiah Malik Jamison is a Black contemporary realist painter and interdisciplinary artist based in Columbus, Ohio. They hold an MFA in Drawing and Painting from The Ohio State University and a BFA in Fine Arts from the Columbus College of Art & Design. Working across painting, drawing, furniture, and installation, Jamison creates environments that reflect the psychological and emotional experiences of marginalized communities, engaging themes of identity, vulnerability, resilience, and desire. Their practice draws from African American history, personal memory, and the impact of untreated mental health on daily life and relationships, examining emotional unraveling as both a personal and collective experience.
Jamison’s work has been exhibited at Beeler Gallery, Acock Gallery, Franklin Park Conservatory and Botanical Gardens, Sean Christopher Gallery, and the Columbus Museum of Art. As both an artist and curator, they have organized exhibitions at Hopkins Hall Gallery and Urban Arts Space, creating platforms for dialogue around underrepresented identities and expanding the conversation around belonging and visibility in contemporary art.
Artist Statement
My work examines the complexities of identity, visibility, and reclamation at the intersections of race, gender, and queerness. Through painting, installation, and material exploration, I explore themes of trauma, erasure, and collective healing. Rooted in personal and communal histories, my practice centers marginalized experiences shaped by resilience and transformation, challenging dominant narratives while creating spaces for introspection and connection.
Through textured surfaces, layered compositions, and figurative imagery, I seek to disrupt Eurocentric ideals of beauty and representation. I am particularly drawn to the tension between hypervisibility and erasure—how racialized and gendered bodies are simultaneously spotlighted and obscured within broader social and cultural structures. Informed by psychoanalysis, trauma theory, and critical Black and queer thought, my work invites viewers into a dialogue between serenity and disruption, reflection and resistance.
Ultimately, my practice offers a space to reclaim autonomy, celebrate complex identities, and imagine communal futures grounded in care, belonging, and enduring visibility.