David Boxer

Page 1 | Biography

Born: 1946, Kingston, Jamaica
Lives: and works in Kingston, Jamaica

Education
1975
Johns Hopkins University (Ph.D)

1972
Johns Hopkins University (M.A.)

1969
Cornell University, Ithaca, New York (A.B. Art History)

Solo Exhibitions
2007
Solo exhibition, Pan American Art Projects, Miami

2006
Boxer at Sixty, Seaview Fine Arts, Kingston, Jamaica

2000
In Situ IV: Point/Counterpoint: Boxer in the Peter King, Wallace Campbell and the Artist�s Collection (Three venues)

1996
Boxer: From the Passages, Homages, Desert Store and Other Recent Works: A Fiftieth Birthday Exhibition. The Artist Studio and Home

1990
In Situ III. The Artist�s Studio and Home, Kingston

1988
In Situ II. The Artist�s Studio and Home, Kingston

1985
In Situ. The Artist�s Studio and Home, Kingston (Selected works 1967-1965)

1984
Works on paper, Frame Centre Gallery, Kingston, Jamaica

1981
Solo exhibition, John Peartree Gallery, Kingston

1979
Solo exhibition, Museum of Modern Art of Latin America, Washington

1978
Solo exhibition, Giammaca Gallery, Los Angeles
Collages, Gallery on the Hill, Kingston, Jamaica

1977
Solo exhibition, Bolivar Gallery, Kingston, Jamaica

1976
Solo exhibition, John Peartree Gallery, Kingston

1975
Solo exhibition, Just-Above-Midtown Gallery, New York

1973
Solo exhibition, Institute of Jamaica, Kingston, Jamaica

1972
Solo exhibition, Bolivar Gallery, Kingston, Jamaica

1970
Solo exhibition, Bolivar Gallery, Kingston, Jamaica



Group Exhibitions
2005
Island Thresholds: Contemporary Art from the Caribbean, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts

1997
Havana Biennial, Havana, Cuba

1996
First Biennial of Caribbean and Central American Painting, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Sao Paulo Biennial, Sao Paulo, Brazil

1995
Johannesburg Biennial, Johannesburg, South Africa

1994
Arawak Vibrations: Homenage to the Jamaican Taino, National Gallery of Jamaica, Kingston, Jamaica

1992
First Biennial of Caribbean and Central American Painting, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
1492/1992 Un Nouveau Regard Sur Les Caraibes, Espace Carpeaux, Courbevoie, France.
Jamaica to Brooklyn 1992, Salena Gallery, Long Island University, Brooklyn
Selections from the Paul Chen-Young/Eagle Collections, National Gallery of Jamaica, Kingston, Jamaica

1991
Aspects III, Eight Jamaican Avant Garde Artists, National Gallery of Jamaica, Kingston, Jamaica
Homenage to John Dunkley, National Gallery of Jamaica, Kingston, Jamaica

1990
Tribute to Jamaica and Puerto Rico, Fondo del Sol Gallery, Washington DC

1987
Recent Works: David Boxer, Eric Cadien, Robert Cookhorne, Mutual Life Gallery, Kingston, Jamaica

1986
Caribbean Art Now, Commonwealth Intitute, travelling exhibition
Havana Biennial, Havana, Cuba

1985
Six Options: Gallery Spaces Transformed, National Gallery of Jamaica, Kingston, Jamaica
Five Artists from Jamaica, ITM, New Orleans, Louisiana

1983
Male and Female Created He Them, National Gallery of Jamaica, Kingston, Jamaica

1982-85
Jamaican Art 1922-1982, Smithsonian Institution Travelling Exhibition Service and National Gallery of Jamaica, travelling exhibition through United States, Canada and Haiti

1981
The Figure in Latin American Art, Bass Museum, Miami Beach, Florida
Theme and Variations, National Gallery of Jamaica, Kingston, Jamaica

1978
The Passion of Christ, National Gallery of Jamaica, Kingston, Jamaica
Eleven Jamaican Painters, University of Caracas, Caracas, Venezuela

1977-97
Annual National Exhibition, National Gallery of Jamaica, Kingston, Jamaica

1977
The Self and Each Other, National Gallery of Jamaica, Kingston, Jamaica

1976
Five Centuries of Art in Jamaica, National Gallery of Jamaica, Kingston, Jamaica

SELECTED AWARDS

1981
Centenary Medal, The Institute of Jamaica

1991
Commander of the Order of Distinction, Government of Jamaica

1992
Gold Medal, 1st Biennial of Caribbean and Central American Painting, Santo Domingo

1995
Gold Musgrave Medal, Institute of Jamaica

Grants/Awards
1995
Gold Musgrave Medal, Institute of Jamaica, Kingston, Jamaica

1992
Gold Medal, First Biennial of Caribbean and Central American Painting, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

1991
Commander of the Order of Distinction

1980
Centenary Medal of the Institute of Jamaica