Ebony G Patterson

Page 1 | Biography

Born: 1981, Kingston, Jamaica
Lives: and works in Lexington, KY and Kingston, Jamaica

Education
2000-2004 Edna Manley College for the Visual and Performing Arts, Kingston, Jamaica Honors Diploma in Painting
2004-2006 Sam Fox College of Design & Visual Arts, Washington University in St. Louis, Printmaking/ Drawing MFA


Solo Exhibitions
2013
( Name to Be Still to be determined), Monique Meloche Gallery , Chicago, IL
2012
Cheap and Clean - The Masculinities Interrogation Project, Multimedia Interactive
Installation, Alice Yard, Port‐of‐Spain, Trinidad, Popstudios, Nassau, Bahamas, Fresh Milk, St George ,Barbados, Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, Louisville , KY, National Gallery of Bermuda, Hamilton, Bermuda and Facebook.
Out and Bad, National Gallery of Bermuda, Hamilton, Bermuda
2011
Act 5 : Ebony G. Patterson 9 of 219 (performative project), Alice Yard, Port of Spain ,Trinidad
Ebony G. Patterson � On the Wall and in the Gallery, Monique Meloche Gallery , Chicago,IL
2010
Fashion Ova Style Conversations of Beauty, Gender + the Masculine, Pacific Design
Centre, Seeline Gallery , Los Angeles ,CA
2009
Gangstas, Disciplez + the Boyz, Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts,
Cag[e] Gallery , Kingston, Jamaica
2007
Hybrids, See Line Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2006
Specimen, University City Library, St. Louis, Missouri
Case Studies: Venus, Cuts and Aprons, Mutual Gallery, Jamaica
Dialysis, UC Gallery, University of Montana (USA)

Group Exhibitions
2014
Havana Biennale, Havana, Cuba
2013
Six Degrees of Separate Nations, curated by Claire Breurkel, Frost Art Museum, Miami, Fl
2012
National Biennale, National Gallery of Jamaica, Kingston, Jamaica
Foundacion Prome Bienal di Aruba, curated by Jose Noceda Fernadez, Aruba
Reconstruction, Dodge Gallery, curated by Rich Blint and Ian Cofre, New York, NY
I is Another ,New Art Exchange, curated by Rachael Barrett, Nottingham ,United Kingdom
Contemporary Jamaican Art Circa 1962, Circa 2012,Art Gallery of Mississauga , curated by Veerle Pouypeye Ontario, Canada
Who More SciFi Than Us ‐ Contemporary Art from the Caribbean, Kunsthale KAde
Amsersfoot, The Netherlands
Caribbean : Crossroads to the World ,Studio Museum, curted by Elvis Fuentes, New York,New York
Into the Mix, Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, Louisville Kentucky, Curated by Aldy Miliken
2011
Black Gossamer, Black Curtain Gallery, curated by Camile Morgan, Columbia College, Chicago, IL
(e)merge art fair, Monique Meloche Gallery, Washington, DC
Act 5: The Performative Moment, Alice Yard , Curated by Christopher Cozier, Port‐of Spain
Trinidad
Counterpoints: Exploration of Materials in Material Culture | Works by Brian Harper
and Ebony G. Patterson, Land of Tomorrow Gallery, Louisville, KY
About Change , Worldbank, Washington , DC
Wrestling With Images‐Caribbean Interventions, Museum of the Americas, Curated by
Christopher Cozier and Tatiana Flores, Washington, DC
Contemporary Jamaican Artists: A Jamaican Presence in the About Change Exhibition,
IDB Cultural Centre Gallery , DC
2010
National Biennial, National Gallery of Jamaica , Kingston , Jamaica
Young Talent, National Gallery of Jamaica , Kingston , Jamaica
Gathering Together, Kravets / Wehby Gallery. New York, New York
Art Fresh, Mutual Gallery, Kingston , Jamaica
Shot in Kingston, Alice Yard, Port‐ of‐ Spain , Trinidad
Art Jamaica, New Hall Art Collection , University of Cambridge,
Cambridge, United Kingdom
You are here/Vous �tes ici/ Usted esta aqui, The Foundation Clemente, La Francais,
Martinique
2009
Ghetto Biennale, Grand Rue , Port‐Au‐Prince, Haiti
Rockstone and Bootheel �Contemporary West Indian Art, Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT
‐Curated by Kristina Newman‐Scott and Yona Becker
Caribbean Vibrations FestivalFestival
of Contemporary Arts in the Caribbean Paris,
Maison des Cultures du Monde ‐ French Alliance Foundation, Paris, France
Here and New UK College of Fine Art Faculty Exhibit, Tuska Gallery , University of
Kentucky , Lexington, KY
LIP/ STICK , Praxis Gallery, New York, NY
MOCA FRESH, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
Incogneato, Santa Monica Art Museum, Santa Monica, CA
Wi Did Di Deh, Morlan Gallery, Transylvania University, Lexington, KY
Booth 1812, Seeline Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2008
Jamaica Biennial , National Gallery of Jamaica, Kingston, Jamaica
Disciples : The Street Project ( Guerilla Project), Downtown, Kingston, Jamaica
Art on Paper 2008, Weatherspoon Art Museum, University of North Carolina at
Greensboro, Greensboro ,North Carolina
Boys of Summer, Monique Meloche Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Looky Here ,Summer Drawing Exhibit, Otis College of Art , Los Angeles California
Exintrinsic : The Art of Ebony G. Patterson, Lisa. Kellner and Brooke Hine,
Gallery 5, Richmond ,VA
Curator�s Eye III: Ceremony in Space, Time and Sound, National Gallery of Jamaica ,
Kingston, Jamaica.
Taboo Identities: Race, Sexuality + the BodyA
Jamaican context, Olympia Art
Centre Kingston, Jamaica, and Tuska Centre of Contemporary Art, Lexington, KY
Tribute to Hope Brooks, Cage Gallery ,Edna Manley College of the Visual and
Performing Arts
New Blue EmergingFirst
Kentucky Art Biennial, Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft,
Louisville, KY
Wall to Wall: Large Scale Drawing, Lexington Art League, Lexington , KY
Young Generations 2008, Mutual Gallery, Kingston, Jamaica
The Art of Collage, Mutual Gallery, Kingston, Jamaica
Four Aces, Traveling Exhibit‐ exhibit of large scale prints, USA
De Facto, Sam Francis Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
NEXT: The Invitational Exhibition of Emerging Art, Chicago , IL
2007
Infinite Island: Contemporary Caribbean Art Brooklyn Museum, Curated by Tumelo Mosaka,
Assistant Curator of Contemporary Art, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
Closet Project (Installation), Mack B Gallery, Sarasota, Florida
Woolworth Windows, Tacoma Contemporary, Tacoma, WA
2006
Jamaica Biennial, National Gallery of Jamaica, Kingston, Jamaica
Intimate Matter, Two Person Exhibit, Off-Campus Gallery Charlottesville, Virginia
Making New Friends, Mack B Gallery, Sarasota, Florida
University of Virginia Faculty Exhibit, Off-Campus Gallery, Charlottesville, VA
Flat Files, St. Louis Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis, Missouri
Redhead Experimental Exhibit: A History of Women�s Art, NY, NY
Young Generations 2006, Mutual Gallery Kingston, Jamaica
MFA Thesis Exhibit II, Washington University St. Louis, MO
2005
�Identity and History: Personal and Social Narratives in Art in Jamaica�, Curator�s Eye II,
Curated by British Curator and Critic Eddie Chambers National Gallery of Jamaica Kingston, Jamaica
Super Plus Under 40 Artist of the Year, Mutual Gallery (Jamaica)
Eight, First Year MFA Show, DesLee Gallery, St. Louis, MO
Young Generations, Mutual Gallery (Jamaica)
Saakhi: A Multi-Ethnic look at Women�s health and Women�s Bodies, 3rd Floor Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2004
Jamaica Biennial, National Gallery Kingston, Jamaica
Young Professional, Pegasus Kingston, Jamaica
Exhibition in Association with Centre de International Contemprian Arte, (CIAC) Pont Aven, Brittany, France
Stages, Edna Manley College Kingston, Jamaica
SUNY Brockport / Edna Manley College Student Exchange Show, (USA)
2002 ROSL Scholars Exhibit, Royal Over-Seas League (Scotland)
2003
Young Professionals, Pegasus Gallery Kingston, Jamaica
2002 ROSL Scholars Exhibit, Royal Over-Seas League (London)
Old Bag Show, Grovsner Galleries Kingston, Jamaica
Jamaica A.I.D.S. Foundation Charity Auction.
2002
Jamaica Cultural Development Commission Juried Exhibition, Grovsner Gallery, Kingston, Jamaica
2001
Jamaica Cultural Development Commission Juried Exhibition,
Edna Manley College of the visual and Performing Arts (Jamaica)

Grants/Awards
2012
Mugrave Award , Bronze Medal in the Arts, Institute of Jamaica
2011
Rex Nettleford Fellowship for Cultural Studies
An annual award awarded by the Rhodes Trust in Britain to member of the British
Commonwealth residing in the Caribbean .The award provides funding to the fellow to realize a proposed project along with funding for Travel. The award is 10,000 GBP for the project and 2,000GBP for Travel. The award has been in existence for five years. Patterson is the first artist to receive the award.
Small Axe Inc and Andy Warhol Foundation for the Art Grant
Grant was provided to develop the �of 72� Project.
Young Alumni award of Distinction, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO
2010
Honorary Mention for the Aaron Mattalon Award, National Gallery of Jamaica, Kingston
Jamaica College of Fine Arts Travel Fellowship, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
‐Fellowship in support of installation project at the 2010 National Biennial at the National Gallery of Jamaica, Kingston Jamaica.
2009
College of Fine Arts Travel Fellowship , University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
‐Fellowship is in support of an installation project at the first, �Ghetto Biennale�, in Port‐ Au‐Prince , Haiti
2008
Invited Artist for the Jamaica Biennial, National Gallery of Jamaica, Kingston
Jamaica ‐Unanimously voted as young contemporary artist to be added to the invited artist list University of Kentucky Faculty Summer Research Fellowship, Lexington, KY
Vermont Studio Center Artist Fellowship
2006
Prime Minister�s Youth Awards for Excellence, in Art and Culture (Jamaica)
-the highest award a young person can receive in Arts and Culture in Jamaica
Peter Marcus Award for Printmaking (Washington University)
Nominated for the Joan Mitchell Fellowship for Painters,(Washington University)
Emerson Visiting Critics and Curators Series, Museum of Contemporary Art,
(St. Louis, MO) selected from a pool of over seventy artists to be visited by Curator Ingrid Schaffener
2005
Super Plus Under 40 Artist of the Year (Jamaica)
Vicky Award Washington University, Printmaking Department
2004
William Danforth Fellowship (Washington University)
Nancy Glanstien Scholarship for Graduate Students (Washington University)
Diploma (4 years) First Class Honors (lower), Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts
Albert Huie Award for Outstanding Student in Painting (Edna Manley College)
2003
Order of French Merit Scholarship to the Pont -Aven School of Contemporary Enid Driscoll Spalleti Memorial Award (ROSL)
2002
Recipient of Two Bronze Medals from the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission Fine Arts Competition
Recipient of the Royal Over-Seas League Travel Scholarship (only recipient from the Caribbean)
Brian Morgan Scholarship (Edna Manley College)
2001
Coca �Cola Jamaica Bursary
Merit Award from the Jamaica Cultural Development Fine Arts Competition

Publications
�Inner Dimensions: UVA Artists Delve Deep�, The Hook, October 19, 2006
�Studies of the Female Physique�, The Sunday Gleaner, July 30, 2006
�A Closer Look at Venus Cuts and Aprons�, The Sunday Herald, July 23-29, 2006
�Stimulating Exhibit by Ebony Patterson�, The Sunday Herald, July 16-22, 2006
�Venus Observed�, The Jamaica Gleaner, January 15, 2006
�Art and Society II�, The Jamaica Gleaner, January 8, 2006
�Danforth Scholar Named Jamaica�s Best Young Artist�, The Record, Octr 7, 2005
�Through their Eyes- Review of the Super Plus Under 40 Artist of the Year Competition�,
The Sunday Gleaner , August 21st 2005.
�Young Artists Shine In Super Plus Competition,� Sunday Herald, August 14, 2005
�Self Reflection Through Art,� Jamaica Observer, August 14, 2005
�There�s Something About Ebony !� Sunday Gleaner, August 14, 2005
�Biennial 2004: A Postscript,� National Gallery of Jamaica Quarterly Magazine, April/May/June 2005
�Artistically Speaking�, Radio Mona, July 29, 2005
�Le Pont de Artistes du Monde�, Le Telegramme, July 20,2004
�Blazing through the Art Trail�, Jamaica Gleaner September14, 2003
�Young Artist Showcases in London�, Jamaica Observer, August 23,2003
�Artistically Speaking�, Radio Mona, April 2003
�ROSL Arts Scholars 2002�,Overseas Magazine, December 2003/ February 2004
Television Jamaica Artist of the Week, February, 7 �11 2002