Dr. Kellie Jones

Biography

Kellie Jones is a Professor of Art History at Columbia University, where she specializes in African American and African Diaspora Studies. She focuses on the intersection of art within historical and contemporary contexts, analyzing how African American and Latinx artists have contributed to museum theory and practice. A member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, she received notable awards for her work, including the 2016 MacArthur Foundation Fellowship and recognition from the Hutchins Center for African & African American Research at Harvard University. Her publications include influential books such as 'EyeMinded: Living and Writing Contemporary Art' (2011) and 'South Pico: African American Artists in Los Angeles 1960s-1970s' (2017), the latter winning the Walter & Lillian Lowenfels Criticism Award from the American Book Awards. Her curatorial projects include pivotal exhibitions like 'Now Dig This: Art and Black Los Angeles, 1960-1980' at the Hammer Museum and 'Witness: Art and Civil Rights in the 1960s' at the Brooklyn Museum, both widely recognized in major art publications like Artforum.

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