Frank Smith Born 1939 in Chicago Lives and works in Rock Cave, WV Frank Smith graduated from the University of Illinois, Chicago (BFA 1958), and Howard University, Washington, DC (MFA 1972). His work has been shown in several exhibitions, including Since the Harlem Renaissance: Fifty Years of Afro-American Art (1985; Bucknell Center Gallery, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA); and AfriCOBRA: The First Twenty Years (1990; Nexus Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta).
Leslie Smith III Born 1985 in Silver Spring, MD Lives and works in Madison, WI Leslie Smith III graduated from the Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore (BFA 2007), and Yale University, New Haven, CT (MFA 2009). He also received a summer fellowship from the American Academy in Rome (2009). His solo exhibitions include As I Remembered (2014; Beta Pictoris Gallery / Maus Contemporary, Birmingham, AL) and I Dream Too Much (2013; Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, WI). Group exhibitions include Balls (2010; Obsidian Arts, Minneapolis).
Shinique Smith Born 1971 in Baltimore Lives and works in Brooklyn Shinique Smith graduated from the Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore (BFA 1992; MFA 2003), and Tufts University | School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MAT 2000). Her solo exhibitions include Shinique Smith (2014; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston); Shinique Smith: Firsthand (2013; Los Angeles County Museum of Art); Shinique Smith: Enchantment (2011; Pinnacle Gallery, Savannah College of Art and Design); Shinique Smith (2010; Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC); and Shinique Smith: Like It Like That (2009; Studio Museum in Harlem, New York). Her group exhibitions include Stretching the Limits: Fibers in Contemporary Painting (2012; Museum of Art, Savannah College of Art and Design); Threads: Textiles and Fiber in the Works
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of African American Artists (2010; EK Projects, Beijing); Thirty Seconds off an Inch (2009; Studio Museum in Harlem, New York); Something from Nothing (2008; Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans); Unmonumental: The Object in the Twenty-First Century (2007; New Museum, New York); Altered, Stitched, and Gathered (2006; MoMA PS1, Long Island City, NY); Frequency (2005; Studio Museum in Harlem, New York); Neovernacular (2005; Steve Turner Contemporary, Los Angeles); Recess: Images and Objects in Formation (2005; Rush Arts Gallery, New York); and The Reality of Things (2004; Triple Candie, New York).
Kianja Strobert Born 1980 in New York Lives and works in Hudson, NY Kianja Strobert graduated from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (BFA 2004) and Yale University, New Haven, CT (MFA 2006). She also attended the New York Studio Residency Program (2003). Her exhibitions include Fore (2012; Studio Museum in Harlem, New York); Nothing to Do But Keep Going (2012; Santa Monica Museum of Art, CA); Quadruple-Consciousness (2011; Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia); and Thirty Seconds off an Inch (2009; Studio Museum in Harlem, New York).
Alma Thomas Born 1891 in Columbus, GA Died 1978 in Washington, DC Alma Thomas graduated from Howard University, Washington, DC (BS 1924), and Columbia University, New York (MFA 1934). She also studied at New York University (1927); American University, Washington, DC (1950–60); and Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia (1958). Her retrospective exhibitions include Alma Thomas, Phantasmagoria: Major Paintings from the 1970s (2001; Women’s Museum: An Institute for the Future, Dallas); A Life in Art: Alma Thomas, 1891–1978 (1981; National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC); Alma W. Thomas: Retrospective Exhibition (1972; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC).
Shane Tolbert Born 1985 in Corsicana, TX Lives and works in Houston Shane Tolbert graduated from the University of Houston (BFA 2008) and the University of California, Santa Barbara (MFA 2010). He has had several solo exhibitions, including Shane Tolbert: Talk of Montauk (2012; Optical Project, Houston) and Shane Tolbert: Paintings (2011; Devin Borden Hiram Butler Gallery, Houston). His work has been included in such group exhibitions as Failing Flat: Sculptural Tendencies in Painting (2013; Central Trak, Dallas); New and Greatest Hits: Texas Biennial, 2005–2011 (2013; Big Medium, Austin, TX); No Shitsky: Cody Ledvina + Shane Tolbert (2012; Domy Bookstore, Austin, TX); Prologue (2012; Skydive Art Space, Houston); Texas Biennial (2011; 816 Congress, Austin, TX); Dis, Dat, Deez, and Doz (2008, The Joanna, Houston); and The Big Show (2007; Lawndale Art Center, Houston).
Scott Treleaven Born 1972 in Toronto Lives and works in Paris and Toronto Scott Treleaven studied in Toronto at York University (1991–92), Ontario College of Art and Design (1993–96), and the University of Toronto (1998–99). Solo exhibitions of Treleaven’s work include All-Nite Cinema (2013; Invisible-Exports, New York); The Holy Man Who Drank Milk with His Penis (2011; Invisible-Exports, New York); Cimitero Drawings (2010; Marc Selwyn Fine Art, Los Angeles); The Radiant Guest (2010; Fireplace Project, East Hampton, NY); Xtul (2010; White Fish Tank, Ancona, Italy); Silver Make-Up (2009; The Breeder, Athens); Your shadow at morning striding behind you (2009; Kavi Gupta, Chicago); Where He Was Going (2008; John Connelly Presents, New York); and The Salivation Army (2004; Kavi Gupta, Chicago). His work has been included in numerous group exhibitions, including The Temptation of AA Bronson (2013; Witte de With, Rotterdam); White Petals Surround Your Yellow Heart (2013; Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia); Dirty Black Summer (2010; Kavi Gupta, Berlin); Male (2010; Maureen Paley, London); To Believe (2010; Visual Aids, New York); At Home He Is a Tourist (2009; The
Breeder, Athens); Memories and Encounters (2009; Viafarini, Milan); AA Bronson’s School for Young Shamans (2008; John Connelly Presents, New York); Biennale de Montréal 2007 (2007; Parisian Laundry, Montreal); and Teenage Bedroom Show (2003; Galerie du jour agnès b, Paris | Deitch Projects, New York).
Cullen Washington Born 1972 in Alexandria, LA Lives and works in New York Cullen Washington graduated from Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge (BA 1994), and Tufts University | School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA 2009). His solo and two-person exhibitions include Black Males: Heroes and Villains in the Art of Cullen Washington (2009; Museum of the National Center of Afro-American Artists, Boston); and Cullen Washington, Jr., and James Taylor (2008; Hammonds House Museum, Atlanta). His group exhibitions include Things in Themselves: Artists in Residence Program (2013; Studio Museum in Harlem, New York); The Bearden Project (2012; Studio Museum in Harlem, New York); 2012 deCordova Biennial (2012; deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln, MA); Fore (2012; Studio Museum in Harlem, New York); and Paint: Black on Canvas, African American Painters of Boston (2009; Bunker Hill College, Boston).
Jack White Born 1931 in Benson, NC Lives and works in Austin, TX Jack White graduated from Morgan State University, Baltimore (BS 1958), and attended Syracuse University as a graduate fellow (1987–88). Some of his solo exhibitions include Neo Totems and Other Works (2011; Sargent Johnson Gallery, San Francisco); Jack White: From Athens to Austin (2009; George Washington Carver Museum and Cultural Center, Austin, TX); Recordings and Observations (2005; Galerie Zygos, Athens, Greece); and A Retrospective (1998; James E. Lewis Museum of Art, Morgan State University, Baltimore). His group exhibitions include Jack White / Kevin Cole / Albert Shaw: Parallels and Contrasts (2012; Museum of Geometric and MADI Art, Dallas); Celebrating Diversity (1995; Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY); Black Artists 281