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Jacqueline Bishop

Jamaican b. 1971. Lives and works in New York, NY

Jacqueline Bishop

Jacqueline Bishop is an accomplished writer, academic, and visual artist with exhibitions in Belgium, Morocco, Italy, Cape Verde, Niger, USA, and Jamaica. In addition to her role as Clinical Full Professor at New York University, Jacqueline Bishop was a 2020 Dora Maar/Brown Foundation Fellow in France; 2008-2009 Fulbright Fellow in Morocco; and 2009-2010 UNESCO/Fulbright Fellow in Paris. Bishop has received several awards, including the OCM Bocas Award for her book “The Gymnast & Other Position”, The Canute A. Brodhurst Prize for short story writing, The Arthur Schomburg Award for Excellence in the Humanities from New York University, A James Michener Creative Writing Fellowship, as well as several awards from the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission. Jacqueline’s recent ceramic work consists of brightly colored bone China plates used symbolically in Caribbean homes and explores how they hid the violent legacy of slavery and colonialism in the Atlantic world.  “My work focuses on making visible the invisible, in making tangible the ephemeral, in speaking aloud the unspoken, and in voicing voicelessness. In so doing, I engage with such themes as pleasure, desire, sexuality, memory and exile (and their concomitant absence, loss, erasure and silence). My practice is interdisciplinary and increasingly trans-disciplinary. As someone who has lived longer outside of my birthplace of Jamaica, than I have lived on the island, I am acutely aware of what it means to be simultaneously an insider and an outsider. This ability to see the world from multiple psychological and territorial spaces has led to the development of a particular lens that allows me to view a given environment from a distance. Because I am also a fiction writer and poet as well as a visual artist, the text and narrative are significant parts of my artistic practice.” Jacqueline Bishop is represented by Ferrin Contemporary

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EducationPhD., Candidate, History of Art & Cultural Studies, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK, 2020 M.F.A., Studio Art, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland, 2016Thesis: “The Female Sexual Desires Project”M.A., English (Creative Writing Specialization), New York University, New York City, 1998 B.A., Psychology, Lehman College, Bronx, New York, 1994
 
Professional Experience2008 - present Clinical Associate Professor, Master Teacher, Liberal Studios, New YorkUniversity, New York, New York2015-2016       Coordinator, Dialogues in the African Diaspora, American Museum Association 2014-2015       Coordinator, By The Work of Her Hands, American Museum Association2009-2010       UNESCO/Fulbright Fellow, Creative Industries for Development, The CreativeCities Program, UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France2008-2009       Fulbright Scholar, Moroccan-American Commission for Educational and Cultural Exchange, Rabat, Morocco1999-2009       Founding Editor, CALABASH: A Journal of Caribbean Arts and Letters,Department of Spanish & Portuguese, New York University, New York, New  York Selected Solo Exhibitions2022 “The Market Woman’s Story: Contemporary Ceramics by Jacqueline Bishop.” British Art         Studies, Paul Mellon Center, London, UK.2022 “Jacqueline bishop, history at the dinner table.” SX Online Exhibition Series2018 By The Rivers of Babylon, SRO Gallery, Brooklyn, New York2016 The Female Sexual Desires Project, Meyerhoff Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland2015 Daughters of Zion, Cleo Driver Miller Art Gallery, Bridgewater College, Bridgewater,              Virginia2012 Conversation Quilts, Meredith Gallery. Virginia State University. Petersburg, Virginia2010 View from Afar & Watercolors, The Jamaican Embassy in Belgium, Brussels, Belgium           The Conversation Series, The Facoltà di Scienze della Formazione - Università degli Studi di Trieste, Trieste, Italy2009 Moroccan Tales Au Grain de Sesame, Galerie d’art et Métiers. Rabat, Morocco Hand of         Fatima 16th Annual Maghrebi Area Studies Symposium for US Fulbright grantees, at Tour         Hassan Hotel. Rabat, Morocco Biennials2021    “History at the Dinner Table”, British Ceramics Biennial 2021, Stoke-on-Trent, United               Kingdom.2017    “Jamaica Biennial 2017.” National Gallery of Jamaica. Kingston, Jamaica. 2014-5               “Jamaica Biennial 2014.” National Gallery of Jamaica. Kingston, Jamaica.2012-3 “6th National Biennial of Jamaica.” National Gallery of Jamaica. Kingston, Jamaica. Group Exhibitions2024    Our America/Whose America?, Wickham House, The Valentine, Richmond, VAICAF 2024, Gardiner Museum, Toronto, Ontario, CA2023    Black Atlantic: Power, People, Resistance, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK 2022     Our America/Whose America, Ferrin Contemporary, North Adams, MA2020    Touching Without Touch, The Hive Art Community, Brooklyn, New York 2019     The  Syncope, Bronx River Arts Center, Bronx, New York2018    Bellatrix II, Raw Space. New York, New York2017    Homage 3, Art in Embassies. United States Embassy, Lima, PeruLet’s Play: Intuition, Imagination, and Black Creativity Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, California2016    Negotiated Realities Macy Art Gallery. Teacher’s College, Columbia University, New York, New YorkIn situ: paisajes y entornos en las Grandes Antillas Museo de Arte Dr. Pío López Martínez, Universidad de Puerto Rico en Cayey, Cayey, Puerto RicoMade Vulnerable, Small Axe Visualities (SXV) Online Exhibition Series,http://smallaxe.net/sx-visualities/curated-project Digital, National Gallery of Jamaica,Kingston, JamaicaPicture This, Callahan Center, St. Francis College, Brooklyn, New York2015    Flamboyant, Art in Embassies. United States Embassy, Praia, Cape Verde. Two Artists, Two Visions Gallery Space At Wagner, New York, New York.2014    Homage 3, Art in Embassies, United States Embassy, Niamey, Niger. Shots, Strokes,Threads: Volume 3 Cohen Library Archives Gallery, City College of New York, NewYork, New York.2012    Outward Reach: 7 Jamaican Photography and New Media Artists, Art Museum of theAmericas, Washington, DC.Blue Alpha, La Mama La Galleria, New York, New York.Jubilation! 50, The Calabash International Literary Trust, Treasure Beach, Jamaica. NYU VENICE 1974-2011, Artists and Angiola Churchill, 80wse Galleries, New York, New York. Flower Mart, The National Cathedral, Washington, DC.The Rum and Art Show, Bratenahl House, Washington, DC. Artist Talks2023    “The Decolonization of Ceramics and Textiles.” The British Textile Biennial & TheBritish Ceramics Biennial. 25th October 2023.“The Market Woman: The Essence of Who We Are.” Temple of Light Center for Spiritual Living. Kingston, Jamaica. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vg3teX_zt2Y2022    Panel Discussion “Hidden in Plain Sight: Illustrated Ceramics and American Identity.” Norman Rockwell Museum.2022    Guest speaker. “sub-Saharan Textile Traditions within Jamaican Society.” HibiscusCultural Center. London, United Kingdom.2021    Roundtable Discussion “Representations of the Black Body on Decorative Ceramics”.Victoria & Albert Museum.“Spinning plates: How Ceramic artists are shaking up the dining table” by Crafts Magazine. “Jacqueline Bishop Talks on Jamaican Women Writers” by The RipplingPages Podcast, https://podcasts.google.com/Launch of “The Gift of Music & Song” by the University of the West Indies,https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5KtHah2ur4“Jacqueline Bishop Talks About Her New Book ‘The Gift of Music & Song’” by Maison Dora Maar, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cP_va_KoUPM“Rebel Women Lit Talks with Jacqueline Bishop”2019    Guest Critic. ART OMI, Artist Residency. Ghent, New York.2018    “Art of Desire: Exploring Black Feminine Erotic.” Raw Space. New York, New York. 2017     Guest Critic. Graduate Fine Arts Symposium. Pratt Institute. Brooklyn, New York. 2016     “Faculty Speaker.” Dean’s Convocation. Liberal Studies. New York University.New York, New York.“The Female Sexual Desires Project.” Thesis talk. Maryland Institute College of Art. Baltimore, Maryland.2015    “The Female Sexual Desires Project.” Institute of Fine Arts. New York University. New York, New York.“The Babylon & Zion Paintings.” Bridgewater College. Bridgewater, Virginia.2014    “The Dance of the Guedra Paintings.” City College of New York. New York, New York. 2013     “Writing and Painting.” St. John’s University. Long Island, New York.2012    “Writing and Painting.” New York University. New York, New York.
 
Grants, Awards, & Prizes2021    Publication Grant, Paul Mellon Center for Studies in British Art, London, UK BookSubvention Grant, Center for the Humanities, New York University Summer Research/Creative Production Stipend, New York University2020    University of Leeds, AHC Doctoral Scholarship, Leeds, UK Dora Maar/Brown Foundation Fellow, Menerbes, France2018    Dean’s Research Grant, New York University 2017 Summer Research/CreativeProduction Stipend2016    Mentoring Program for Diverse Faculty Grant, New York University Graduate ResearchDevelopment Grant, Maryland Institute College of Art OCM Bocas Award for CaribbeanLiterature, Non-Fiction Category2015    Mentoring Program for Diverse Faculty Grant, New York University Museums ConnectGrant, U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and theAmerican Alliance of MuseumsLeslie King-Hammond Graduate Award, Maryland Institute College of Art Mentoring Program for Diverse Faculty Grant, New York University2014    Graduate Research Development Grant, Maryland Institute College of Art Mentoring Program for Diverse Faculty Grant, New York University Museums Connect Grant, U.S.Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and the AmericanAlliance of Museums2013    Graduate Research Development Grant, Maryland Institute College of Art 2009-2010UNESCO/Fulbright Fellow, Paris, France2008-2009 Fulbright Fellow, Rabat, Morocco Commissions & Book Covers- Magazine cover. Stand. Volume 19, Number 4. Leeds: United Kingdom. Spring 2022.- Book cover. The Gymnast & Other Positions: Stories, Essays, Interviews. By Jacqueline   Bishop. London: Peepal Tree Press, December 2015.

  • Magazine cover. Wasafiri. International Contemporary Writing. Issue no 81. London:  United Kingdom. Spring 2015.
  • Book cover. Black Lightning. By Roger Mais. Caribbean Classics Series. Yorkshire: Peepal Tree Press, 2014.
 Books“Patchwork: Essays & Interviews on Caribbean Visual Culture.” Forthcoming. Intellect  Books. Bristol: United Kingdom. “The Gift of Music & Song: Interviews with Jamaican Women Writers.” January 28th, 2021. Peepal Tree Press. Yorkshire: England. “The Gymnast & Other Positions” Stories, Essays, Interviews. December 7th, 2015. Peepal Tree Press. Yorkshire: England. “Snapshots from Istanbul.” Poems. August 31, 2009. Peepal Tree Press. Yorkshire: England. “Writers Who Paint/Painters Who Write: Three Jamaican Artists.” Non-fiction. October 20, 2007. Peepal Tree Press. Yorkshire: England. “The River’s Song.” Novel. April 4, 2007. Peepal Tree Press. Yorkshire: England. “Fauna.” Poems. July 10, 2006. Peepal Tree Press. Yorkshire: England.“My Mother Who Is Me: Life Stories from Jamaican Women in New York.” Non-fiction. June 9, 2006. Africa World Press. Trenton: New Jersey. Papers & Conferences (Recent)
  • Chair. “The Virtual Launch of Sheer Bliss: A Creole Journey by Michela Calderaro.” 8 September 2021. The University of the West Indies Press. Kingston, Jamaica.
  • Panelist. “Writers at the Critical Crossroad.” Conference: Breaking Boundaries: Reimaging Boundaries in Postcolonial Migrant Studies. 3 September 2021. Manchester Metropolitan University. Manchester, UK.
  • Chair. “Foregrounding Jamaican Women Writers.” 2 May 2021. US VI Literary Festival. St Thomas, Virgin Islands.
  • Convener & Chair. “Show Me a Mountain: Jamaican Visual Artists of Chinese Descent.” April 22, 2021. Panel 11: Jacqueline Bishop, Albert Chong, Jodie Lyn-Kee-Chow. New York University Liberal Studies, NYU Shanghai, NYU Asia House.
  • Convener & Chair. “Show Me a Mountain: Jamaican Writers of Chinese Descent.” April 15, 2021. Panel 1: Jacqueline Bishop, Ann-Sharon Leach, Margaret Lim, Hannah Lowe, Kerry Young. New York University Liberal Studies, NYU Shanghai, NYU Asia House.
  • Panelist. “Transnational Feminisms & Reimagining Futures in the (Post-)Covid World.” 26 February 2021. NYU Womxn 100 Liberal Studies Conference. New York, New York.
  • Panelist. “XX Jornadas del Libro Caribeño”. November 13, 2020. 40th Annual la Asociación Mexicana de Estudios del Caribe Conference, Mexico City, Mexico.
  • Guest Speaker. Bocas Literary Festival. “The Treachery in Every Poem.” Celebrating the Poetry of Colin Robinson. Screened online by Bocas Literary Festival, July 29, 2020.
  • Respondent. Your Local Arena, A Lucy Hannah and Speaking Volumes Co-production. “Caribbean Nights: Poetry.” Screened online in collaboration with the George Padmore Institute, 11-15 June, 2020.
  • Panelist. “(Im)Material Beings: New Approaches in the Study of the Portraits of the Unknown and Unnamed Black Subject in the Caribbean”. June 3-7, 2019. 44th Annual Caribbean Studies Association Conference, Santa Marta, Colombia.
  • Guest Poet. Poetry Vicenza 2019. Festival di poesia contemporanea e musica. A cura di Marco Fazzini. Dal 21 Marzo al 26 Maggio. Vicenza, Italy.
  • Guest Poet. In Croci Di Civilta. Edizione 12. Festival internazionale di letteratura a Venezia. April 3-6, 2019. Venice, Italy.
  • Guest Poet. University of Leeds Poetry Center. March 14th, 2019. University of Leeds. Leeds, United Kingdom.
  • Guest Poet. Leeds Literary Festival 2019. “34 Years of Peepal Tree Press”. March 7, 2019. Leeds, United Kingdom.
  • Guest Speaker. European Union --- Latin American & Caribbean Conference/ Arrivants Exhibitions. “The Gaps & Spaces in Migrant Caribbean Lives.” November 6-11, 2018. University of the West Indies. Cavehill, Barbados.
  • Guest Speaker. Creative Writing Reading Series. April 5th, 2018. The University of Colorado. Boulder, Colorado.
  • Guest Speaker. Uncommon Artists Lecture: New Research on Self-Taught Art of the Caribbean.
  • January 21, 2018. The American Folk Art Museum. New York, New York
  • Panelist. Associated Writing Program Conference. “Halo-Halo: The Ingredients of The Global Conference” and “Black Magic Women: Black Women Examine Creativity in Digital Spaces.” February 9, 2017. Washington Convention Center. Washington, DC.
  • Panelist. “Museums and the Communities They Serve: Global Perspectives.” The Socially Responsive Museum. Teachers College, Colombia University. October 14th-16th, 2016.
  • Guest Judge. The 2016 Poetry Society of Virginia, Annual Poetry Contest.
  • Participant. “Museums Connect Colloquium.” September 15-September 18, 2015. U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and the American Alliance of Museum, Washington, DC.
  • Guest Judge. The 2015 Small Axe Poetry Prize, Annual Poetry Contest.
  • Participant. “Museums Connect Colloquium.” September 29-October 1, 2014. U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and the American Alliance of Museum, Washington, DC.

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