Education

PhD., Candidate, History of Art & Cultural Studies, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK, 2020 M.F.A., Studio Art, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland, 2016

Thesis: “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 Experience

2008 - present Clinical Associate Professor, Master Teacher, Liberal Studios, New York

University, New York, New York

2015-2016 Coordinator, Dialogues in the African Diaspora, American Museum Association 2014-2015

Coordinator, By The Work of Her Hands, American Museum Association

2009-2010 UNESCO/Fulbright Fellow, Creative Industries for Development, The Creative

Cities Program, UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France

2008-2009 Fulbright Scholar, Moroccan-American Commission for Educational and Cultural Exchange, Rabat, Morocco

1999-2009 Founding Editor, CALABASH: A Journal of Caribbean Arts and Letters,

Department of Spanish & Portuguese, New York University, New York, New

York

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2022 “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 Series

2018 By The Rivers of Babylon, SRO Gallery, Brooklyn, New York

2016 The Female Sexual Desires Project, Meyerhoff Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland

2015 Daughters of Zion, Cleo Driver Miller Art Gallery, Bridgewater College, Bridgewater,

Virginia

2012 Conversation Quilts, Meredith Gallery. Virginia State University. Petersburg, Virginia

2010 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, Italy

2009 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

Biennials

2021 “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 Exhibitions

2024 Our America/Whose America?, Wickham House, The Valentine, Richmond, VA

ICAF 2024, Gardiner Museum, Toronto, Ontario, CA

2023 Black Atlantic: Power, People, Resistance, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK 2022 Our America/Whose America, Ferrin Contemporary, North Adams, MA

2020 Touching Without Touch, The Hive Art Community, Brooklyn, New York 2019 The

Syncope, Bronx River Arts Center, Bronx, New York

2018 Bellatrix II, Raw Space. New York, New York

2017 Homage 3, Art in Embassies. United States Embassy, Lima, Peru

Let’s Play: Intuition, Imagination, and Black Creativity Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland,

California

2016 Negotiated Realities Macy Art Gallery. Teacher’s College, Columbia University, New

York, New York

In situ: paisajes y entornos en las Grandes Antillas Museo de Arte Dr. Pío López

Martínez, Universidad de Puerto Rico en Cayey, Cayey, Puerto Rico

Made Vulnerable, Small Axe Visualities (SXV) Online Exhibition Series,

http://smallaxe.net/sx-visualities/curated-project Digital, National Gallery of Jamaica,

Kingston, Jamaica

Picture This, Callahan Center, St. Francis College, Brooklyn, New York

2015 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, New

York, New York.

2012 Outward Reach: 7 Jamaican Photography and New Media Artists, Art Museum of the

Americas, 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 Talks

2023 “The Decolonization of Ceramics and Textiles.” The British Textile Biennial & The

British 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_zt2Y

2022 Panel Discussion “Hidden in Plain Sight: Illustrated Ceramics and American Identity.”

Norman Rockwell Museum.

2022 Guest speaker. “sub-Saharan Textile Traditions within Jamaican Society.” Hibiscus

Cultural 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 Rippling

Pages 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, & Prizes

2021 Publication Grant, Paul Mellon Center for Studies in British Art, London, UK Book

Subvention Grant, Center for the Humanities, New York University Summer Research/

Creative Production Stipend, New York University

2020 University of Leeds, AHC Doctoral Scholarship, Leeds, UK Dora Maar/Brown

Foundation Fellow, Menerbes, France

2018 Dean’s Research Grant, New York University 2017 Summer Research/Creative

Production Stipend

2016 Mentoring Program for Diverse Faculty Grant, New York University Graduate Research

Development Grant, Maryland Institute College of Art OCM Bocas Award for Caribbean

Literature, Non-Fiction Category

2015 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

American Alliance of Museums

Leslie King-Hammond Graduate Award, Maryland Institute College of Art Mentoring

Program for Diverse Faculty Grant, New York University

2014 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 American

Alliance of Museums

2013 Graduate Research Development Grant, Maryland Institute College of Art 2009-2010

UNESCO/Fulbright Fellow, Paris, France

2008-2009 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.