Artist

Jamilah Sabur

Born in Saint Andrew Parish, 1987 and lives in Miami

Jamilah Sabur (b.1987, Saint Andrew Parish, Jamaica) draws on geology, memory, and language as points of reference. Her work considers what it means to see on a planetary scale, re-calibrating our understanding of place, time, and history. Her recent solo and group exhibitions include: “La montagne fredonne sous l’océan/The mountain sings underwater,” Momenta Biennale, Fondation PHI, Montréal, Québec (2021), Observations: Selected Works by Jamilah Sabur, University of Maryland Art Gallery (2020); The Willfulness of Objects, The Bass Museum of Art, Miami (2020); Mending the Sky, New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans (2020); Here Be Dragons, Copperfield, London (2020). Sabur earned a BFA from Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore (2009), and an MFA from the University of California, San Diego (2014). Her work is included in the permanent collection of the New Orleans Museum of Art, Pérez Art Museum Miami, The Bass Museum of Art, and TD Bank Group Art Collection.

Exhibitions
Exhibitions
Jamilah Sabur: DADA Holdings
How does an empire transmit images of itself across its colonies? What is the “self” of an empire? DADA Holdings is a con- tinuation of Sabur’s panel based wall works linking image to language. We speak of taking land, of inscribing it with a shape, we must also speak of its depiction.
27 Nov 2021 - 08 Jan 2022
Nina Johnson
Miami
Exhibitions
The Rest is History
The exhibition examines the definition of the word “history” and how it manifests within each artist’s...
26 Nov 2016 - 05 Jan 2017
Dimensions Variable
Miami
Exhibitions
Jamilah Sabur: If Defined, Then Undefine
Dimensions Variable presents “If Defined, Then Undefine”, a solo exhibition by the artist Jamilah...
25 May 2017 - 05 Aug 2017
Dimensions Variable
Miami
Exhibitions
Parallels and Peripheries
Parallels and Peripheries is the first exhibition of a namesake series of showcases aimed to investigate...
10 Oct 2018 - 16 Dec 2018
Oolite Arts
Miami
Exhibitions
The Other Side of Now
With a series of newly commissioned works by 14 artists living in the insular Caribbean and engaging...
18 Jul 2019 - 07 Jun 2020
Pérez Art Museum Miami – PAMM
Miami
Exhibitions
It Will Never Become Quite Familiar to You
“It Will Never Become Quite Familiar to You” at Oolite Arts explores the notions of heritage...
17 Jul 2019 - 29 Sep 2019
Oolite Arts
Miami
Exhibitions
10—A Decade
“10—A Decade” group exhibition brings together five past DV artists – Felice Grodin,...
28 Sep 2019 - 30 Dec 2019
Dimensions Variable
Miami
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