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.
Nina Johnson
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Oolite Arts
Pérez Art Museum Miami – PAMM