SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2006 “In a Red Knowing”, National Museum for Women in the Arts and Spelman College 2005 “Buttons, Blues and Boxes: A Retrospective”, National Museum for Women in the Arts and Spelman College
2004 “Me, Myself and 12 Hours: Coming Home” Sandler Hudson Gallery. Atlanta, GA
2001 “Delights”, Sandler Hudson Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2000 “The Flip Side of the Mirror”, Gainesville College, Gainesville, GA
1999-2000 “When Duty Whispers, Part 2”, Hammonds House Galleries, Atlanta, GA
1998 “Treasure House: Not By Bread Alone”, City Gallery East, Atlanta, GA
1998 “I’d Rather Two-Step”, Swan House Gallery, Atlanta History Center, Atlanta, GA
1997 “AMAKI: Latest Works”, McIntosh Gallery, Atlanta, GA
1996 “Notions and Nostalgia”, Saint Mary’s College, Notre Dame, IN
1995 “Buttons and Blues”, Emory University Psychology Building, Atlanta, GA
1995 “When Duty Whispers”, Houston Center for Photography, Houston, TX
1994 “Buttons and Blues”, Atlanta Financial Center, Atlanta, GA
1993 “New Works”, BAGIT Gallery, Chicago, IL
1993 “A Higher Sense of History”, Beach Institute, Savannah, GA
1993 “Women Who Lived and Sang The Blues”, The Light Factory, Charlotte, NC
1993 “Beyond Boundaries”, Brenau University Gallery, Gainesville, GA
1992 “DoubleCross”, The Albany Museum of Art, Albany, GA
1991 “Women Who Lived and Sang The Blues”, Hughley Gallery, Atlanta, GA
1986 “Reverence/Irreverence”, Nexus Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, GA
1983 “The Nature Of This Flower Is To Bloom”, Morris Brown College, Atlanta, GA

SELECTED GROUP SHOWS:
2003 “Color, Culture, Complexity”, Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, Atlanta, GA
2002 “Transitions”, Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, Atlanta, GA
2002 “HCP Anniversary Show”, Houston Center for Photography, Houston, TX
2002 “Four Score and Five”, University Gallery, University of Delaware
2.“New Harlem Renaissance”, Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, IN
2002 “Georgia Master Photography Show”, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA
2002 “Georgia Triennial”, City Gallery East, Atlanta, GA (travel through 2004)
2001 “Go Figure”, LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
2001 “Repeated Images”, Sandler Hudson Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2000 “Reflections in Black”, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC (travel through 2005)
2000 “Can You Hear Me Shout”, Museum of Arts & Sciences, Macon, GA
1998 “Stop Asking, We Exist”, Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA (travel through 2001)
1998 “Cross Cultures”, LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
1996 “Self-Evident”, Nathan Cummings Foundation, New York, NY
1996 “Bearing Witness”, Spelman College Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA (travel through 2001)
1996 “Building Community - Art and Culture Technology”, Rio Plaza, Atlanta, GA
1996 “Tragic Wake”, Spirit Square, Charlotte, NC
1996 “Gone With The Wind: The Fabrication of Southern Culture”, city Gallery at Chastain, Atlanta, GA
1995 “SAF/NEA Fellows”, Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MS
1995 “The November Show”, Hastings Seed Building, Atlanta, GA
1995 “Georgia Sampler”, Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
1995 “Hand Me Down: Innovation Within a Tradition”, African American Cultural Center,
Charlotte, NC
1994 Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
1994 Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
1994 National Black Arts Festival, Atlanta, GA
1994 “Points of Observation: Six Artists”, University of West Florida, Pensacola, FL
1993 “Women’s Words”, City Gallery at Chastain, Atlanta, GA
1993 “Photographs APG”, Woodruff Arts Center, Atlanta, GA
1992 “Georgia On My Mind”, Governor’s Office, Atlanta, GA
1992 “Grant Recipients”, New Visions Gallery, Atlanta, GA
1992 “Members Show: APG”, Atlanta Photography Gallery, Atlanta, GA
1991 “Eclectic Lens”, East Illinois University,. Charleston, IL
1991 “Heavenly Hosts”, Artspace Gallery, Atlanta, GA
1987 “The Atlanta Show”, Nexus Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, GA
1985 Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, SC

MEDIA FEATURES: Delaware Today (2003)
Action News 6 (Philadelphia) (2003) Savoy Magazine (2002)
CNN Headline News (1996) Savoy Magazine (2001)
WAGA-TV (Atlanta), Good Day Atlanta (1996, 1999) Essence Magazine (1996)
WGN-TV (Chicago) (1996) Ebony Magazine (1996)
WALR-Radio (Atlanta) (1996) Aperture (1995)
Accents on Homes (1992)
ACADEMIC & PROFESSIONAL HONORS:
2002 Distinguished Alumni Award, Emory University, College of Arts and Science
1997 Georgia Women In The Visual Arts Award, State of Georgia, Secretary of State
1997 Award in Art, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
1996 J. Paul Getty Postdoctoral Fellowship Alternate, The Getty Foundation
1991 Paul Robeson Award in Arts Administration, The Arts Exchange, Atlanta, GA
1984 Bronze Woman of The Year Award In Art, Iota Phi Lambdha Sorority, Inc.
1980 Senior Award, The University of New Mexico
1971 Senior Award, Georgia State University
1970 Who’s Who In American Colleges and Universities
1970 Sigma Delta Chi Award - Feature Writing, Senior College &University

PUBLICATIONS:
“Unfulfilled Promise of Elizabeth Prophet”, International Review of African American Art, Hampton University, Hampton, VA, May 2002.

“Original Acts”, exhibition catalog essay, “Original Acts: Photographs of African American Performers in the Paul R. Jones Collection”, University Gallery, University of Delaware, 2002.

“Lorna Simpson: Images and Words” and “Imogen Cunningham” in The Lenore and Burton Gold Collection, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA, 2001.

“Architecture as Identity: The Art of Beverly Buchanan”, exhibition catalog essay, Beverly Buchanan Retrospective, City Gallery East, Atlanta, GA, 2000

“Art: The Paul Jones Collection”, exhibition catalog essay, Art and Everyday Life: The Paul Jones Collection, Marietta-Cobb Museum of Art,Marietta, GA, 1999.

“To Make A Picture: Photographs of P.H. Polk”, exhibition catalog essay , Through These Eyes: The Photographs of Prentice Herman Polk, University of Delaware, 1998.

“Trace Of The Hand, Track Of The Spirit”, exhibition catalog essay, African American Folk Art In Kentucky, Kentucky Folk Art Center, Morehead, KY, 1998.

“Joy Of The Journey”, exhibition catalog essay, “Joy Of The Journey: Visual Accounts Of Ten Women Artists In Georgia”, Spelman College, Atlanta, GA, 1997.

“The All Black Exhibition: A Historical Overview”, exhibition catalog essay, Contemporary African American Art: 1996, National Black Arts Festival, Atlanta, GA,1996.

“Alabama Album: Prentice Herman Polk Photographs”, exhibition brochure, Southern Arts Federation, Atlanta, GA, 1996.

“African American Art Since World War II”, The Dictionary of Twentieth-Century American Culture after World War II. Atlanta, GA: Gale Research, 1994.

“Selected Drawings & Prints From The Atlanta Life Insurance Company Collection”, exhibition catalog essay, Spelman College, Rockerfeller Fine Arts Center, Atlanta, GA,1992.

“Ways of Seeing: A Crisis for Contemporary Black Artists?” in Selected Essays: Art and Artists From The Harlem Renaissance To The 1980s. Atlanta, GA: The National Black Arts Festival, 1988.

“The Invisible Artist”, Creative Loafing, February 2, 1985.

ART REVIEWS:
“Equal Rights & Justice: 30 Years and Beyond”, Art Papers, September/October, 1994.
“Life Force of Yoruba Permeates Exhibition”, The Atlanta Journal/Constitution, May 17, 1991.
“Harlem Renaissance: Art of Black America Relies Too Much On Era’s Outgrowth”,The Atlanta Journal/Constitution, August 23, 1988.
Creative Loafing:
“Fabric and Pottery from Nigeria”, August 10, 1985.
“The Ambivalence of Time and Space”, July 27, 1985.
“The Carnal and The Spiritual”, April 27, 1985.
“Visions In Paradise”, May 4, 1985.
“The Gilded Age”, April 20, 1985.
“Karp: Paintings That Vibrate”, April 13, 1985.
“Ambivalent Spaces, Planar Depth”, March 16, 1985.
“Folk Vision: All In A Row”, March 2, 1985.
“The Birthday Party”, February 9, 1985

EXHIBITIONS CURATED:
2003 “The Magnificent Seven: Hayward Oubre’s Students In The Paul R. Jones Collection, Perkins Center Gallery, University of Delaware, Newark, DE
2002 “Original Acts: Photographs of African American Performers in the Paul R. Jones Collection”, University Gallery, University of Delaware, Newark, DE
2000 “Moved By The Spirit”, Brenau University Gallery, Gainesville, GA
1.“The Paul Jones Collection: Art and Everyday Life”, Marietta-Cobb Museum of Art,
Marietta, GA
1997 “Joy Of The Journey: Visual Accounts of Ten Women Artists In Georgia”,
Spelman College Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
1996 “Alabama Album: Prentice Herman Polk Photographs”, Southern Arts Federation
Traveling Exhibition (through 1999)
1995 “P.H. Polk: Photographer”, Robert W. Woodruff Library Gallery, Atlanta University
Center, Atlanta, GA
1993 “Drawing and Prints: The Atlanta Life Insurance Company Collection”,
Spelman College, Atlanta, GA
1985 “Selections From The Paul Jones Collection”, King-Tisdell Cottage, Savannah, GA
1984 “Selections From The Paul Jones Collection”, Schatten Gallery, Emory University,
Atlanta, GA
1983 “African Art In The Paul Jones Collection”, King-Tisdell Cottage, Savannah, GA

GRANTS & COMMISSIONS:
2001 Commission, Absolut Vodka, New York, NY
2000 Commission, Hartsfield International Airport, Atlanta, GA
1999-2000 Commission, General Services Administration/ Sam Nunn Federal Center, Atlanta, GA
1998 Commission, High Museum of Art & Creative Hearts Youth Art Community Quilt
Project, Atlanta, GA
1997 Commission, SCLC/WOMEN, Atlanta, GA
1996 Commission, Hartsfield International Airport, Atlanta, GA
1996 Commission, Corporation for Olympic Development & Nexus Contemporary Art Center
Atlanta, GA
1996 Commission, Seagrams Gin, Inc., New York, NY
1996 Commission, The Coca Cola Company & Hartsfield International Airport Olympic
Centennial Youth Art Quilt Project, Atlanta, GA
1995 National Endowment for the Arts Regional Fellow in Photography
1995 Commission, Coca Cola Enterprises, Atlanta, GA
1994 Commission, Roy Communications, Inc., Atlanta, GA
1993 Artist Grant, Georgia Council for the Arts
1992 Commission, The Miller Brewing Company, Milwaukee, WI
1991 Artist Grant, Fulton County Arts Council, Atlanta, GA

PANELS & COMMITTEES:
2002 National Support Committee, James Van Der Zee Award, Brandywine Workshop, Philadelphia, PA
1998 Abbey Awards Screening Committee, Atlanta Chamber of Commerce Arts & Business
League
1996 Juror, Arts Festival of Atlanta 1996 Artist Market
1994-1995 Visual Arts Panel, Georgia Council For The Arts
1994-present Advisory Committee, Southern Arts Federation Visual & Media Arts Program
1995 Youth Art Exhibition, Arts Festival of Atlanta
1995 Team Leader, Advisory Committee, Fulton County Arts Council Master Plan for
Public Art
1994 Panelist, Regional Designation Awards in the Arts, Atlanta Committee for the Olympic
Games Cultural Olympiad
1993 Panel Chair, Fulton County Arts Council Museum Grants
1993 Juror, Southern Bell Corporation Calendar Cover Design Commission
1992 Consultant, Southern Bell Corporation Calendar Design Commission
1992 Panelist, Fulton County Arts Council Museum Grants
1992 Panelist, Atlanta Cultural Affairs Bureau Major Organization Grants
1991 Panelist, Futon County Arts Council Museum Grants
1991 Juror, Greenbriar Mall Art Scholarship Competition
1989 Panelist, Fulton County Arts Council Individual Artist Grants
1987 Juror, Dekalb County Arts Festival
1986 Juror, Arts Festival of Atlanta Site Sculpture Competition

SELECTED PUBLIC SPEAKING:
2003 “African American Images and the Politics of Pretty”, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York
2.“From The Dark Side: P. H. Polk Photographs A Different South”, College Art Association Annual Conference (paper presented), Philadelphia, PA
2002 “Curating The Private Collection”, James Porter Colloquium, Howard University, Washington, DC
2002 “Why There is a Paul R. Jones Collection”, Towson University, Towson, MD
2001 “Artist Panel: New Acquisitions”, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
1999 “Self Taught & Living in Kentucky”, Kentucky Folk Art Center, Louisville, KY
1.“Norman Lewis: In & Out of the Mainstream”, Clark Atlanta University Galleries,
Atlanta, GA
1999 “My Art-Making”, Ulrich Museum, Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas
1998 “Trace of the Hand, Track of The Spirit”, Southern Ohio Museum, Portsmouth, OH
1998 “P.H. Polk and Rembrandt”, Iowa State University Museums, Ames, IA
1998 “Images By Us and About Us”, Hammonds House Galleries, Atlanta, GA
1998 “To Make A Picture”, University Gallery, University of Delaware, Newark, DE
1997 “The Picture and The Word”, Alabama Arts Alliance, Montgomery, AL
1996 “Success: What It Means”, Southern Arts Federation, Atlanta, GA
1995 “The Kelly Collection”, Hunter Museum of Art, Chattanooga, TN
1994 “Other Americans: Free To Create”, Society For Photographic Education Southwest
Regional Conference and Fotofest, Houston, TX
1994 “Image-making”, Society For Photographic Education Southeast Conference,
Atlanta, GA
1994 “African American Art During The Civil Rights Era”, High Museum of Art,
Atlanta, GA
1994 “Free Within Ourselves”, The Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, GA
1993 “Women’s Words”, City Gallery at Chastain, Atlanta, GA
1993 “Alma Thomas and the Color of Rain”, The Columbus Museum of Art,
Columbus, GA
1992 “African American Art from 1920-1960”, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
1992 “Romare Bearden: Storyteller”, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
1987 “Jacob Lawrence: American Painter”, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
1986 “The Photographs of Ray Metzker”, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA

MEMBERSHIPS:
The College Art Association
High Museum of Art
High Museum of Art Photo Forum
Hammonds House Galleries
Friends of The Clark Atlanta University Collection
Brenau University Gallery Advisory Committee (former)
High Museum of Art Artist Advisory Committee (former)
High Museum of Art 20th Century Art Society Board (former)
High Museum of Art Photo Forum Board (former)
Nexus Contemporary Art Center Board (former)
Atlanta Photography Group Board (former)
Ballethnic Dance Company Board (former)

BOOKS/CATALOGS/BROCHURES:
Tally, Dan and Spriggs, Ed. Color, Culture, Complexity (catalog), Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, Atlanta, GA, 2002.
Cone-Skelton, Annette. Transitions, Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, Atlanta, GA, 2002.
Shaw, Louise. Georgia Triennial (catalog), Telfair Art Museum, Savannah, GA, 2001.
Willis-Kennedy, Deborah. Reflections in Black: A History of Black Photography, 1840-Present. New
York, W.K. Norton, 2000.
Scott, Joyce and Janet I. McCall. Stop Asking, We Exist, The Society for Contemporary Craft,
Pittsburgh, PA, 1998.
Granderson, Eddie. Altered Beliefs: Rethinking The Black Aesthetic (catalog), City Gallery East, Atlanta,
GA.
Prokop, Alan. Tragic Wake: The Legacy of Slavery and the African American Dispora in Contemporary American Art (catalog), Spirit Square, Charlotte, NC, 1996.
Britton, Crystal. African American Art: The Long Struggle. New York: Smithmark Publishers, Ltd.,
1996.
Robinson, Jontyle, et.al. Bearing Witness: Contemporary African American Artists. New York: Rizzoli
International Publications, Inc., 1996.
Cultural Affairs Bureau. Gateway To The World: Art & Architecture of Concourse E (catalog), Hartsfield
International Airport, City of Atlanta, 1996.
Keyes, Donald. The Visual Arts in Georgia: A Sampler (catalog), Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, GA, 1995.
Harris, Michael D. Hand Me Downs: Innovation Within A Tradition (catalog), Afro-American Cultural Center, Charlotte, NC, 1995.
Brier, A.C. Points Of Observation: Six Atlanta Artists (catalog), The University of West Florida, Pensacola, FL, 1994.
Robinson, Jontyle. “Photographs/The Paul Jones Collection” (brochure), Spelman College, Atlanta, GA, 1990.

REVIEWS:
Feaster, Felicia. “Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia Ends Year On A High Note”, Creative Loafing, December 18-24, 2002.
Fox, Catherine. “Shades of Racism”, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, December 6, 2002.
Fox, Catherine. “Transitions”, The Atlanta Journal/Constitution, July, 2002.
Fox, Catherine. “Visual Arts: From Paintings To New Media, The Georgia Triennial”, The Atlanta
Journal and Constitution, April 12, 2002.
Escamilla, Raquel. “Crossing Cultures”, The Santa Faen, May, 1998.
MacNeil, William. “Crossing Cultures Provides impetus for Art Show”, The Santa Fe New Mexican,
May 1, 1998.
Roland, Marya. “Tragic Wake”, Art Papers, March-April, 1997.
Patterson, Tom. “Wake A Potent Look At Slavery’s Legacy”, The Charlotte Observer, December 29,
1996.
Leonard, Pamela Blume. “Shining Shrines Put Women In Center”, Atlanta Journal./Constitution,
March 21, 1997.
Houghton, Jim. “Two Exhibits At Colleges Offer Nostalgia, New Age”, The South Bend Tribune,
January 28, 1996,
Carson, Patti. “Exhibits Display ‘Domestic Art’”, The Observer, January 19, 19996.
Williams, Mara Rose. “Buttonholing The Public”, The Atlanta Journal/Constitution, February 8, 1996.
Fox, Catherine. “Georgia Sampler”, The Atlanta Journal/Constitution, February 19, 1994.
Thompson, Mildred. “Amalia Amaki/Liz Hampton”, Art Papers, November/December, 1994.
White, Clarence. “Amalia Amaki: American Reminiscences, Buttons and Blues”, Art Papers, May/June,
1994.
Fox, Catherine. “Collages Are Not Button Down Art: Amalia Amaki Savors The Familial Intimacy of Common Treasures”, The Atlanta Journal/Constitution, March 20, 1994.
Jinkner-Lloyd, Amy. “Strange Fruit”, Creative Loafing, March 12, 1994.
Fox, Catherine. “Forceful Words of Female Artists Worth Marking”, The Atlanta Journal/Constitution,
February 12, 1993.
Faber, Mitzi. “Women’s Words”, Art Papers, July-August, 1993.
Sherman, Katherine. “A Higher Sense Of History: Amalia Amaki’s Photos On Fabric”, The Georgia
Guardian, September 3, 1993.
Shuter, Marty. “The Fabric of History”, Savannah News Press, August 15, 1993.
Russell, Lucille. “Powerful Installation At Museum”, Albany Herald, September 5, 1992.
Fox, Catherine. “Resonant Images Pay Homage TO The Ladies Who Lived and Sang The Blues”,
The Atlanta Journal/Constitution, November 1, 1991.
McKenzie, Barbara. “City Is Conspicuous By It’s Near Absence In The Atlanta Show”, The Atlanta
Journal and Constitution, September 18, 1987.

SELECTED COLLECTIONS:
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, TX
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
Minnesota Museum of Art, St. Paul, MN
University of Delaware, Newark, DE
Albany Museum of Art, Albany, GA
Hammonds House Galleries, Atlanta, GA
The Tubman Museum, Macon, Georgia
King and Spalding, Atlanta, GA
Coca Cola Enterprises, Atlanta, GA
CGR Advisors, Atlanta, GA
Hartsfield International Airport, Atlanta, GA
V-103 Radio, Chicago, IL
Roy Communications, Inc., Atlanta, GA

EMPLOYMENT:
Present Curator, The Paul R. Jones Collection and Assistant Professor, Black American Studies, Art, and History of Art, University of Delaware, Newark, DE
1999-2000 Assistant Professor, Department of Art, Spelman College, Atlanta, GA
1998-1999 Assistant Professor of Art History, Department of Fine Arts, North Georgia
College & State University, Dahlonega, GA
1997-1998 Guest Curator, Spelman College Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
1994-1998 Lecturer of Art History, Department of Art, Spelman College, Atlanta, GA
1994 Adjunct Instructor of Art History, Atlanta College of Art, Atlanta, GA
1992-1993 Instructor of Art History, Department of Art, Spelman College, Atlanta, GA
1993 Adjunct Instructor of Art History, Kennesaw State University, Department of Art,
Kennesaw, GA
1989-1991 Instructor of Art History, Department of Humanities, Morehouse College, Atlanta, GA
1990 Adjunct Instructor, Atlanta College of Art, Atlanta, GA
1987-1989 Instructor of Art History, Department of Art, Spelman College, Atlanta, GA
1986-1987 Art Critic, Creative Loafing, Atlanta, GA
1985-1987 Contributing Writer, Art Papers, Atlanta, GA
1978-1980 Museum Assistant, The University Art Museum, The University of New Mexico,
Albuquerque, NM