Jamila Brown is a curator, arts administrator, and interdisciplinary artist, currently based in Chicago, Illinois. Brown received her Photography BFA with a dual minor in Journalism and Art History from The University of North Carolina at Charlotte in 2018.
Brown formerly held the position of curatorial assistant at The Mint Museum in Charlotte, NC. She has curated exhibitions, moderated artist talks, developed and organized arts programming, taught workshops and classes, and served on jury panels to provide continued support to artists.
The institutions, organizations, and galleries she has contributed to include: The Bechtler Museum of Modern Art, Hodges Taylor Gallery, The Light Factory Photo Arts Center, McColl Center for Art + Innovation, the Arts and Science Council of Charlotte, Blumenthal Performing Arts Center, Goodyear Arts, South Arts, and more.
Curatorially, her work is based in contemporary art with a focus on emergent and established artists working in all media, and the coordination of innovative installations and programs that coexist with exhibitions. Creatively, her practice consists of mixed media, performance, and alt-process photographic work that conceptually center Black and Brown people, ancestral reverence, and spirituality.
photo credit: Adam Davis