Kellie Jones


Kellie Jones is an American art historian and curator. She is a Professor in Art History and Archaeology in African American Studies at Columbia University. She won a MacArthur Fellowship in 2016.

Early life and education

Jones is the daughter of poets Hettie Jones and Amiri Baraka. Dr. Jones graduated from Amherst College in 1981. She was awarded a Ph.D. by Yale University in 1999.

Career

Her research interests include African Diaspora and African American artists, Latin American and Latino/a artists, and problems in contemporary art and museum theory. Dr. Jones has been published in journals such as NKA, Artforum, Flash Art, Atlantica, and Third Text. Jones has worked as a curator for over three decades.

Awards and honors

Awards, honors, and fellowships Dr. Jones have received include:
Exhibits Dr. Jones has curated and co-curated include:
Jones, Kellie. Lorna Simpson. London: Phaidon Press.
Jones, Kellie. EyeMinded: Living And Writing Contemporary Art. Durham: Duke University Press.
Jones, Kellie. Now Dig This!: Art & Black Los Angeles, 1960-1980. Los Angeles: Hammer Museum.
Jones, Kellie. South of Pico: African American Artists in Los Angeles in the 1960s and 1970s. Durham: Duke University Press.