Josiah Jamison is a Black trans-femme contemporary realist painter and interdisciplinary artist based in Columbus, Ohio. Currently completing an MFA in Drawing and Painting at The Ohio State University, Jamison’s practice spans figurative painting, drawing, installation, furniture, and poetic storytelling. Their work engages African American history, psychoanalysis, and trans embodiment, with a particular focus on the effects of trauma, untreated mental health, and systems of surveillance on Black and queer lives.

Through immersive environments and narrative compositions, Jamison explores the complexities of identity, kinship, and desire—centering the lived experiences of Black trans-femme individuals. Their recent work, including the thesis project You Won’t Be Alone, If I'm Here (2025), creates dreamlike worlds that oscillate between serenity and threat, often disrupting utopian imagery with moments of rupture, confrontation, or introspection.

Jamison’s work has been exhibited at institutions such as Beeler Gallery, Acock Gallery, Franklin Park Conservatory and Botanical Gardens, Sean-Christopher Gallery, and the Columbus Museum of Art. As a curator and arts worker, they have organized exhibitions at Hopkins Hall Gallery and Urban Arts Space, cultivating spaces for dialogue and reflection within marginalized communities. Their practice foregrounds care, resistance, and the divine monstrosity of Black trans life