EDUCATION
2025 MFA in Drawing and Painting , The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
2022 BFA in Fine Art, Concentration in Painting, Columbus College of Art & Design, Columbus, OH
Josiah Jamison is a contemporary realist painter and interdisciplinary artist based in Columbus, Ohio. They hold an MFA in Drawing and Painting from The Ohio State University and a BFA in Fine Arts from Columbus College of Art & Design. Their practice spans figurative painting, drawing, installation, furniture, and poetic storytelling, with research rooted in African American history, psychoanalysis, and cultural memory. Jamison explores how trauma, mental health, and surveillance mark Black life, while also tracing the survival practices—syncretism, ritual, and communal care—that have sustained Black communities across generations
Through layered compositions and immersive environments, Jamison imagines spaces of resilience, kinship, and protection, drawing on ancestral knowledge and radical traditions of care. Their work has been exhibited at 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, Jamison has organized exhibitions at Hopkins Hall Gallery and Urban Arts Space, cultivating platforms for dialogue, reflection, and collective imagination.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 Lean into the Uncomfortableness: Act 1, Parlor Suites, Columbus, OH
2022 BFA Thesis Exhibition, Hyper-Visibility: Why Would You Take Your Eyes Off Of Me, Acock Gallery, Columbus, OH
EXHIBITIONS
2025 MAC Cosmetics, Polaris Mall, OH
2025 MFA Thesis Exhibition: Desire Lines, Urban Arts Space, The Ohio State University, OH (catalogued)
2024 33st Fergus Scholarship Exhibition, Hopkins Gallery, Columbus, OH
2023 2nd Year MFA Exhibition, Tethers, The Ohio State University Biological Sciences Greenhouse
2023 Summer Showcase, No Place Gallery, Columbus, OH
2023 Irrepressible Soul!, Urban Arts Space,The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH(cataloged)
2023 MFA Show, Hopkins Gallery, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
2023 31st Fergus Scholarship Exhibition, Columbus, OH
2022 Mind, Body, Spirit, Sooouuul: An Exploration Of What Makes Us, Streetlight Guild, Columbus, OH
2022 Chroma Show, Beeler Gallery, Columbus, OH
2022 Breaking Boundaries, Byers Gallery, Columbus, OH
2022 Annual All-CCAD Juried Student Show, Sean Christopher Gallery, Columbus,OH (catalogue)
2021. Resilience in Nature: We are the Roses that Grew from the Concrete, Franklin Park Conservatory, Columbus, OH (catalogue)
2020 Young Hearts 9 The Color of Love, Sean Christopher Gallery, Columbus,OH (catalogue)
2018 Senior Portfolio and Photography Show, The Shot Tower Gallery, Columbus, OH
2016 Intern Pop-Up Show, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus,OH
AWARDS/ HONORS/ SPECIAL PROJECTS
2024 Greater Columbus Artist Project, Columbus, OH
2024 33st Fergus Scholarship Exhibition, Hopkins Gallery, Columbus, OH
2024 Greater Columbus Artist Project, Funds for Artists, Columbus, OH 2023 Greater Columbus Artist Project, Funds for Artists, Columbus, OH
2023 31st Fergus Scholarship, Columbus, OH
2022 Second Place, Annual All-CCAD Juried Student Show, Sean Christopher Gallery, Columbus,OH (catalogued)
2022 Second Place, Annual All-CCAD Juried Student Show, Sean Christopher Gallery, Columbus,OH (catalogue
2021 Visitors Choice, Resilience in Nature: We are the Roses that Grew from the Concrete, Franklin Park Conservatory, Columbus, OH
2021 Pamela Workman Endowed Prize, Columbus, OH
2018 Gold Portfolio, Silver Portfolio, Two Honorable Mentions, Alliance for Young Artists & Writers, Columbus, OH
2018 The Columbus Foundation, Columbus, OH