Photo: Daisy Avalos
Throughout his practice, Jammie Holmes (b. 1984, Thibodaux, LA) examines notions of identity, history, and legacy. Imbuing his paintings with a rich sense of narrative, Holmes presents a cast of figures—some historic, some imagined, some autobiographical—amidst moments of struggle, resilience, hope, and celebration. Incorporating a vast symbolic vocabulary, a host of Renaissance and Baroque inspired techniques, and references to a litany of artistic practices, Holmes's visual language is constantly evolving, allowing for a delicate dance between the personal and political as he reimagines the history of art in his own image.
Holmes is currently participating in the 2025–2026 Académie des Beaux-Arts and Cité internationale des arts residency program in Paris. His first solo museum exhibition, Jammie Holmes: Make the Revolution Irresistible, was presented at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, TX in 2023. His work has been included in numerous group exhibitions, including: Afro-Atlantic Histories, which traveled to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA; the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX; the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; and the Dallas Museum of Art, TX. His work has also been included in group exhibitions at the New Orleans Museum of Art, LA; the China Center of International Contemporary Art Vancouver, Canada; Columbus Museum of Art, OH; Dallas Contemporary, TX; and Nassima-Landau Projects, Tel Aviv, Israel. Work by Holmes is included in the permanent collections of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Washington, D.C.; Aïshti Foundation, Jal El Dib, Lebanon; the Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH; the Dallas Museum of Art, TX; the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum, East Lansing, MI; the Hammer Museum at the University of California, Los Angeles; ICA Miami, FL; the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX; the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX; Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, Durham, NC; the New Orleans Museum of Art, LA; the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, LA; Perez Art Museum, Miami, FL; X Museum, Beijing, China; and the Xiao Museum of Contemporary Art, Rizhao, China. Holmes lives and works in Miami, FL.