Curriculum Vitae
B. 1987, Annapolis, Maryland
Lives and works in Richmond, VA
Education
2013 MFA Visual Arts
State University of New York at Purchase
2009 BFA Painting and Printmaking
Virginia Commonwealth University
Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions
2020 Where were we?, FLXST Contemporary, Chicago, IL
2019 An Inventory of Traces, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA
2018 Marks and Conversations, Topaz Arts, Queens, NY (two-person exhibition with Maeve D’arcy)
2018 Salon Saturday, Norte Maar, Brooklyn, NY (solo pop-up exhibition and artist talk)
2017 Visitor, Shockoe Artspace, Richmond, VA
2009 Postcolonial Power Hour, VCU Commons Gallery, Richmond, VA (two-person exhibition with Chino Amobi)
Group Exhibitions
2023 Good Will, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA
2023 Foundations (online fair curated by Artsy), FLXST Contemporary, Chicago, IL
2023 Ground (curatorial project), Studio Jamora, Richmond, VA
2023 Pollinate, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA
2023 Collectors’ Night Benefit Auction, Washington Project for the Arts, Washington, DC
2023 Quality Control, FLXST Contemporary, Chicago, IL
2023 Cabin Fever, 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA
2023 The Dis/Embodied Familiar (curatorial project), Studio Jamora, Richmond, VA
2022 Shelter (curated by Heather Hakimzadeh and Alison Byrne), Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, Virginia Beach, VA
2022 Made in VA (juried by Bana Kattan), Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, Virginia Beach, VA
2022 Tambayan (curated by Edmund Arévalo), VAMA Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2022 Od „abstrakcji” do abstrakcji, Fundacja Stefana Gierowskiego, Warsaw, Poland
2022 Local Economy (curated by Joelle Wacker), Gallery5, Richmond, VA
2021 Good Will, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA
2021 Down the Line, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA
2021 Embrace (curated by Deanna Evans), Maake Projects, State College, PA
2021 Poets, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA
2021 Sentiment (curated by Sophia Chizuco), SFA Projects, New York, NY
2021 The Happening, FLXST Contemporary, Chicago, IL
2021 Genesis, Eden Airlines, Richmond, VA
2021 Cabin Fever, 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA
2020 Glean, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA
2020 Index, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA
2020 New Waves 2020 (juried by Susan Thompson), Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, Virginia Beach, VA
2020 Reaching for the Horizon (curated by Jan Christian Bernabe), Antenna, New Orleans, LA
2019 Confluence of Colors, Walter Wickiser Gallery, New York, NY
2019 All We Want Is to See Ourselves, FLXST Contemporary, Chicago, IL
2019 New Editions: Into the FLXST, FLXST Contemporary, Chicago, IL
2019 Cut: Abstraction in the United States from the 1970s to the Present (curated by Amy Galpin), Frost Art Museum, Miami, FL
2019 Taglish, The First Picture of You, 1990 (curated by Dogeaters Collective), Philippine Center, New York, NY
2019 Cabin Fever, 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA
2018 Gather, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA
2018 Constructing the Break (curated by Allison Glenn), Contemporary Art Center of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA
2018 Hot! Hot! Hot!, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA
2018 Everybody in the Pool, ADA Gallery, Richmond, VA
2018 Fool (curated by Lucia Rodriguez and Aaron Mulligan), Juice Box, Denver, CO
2017 Current Art Fair, Shockoe Art Space, Richmond, VA
2017 NURTUREart Annual Benefit, Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY
2016 From Tha Roota To Tha Toota, Good Enough Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2016 daydreamer II, Quality Gallery, Oakland, CA
2016 Obstructed Views, Scott Charmin Gallery, Houston, TX (curatorial project)
2016 Sunny - A Summer Store, Fouladi Projects, San Francisco, CA
2016 The Heart of the Matter (curated by Jessica Cochran), The Gaylord & Dorothy Donnelly Foundation, Chicago, IL
2015 SHIM Invitational 1, ArtHelix, Brooklyn, NY
2015 NURTUREart Annual Benefit, The Boiler, Brooklyn, NY
2015 Daang-Krus (curated by Ged Merino), Bliss on Bliss Art Projects, Queens, NY
2015 SIXTY MINUTES: Sixty Artists & Sixty Seconds of Video (curated by Courtney Childress), Vanity Projects, Miami, FL & New York, NY
2015 Surface Matters (curated by Russell Tyler), Fouladi Projects, San Francisco, CA
2015 Working Artist, Academic Gallery, Queens, NY
2014 FRESH PUNCH (curated by Daniela Gomez Paz, Hilliary Gabryel, and Linda Rucina), Era VI VII VI, Queens, NY
2014 Hrönir: Un-Lost Things (curated by Hazel Lee Santino), Brooklyn Fireproof, Brooklyn, NY
2014 Precious Moments, Open Space, Baltimore, MD
2014 NURTUREart Annual Benefit, The Boiler, Brooklyn, NY
2014 Appalach-wick, Art Helix, Brooklyn, NY (collaboration with Adam Brazil)
2014 Chronicle (curated by Edgar Meza), Scott Charmin Gallery, Houston, TX
2014 Fade and Spill Out and Peer at Another's Whole (curated by Zachary Rawe and Jamie Felton), FJORD, Philadelphia, PA
2013 FRESH 10 (curated by Jason Andrew, John Silvis and Julian Jimarez Howard), OUTLET Fine Art, Brooklyn, NY
2013 MFA Thesis Group Exhibition, Sue Scott Gallery, New York, NY
2013 MFA Thesis Exhibition, Richard and Dolly Maass Gallery, Purchase, NY
2013 Six Degrees of Separation (curated by Jackie Cantwell and Molly Myer), The Bishop, Brooklyn, NY
2013 IF YOU SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING, American University-Katzen Center for the Arts, Washington DC
2012 Divining Rod (curated by Faye Hirsch), Richard and Dolly Maass Gallery, Purchase, NY
2011 Make the Road by Walking (curated by Stamatina Gregory), Passage Gallery, Purchase, NY
2011 Survival in an Unknown Land, 1019A Gallery, Purchase, NY
2011 Mahal (curated by Patrick Cruz and Chaya Go), Yactac Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2011 Blueprints (curated by Hannah Haworth and Aaron Valentin), Gitana Rosa Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2010 AND BEYOND (curated by Margot Walsh), Parse Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2010 Nasaan?, Ishmael Bernal Gallery, Quezon City, Philippines
2010 Storm (curated by Jill Wickenheisser), Submerged Art Gallery, Newark, NJ
2010 Overstimulated, 210 Front St., South Street Seaport, New York, NY
2010 It's Personal, St. Joseph's College Alumni Room Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2009 Wall-to-Wall, City Without Walls, Newark, NJ
2009 Stimulus Package, ADA Gallery, Richmond, VA
2008 Beyond the Barrelman, Mercury Cafe Gallery, Chicago, IL
Teaching Experience
August 2021 — Present
Assistant Professor + Area Head of Surface Research
School of the Arts, Art Foundation Program
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
December 2020 — May 2023
Adjunct Lecturer, Asian & Pacific Islander American Studies
The College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA
August 2018 — July 2021
Adjunct Instructor, School of the Arts, Art Foundation and Summer Pre-College Programs
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
June 2015 – August 2015
Instructor for Youth and Pre-College Programs in the Arts
Purchase College, State University of New York, Purchase, NY
June 2015 – July 2015
Art Instructor
Private Picassos, New York, NY
September 2014 – August 2015
Emerging Artist-Teacher Fellow
Joan Mitchell Foundation, New York, NY
August 2011 – May 2013
Graduate Teaching Assistant, School of Art+Design
Purchase College, State University of New York, Purchase, NY
Artist Residencies
2023 Hambidge Center, Rabun Gap, GA
2022 Jentel Artist Residency, Banner, WY
2022 VCCA-France - Moulin à Nef, Auvillar, France
2021 Muscarelle Museum of Art at William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA
2021 Hambidge Center, Rabun Gap, GA
2019 Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Amherst, VA
2018 Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL
2017 Joan Mitchell Center, New Orleans, LA
2013 Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL
2010 Sambalikhaan Foundation, Quezon City, Philippines
2009 ADA Gallery, Richmond, VA
Awards and Distinctions
2023 Guest Panelist, “Made in Virginia: Filipino American Art. Roberto Jamora | Ken García Oláes” organized by the Filipino American National Historical Society-Hampton Roads Chapter, Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art
2022 September All Media Show Juror, Art Works
2022 Dean's Faculty Summer Research Grant, Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts
2022-2025 Curatorial Board Member, Ragdale Foundation
2021 Asian Centennial Distinguished Fine Arts Fellow, The College of William & Mary
2020 New Waves 2020 Honorable Mention, Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art
2020 Guest Lecturer, The College of William & Mary, Asian & Pacific Islander American Studies Department
2020 Art Awards Juror (Painting), Scholastic Art & Writing Awards
2019 November All Media Show Juror, Art Works
2018 New York Emerging Artist Grant Nomination, Rema Hort Mann Foundation
2018 Artist Community Engagement Grant, Rema Hort Mann Foundation
2017 New York Emerging Artist Grant Nomination, Rema Hort Mann Foundation
2014 New York Emerging Artist Grant Nomination, Rema Hort Mann Foundation
2012 Minority Graduate Fellowship, SUNY Purchase College, School of Art+Design
2012 SUNY Graduate Fellowship, SUNY Purchase College, School of Art+Design
2011 Merit Scholarship, SUNY Purchase College, School of Art+Design
2008 Theresa Pollak Scholarship, VCU School of the Arts
2008 Bon Air Artists Association Scholarship, VCU School of the Arts
Selected
Collections
Atlanta Hawks NBA Team, Atlanta, GA
Capital One Art Collection, McLean, VA
Capital One Art Collection, Richmond, VA
Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Cambridge, MA
Muscarelle Museum of Art, Williamsburg, VA
State Farm Art Collection, Atlanta, GA
Taller de Experimentación Plástica - Conarte, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico
William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA
Public Lectures
2023 Qatar Week Creative Research Pecha Kucha Series, Institute for Contemporary Art at VCU
2023 Made in Virginia: Filipino American Art, featuring Roberto Jamora and Ken García Oláes, Filipino American National Historical Society of Hampton Roads, Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art
2022 Instagram Live Chat: Roberto Jamora in Conversation with Heather Hakimzadeh, Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art
2022 APIA Art Talk with Roberto Jamora, The Khatalampay Story: W&M's APIM Stole, William & Mary
2022 Unveiling and Premiere of Asian Centennial Mixed Media Art Work, William & Mary
2021 Asian Centennial Artist Talk, Muscarelle Museum of Art at William & Mary
2020 Banh-Mi Lecture Series, William & Mary, Asian & Pacific Islander American Studies
Publications
Choi, Eddie, and Calvin Kim. “When Fate Knocks: An Artistic Representation of Asian Pacific Middle Eastern Resilience at William & Mary.” Art & Hatsuye, vol. 4, 2022, pp. 26–28, https://issuu.com/artandhatsuye/docs/art_hatsuye_2022_asian_centennial_souvenir_editi/28.
Fantauzzo, Laurel, and Roberto Jamora. “Prayer to the Dead.” 7x7, 13 December. 2018, http://7x7.la/prayer-to-the-dead/.
Good Enough, Atlanta. “From Tha Roota To Tha Toota at Good Enough.” Art Viewer, 2 January 2017, https://artviewer.org/from-tha-roota-to-tha-toota-at-good-enough/.
Jamora, Roberto. Freedom. 2018, http://memorious.org/?issue=29&art. Memorious: A Journal of New Verse and Fiction, Memorious 29.
Jamora, Roberto. “Roberto Jamora.” Filipino American Artist Directory, Vol. 2, Calamansi Press, 2018, p. 55.
Jamora, Roberto. “Roberto Jamora.” Filipino American Artist Directory, Vol. 3, 2019, p. 63.
Jamora, Roberto. “Roberto Jamora - Duende.” Duende Literary, no. 3, Fall 2015, http://www.duendeliterary.org/roberto-jamora/.
Jamora, Roberto. “Three Works.” The Account, Spring 2019, https://theaccountmagazine.com/issue/spring-2019/.
Olszewska, Paulina, et al. Od “Abstrakcji” Do Abstrakcji = from “Abstraction” to Abstraction. Fundacja Stefana Gierowskiego, 2022.
Press
“15 Filipino-American Artists You Need 2 Know.” DESTIG, Issue 6, July 2019, p. 249, https://issuu.com/destig/docs/binder1_4880c4d874402c/248.
Abelis, Ona. “Eight Brilliant Painters with Studios in Greenpoint." Greenpointers, 16 February 2015, http://greenpointers.com/2015/02/16/eight-brilliant-painters-with-studios-in-greenpoint/.
Adcox, Abigail. “Screen printing project part of William & Mary’s commemoration of the 100th anniversary of admission of Asian students.” The Virginia Gazette, 1 October 2021, https://www.dailypress.com/virginiagazette/va-vg-asian-centennial-wm-adcox-0929-20211001-327a5pra6nbe3ijaxud5px4554-story.html.
Andrew, Jason. “Greenpoint Open Studios: 10 Must See Artists.” Norte Maar, 25 April 2016, http://nortemaar.org/2016/04/greenpoint-open-studios-10-must-see-artist/.
“Faculty News : Art Foundation.” Studio : VCUarts, Fall 2023, p. 58, https://issuu.com/vcuarts/docs/vcuarts-studio-fall2023?fr=xKAE9_zU1NQ.
The FilAm. “Directory of Fil-Am artists coming out in 2018 - GMA News” GMA News Online. 1 December 2017, http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/pinoyabroad/news/635131/directory-of-fil-am-artists-coming-out-in-2018/story/.
Joan Mitchell Foundation. "Announcing the Joan Mitchell Center 2017 Artists-in-Residence." 15 February 2017, http://joanmitchellfoundation.org/news/announcing-the-joan-mitchell-center-2017-artists-in-residence.
Jones, Persephone. “7 Reflections & Suggested Sounds: ALL WE WANT IS TO SEE OURSELVES at FLXST Contemporary.” Sixty Inches From Center, 3 October 2019, http://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/7-reflections-suggested-sounds-all-we-want-is-to-see-ourselves-at-flxst-contemporary/.
New York Philippine Consulate General. “Young Fil-Am artists exhibit work at Philippine Center.” Filipino Reporter, 3 May 2019, http://www.filipinoreporter.us/arts-a-entertainment/culture/4690-young-fil-am-artists-exhibit-work-at-philippine-center.html.
nrichmund. “Three exhibits at MOCA are asking us questions about how we see race (and history).” Boulevard Media, 5 October 2020, https://blvdmedia.io/2020/10/05/how-do-you-see-history-moca-presents-a-new-view/.
Philippine Embassy in Washington, D.C. “[Philippine] Embassy Conducts Consular Outreach Mission in Virginia Beach.” The Filipino Channel, 30 December 2022, http://mytfc.com/community/ph-embassy-consular-outreach-virginia-beach.
Rema Hort Mann Foundation. “2018 ACE Grantees NYC." 28 February 2018, http://www.remahortmannfoundation.org/2018-ace-grantees-nyc/.
“Spotlight on Selected Diversity, Equity, and Anti-Racism Efforts: Fall 2021.” Harvard Kennedy School, Fall 2021, https://www.hks.harvard.edu/more/about/diversity-equity-and-antiracism/spotlight-on-diversity-efforts.
Williams, Jennifer L. “Distinguished artist to commemorate W&M Asian Centennial.” William & Mary News, 25 August 2021, https://www.wm.edu/news/stories/2021/distinguished-artist-to-commemorate-wm-asian-centennial.php.
VCUarts. “Roberto Jamora celebrates the lives of immigrants.” 18 July 2018, https://arts.vcu.edu/roberto-jamora-celebrates-the-lives-of-immigrants/.
Yuchengco, Mona Lisa. “Fil-Ams Among The Remarkable And Famous, Part 30.” Positively Filipino : Your Window on the Filipino Diaspora, 29 September 2021, https://www.positivelyfilipino.com/magazine/fil-ams-among-the-remarkable-and-famous-part-30.
Zagursky, Erin. “The Asian Centennial at William & Mary : Muscarelle Acquisition.” Muscarelle Museum of Art at William & Mary, August 2021, https://muscarelle.wm.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Muscarelle-Fall-Winter-2021-2022_9-7-21.pdf.
Zagursky, Erin. “William & Mary to celebrate 100 years of Asians, Asian-Americans.” William & Mary News, 15 February 2021, https://www.wm.edu/news/stories/2021/william-mary-to-celebrate-100-years-of-asians,-asian-americans.php.