CURRICULUM VITAE

JEFFREY KENT

BORN Boston, MA. USA

LIVE/WORKS Baltimore, MD. USA

EDUCATION 2010 Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), Masters of Fine Arts (MFA)

EXHIBITIONS

2024

RECOVERING SECRETS: Storytelling Through the Art of Jeffrey Kent, The University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado. 

MEMOIR EXHIBITION, The 120 Studios, Baltimore, MD.

REVISIT/REIMAGINE: The Civil Rights Era in Maryland and Parallels of Today, Banneker-Douglas-Tubman Museum, Annapolis, MD. 

2023

PRIZM Year 11, Civilization is not Civil, Miami Art Week 2023, Miami FL.

2022

PRIZM Year 10 Vernacular a la Mode, Prizm Art Fair (Miami Art Week 2022), Miami, FL

Unveiling Resistance, The Galleries at CCBC, Baltimore MD

2021

Being Black in Public, The 540 West 28th Street Gallery, Chelsea, New York (Solo)

2020

Surface from Under the Microscope: The Henrietta Lacks Series, National Academy of Sciences, Washington D.C. (Solo)

2019

Rainbow of Chaos, St. Charles Projects, Baltimore, MD

Surface from Under the Microscope: The Henrietta Lacks Series, National Academy of Sciences, Washington D.C. (Solo)

An Abstract Baltimore Story, Light City 2019, Baltimore MD

2017

HeLa, The Motor House, Baltimore, MD (solo)

Second Chance Project, Second Chance Inc., Baltimore, MD

Art of Engagement, Touchstone Gallery, Washington D.C.

Two Lane Stories, Gallery CA, Baltimore, MD

Here I Come to Save the Day! The Science, Culture & Art of Superheroes, The Everhart Museum, 

in the Maslow Galleries, Scranton, PA

Surface from Under the Microscope: The Henrietta Lacks Series by Jeffrey Kent, Howard University Interdisciplinary Research Building, Washington D.C. (solo)

2016

Art in Embassies Program, United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture, Rome, Italy

Between the Covers: Altered Books in Contemporary Art, The Everhart Museum of Natural History, Science & Art, Scranton,PA

Baltimore Rising, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD

2015

Art in Embassies Program, United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture, Rome, Italy

Opposition and Oppression: Race, Politics, and Art, Chesapeake Gallery Harford Community College Bel Air, MD

Touch of Fire: Jeffrey and Michelle, Gallery CA, Baltimore, MD

2014

Art in Embassies Program, United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture, Rome, Italy

Raw Nerves: The Works of Jeffrey Kent and Warren Lyons, Kohl Gallery Gibson Center for the Arts Washington College, Chestertown, MD

For Whom It Stands: The Flag and the American People, Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture, Baltimore, MD

For Whom It Stands Too, Star-Spangled Banner Flag House & Museum, Baltimore, MD

Traditions and Interpretations: Jeffrey Kent and Stephen Townes,Platform Gallery, Baltimore,MD

The Empathy Project, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD

2013

Art in Embassies Program, United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture, Rome, Italy

Alchemical Vessels, Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery, Washington D.C.

Preach! New Works by Jeffrey Kent, Exhibition Development Seminar Artist in Residence MICA,

Herbert Bearman Art Gallery Frederick Douglass- Isaac Myers Maritime Museum, Baltimore, MD (solo)

2012

From Here to Infinity, American Center for Physics, College Park, MD

Revealing the African Presence in Renaissance Europe: The Contemporary Response, Galerie Myrtis, Baltimore, MD

2011

Ten Years after 9/11, Pepco Edison Place Gallery, Washington D.C.

Compression|Expansion, Gormley Gallery, College of Notre Dame Maryland, Baltimore, MD

Abstraction: The Syncopation of Light Color and Form, Galerie Myrtis, Baltimore, MD

2010

Baltimore Counts, BSO Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, Baltimore, MD

Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series, International Visions Gallery, Washington, DC

Young Blood, Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD

2009

Works of Jeffrey Kent, Tuttle Gallery McDonogh School, Owings Mills, MD (solo)

2,191 Days and Counting, Powerhouse Arena, Brooklyn, NY

Stars and Stripes: Pride or Despair Reinterpreted, Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery, Washington D.C.

Hand to Frame/Surface to Lens, Maryland State Arts Council James Backas Gallery, Baltimore, MD

2008

Good Bad And Ugly, Creative Alliance, Baltimore, MD (solo)

2006

…Validation?, The Rice Gallery Peterson Hall McDaniel College, Westminster, MD (solo)

2005

Stars and Stripes: Pride or Despair, Galerie Myrtis, Baltimore, MD

Turning the Corner, James E. Lewis Museum of Art Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD

2004

Jeffrey Kent Continuous Spectrum: Colored-art Series, Towson University, Towson, MD (solo)

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES 

2022

Moderator, Activating the Renaissance, Artist Talk: Murjoni Merriweather and Jess Bastidas, The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, MD

Juror, SECAC: Watershed, Juried Exhibition, Renaissance Harborplace Baltimore Hotel, Baltimore, MD

Curator, The Amazing Black Man:Kumasi J. Barnett Solo Exhibition, The Peale: Baltimore’s Community Museum, Baltimore, MD

Artist Talk: Cara Ober and Jeffey Kent with Kim Rice, Baltimore Fine Art Print Fair, Baltimore, MD

2021-present

Director of Connect + Collect Gallery/Speaker Series, Baltimore, MD

Chief Curator, The Peale: Baltimore’s Community Museum, Baltimore, MD

Adjunct Professor: First Year Experience (FYE), Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD 

2021 

Presenter/Lecturer, FYE Lecture Series: Universality, Cindy Cheng and Jeffrey Kent, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD 

Facilitator and Educator, Phillips Summer Teacher Institute, Washington D.C

Moderator , Virtual Tour of “Kim Rice Inheritance” exhibition with Kim Rice and Jeffrey Kent, The Peale: Baltimore’s Community Museum, Baltimore, MD

2020-2021

Curator, Kim Rice’s Inheritance, The Peale, Baltimore, MD

2020

Surface from Under the Microscope Art Talk, National Academy of Sciences, Washington D.C

2020-present

Member, Baltimore Museum of Art Community Engagement Committee, Baltimore, MD

2019-present

Founder, Accomplished Art Apprentices, Baltimore, MD

2019-2021 

Moderator & Co-Host, Connect + Collect Speaker Series, Baltimore, MD

Artistic Director, The Peale Center for Baltimore History and Architecture, Baltimore, MD

2019

Curator, “Spaces of the Un-Entitled” (Devin Allen), The Peale Center for Baltimore History and Architecture, Baltimore, MD

Facilitator and Educator, Generations, Teacher Workshop at the Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD

Curator, “Street Life Art” (Adam Stab), The Peale Center for Baltimore History and Architecture, Baltimore, MD

Da 120 Studio Project featuring Devin Allen, Da 120, Baltimore, MD

2018

Curator, “Moving Targets”(Adam Stab), The Motor House, Baltimore, MD

Moderator, Culture in the Crosshairs, The Motor House, Baltimore, MD

Curatorial and Art Installation at Private residences, The Abell Mansion, Towson, MD

2017

Moderator, Artist Talk, ‘In a Dignified Fashion,’ Terrault Contemporary, Baltimore, MD Guest Speaker, National Art Honor Society at Towson High, Baltimore, MD 

Professional Art Handling/Transportation for Private Collector from Baltimore, MD to Sarasota, FL

2016

Facilitator and Educating Artists, Artists U, Baltimore, MD

Da 120 Studio Project featuring artist Jerrell Gibbs, Da 120, Baltimore, MD

2015-present 

Professional Art Installation Services, The Motor House, Baltimore, MD 

Professional Consulting for Private Collector 

2015

Rehabbed and renovated, Da 120, Baltimore,MD

Da 120 Studio Project: Patron Funded Live/work Studio Project, Da 120, Baltimore, MD

Facilitator and Educating Artists, Artists U, Baltimore, MD

2014 

Art Consultant/Interior Designer, BSO Decorator Showhouse Silo Point Condominiums, Baltimore, MD 

Facilitator and Educating Artists, Artists U, Baltimore, MD

2013-present 

Art Consultant and Curator, Robert W. Deutsch Foundation, Baltimore, MD

2013 

Founder, Co-owner, Unexpected Art Space, Baltimore, MD

Curator of Exhibitions, The Center Stage, Baltimore, MD

Visiting Art Critic GFA '13, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD Guest Lecturer, Baltimore Lab School,. Baltimore, MD 

Curator, Adam Stab Solo Exhibition, Architecture and Abandoned, Unexpected Art, Baltimore,MD

2012-13 

Artist in Residence, Exhibition Development Seminar, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD 

2012 

Juror, LAB Grant Awards, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD 

2011 

Inaugural Artist in Residence, MFA in Curatorial Practice, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD

Guest Lecturer, Professional Practices for Visual Artists,Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD

Studio Visit and Guest Lecturer, Professional Practices, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD

Visiting Artist, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD 

2010 

Guest Lecturer, Professional Practices for Visual Artists, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD

Curator, “Desperate Times”(Darrell Appelzoller,BHIBTB,Graham Coreil-Allen, Matthew Fischl,Sarah McNeil) Subbasement Artist Studios, Baltimore, MD

Studio Visit and Guest Lecturer, Professional Practices, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD 

2009

Curator, “Living Labyrinth for Peace”(Sandra Wasko, Jennifer Jedelsohn, Barbara Epstein, Coleman McCarthy, Sheryl Chastine), Subbasement Artist Studios, Baltimore, MD

2008

Curator, “Survey of the Land”(Jarrett Min Davis), Subbasement Artist Studios, Baltimore, MD

Curator, “Electric Raw” (Paul Saniford "Fool Period"), Subbasement Artist Studios, Baltimore, MD

Curator, “Seeing Some Dave Lambard”(Dave Lambard), Subbasement Artist Studios, Baltimore, MD

Curator, “Cuba: Rituals Resistance & Persistence”(Tony McKissic), Subbasement Artist Studios, Baltimore, MD

Curator, “Jeanine Turner’s Inaugural Exhibition”(Jeanine Turner), Subbasement Artist Studios, Baltimore, MD

Curator, “Duality + Isms”(Larry “Poncho” Brown), Subbasement Artist Studios, Baltimore, MD

Curator, “Sweden Mind”(Charles Ford), Subbasement Artist Studios, Baltimore, MD

2007 

Art Consultant, FTI Consulting Inc., Baltimore, MD Art Consultant, Prologue Inc., Baltimore, MD Facilitator, The Links Art Auction, Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD

Curator, “The Document”(Brandon Hill Bat,Alex Meiners,Thomas Canavan,Peter Chang), Subbasement Artist Studios, Baltimore, MD

Juror, Artscape, Baltimore, MD 

Curator, “Nudes-n-Things”(Melissa Salzman,Michelle Santos,William Tamburrino), Subbasement Artist Studios, Baltimore, MD

Curator, “Cuba”(Anthony Mckissic), Subbasement Artist Studios, Baltimore, MD

Curator, “Dirty”(Heidi Neff, Jessie Lehson), Subbasement Artist Studios, Baltimore, MD

Curator, “Speaking in Silence”(Beth Barbush,Yutaka Houlette,Jo Smail,Claudia Mcdonough,Melissa Moore, Andrew Shenker)  Subbasement Artist Studios, Baltimore, MD

2006 

Curator, “Anatomy of a Dream”(Eugene Coles), Subbasement Artist Studios, Baltimore, MD

Curator, “The Magical Revolution”(Frank Smith), Subbasement Artist Studios, Baltimore, MD

2006 

Curator, “Femme Effect”(Jordan Faye Block, Clayton Brant ,Helen Elliott, Edna Kurtz, Arnetta Lee, Valeska Populoh, Amy Sherald, Lauren Sleat), Subbasement Artist Studios, Baltimore, MD

Curator, “What Are You Looking At?”(Erin Gleeson, Allen Forfyth, Marilyn Banner, John Davis,Amy Daniels), Subbasement Artist Studios, Baltimore, MD

Curator, “On The Verge”(David Stanger,Courtney Jordan, Paul Jeanes, Nicole Barrick), Subbasement Artist Studios, Baltimore, MD

Curator, “Arbitrary Specifics”(Lauren Bender, S. Denise Tassin, Seth Adelsberger), Subbasement Artist Studios, Baltimore, MD

Curator, “Up Periscope”(Amy Sherald, Arnetta Lee, Charles Ford,Dana Reifler, Dave Parker, David Stanger, Don Griffin, Frank Smith, Herman Williams, Steven Pearson, William Rhodes), Subbasement Artist Studios, Baltimore, MD

Artist Market, Baltimore, MD

Curator, “Naked Attraction”(April Lewis,Alzaruba,Debra Diamond, Seth Goodman, Dave Parker, Steven Pearson, Bill Schmidt), Subbasement Artist Studios, Baltimore, MD

2005-09 

President of Board of Directors, One World Cultural Arts Society, Baltimore, MD 

2005

Curator, “Loft Art: Selections From the Gallery”(Amy Sherald, Charles Ford, Dana Reifler, Dave Lambard, Don Griffin, Ed Griffin, Ed Goodman, Frank Smith, Jeffery Kent, Larry Scott, Steven Pearson, Stevens Jay Carter,Terry Thompson, Tony McKissic, Arnette Lee,Herman Williams, William Rhodes,Eugene Coles), Subbasement Artist Studios, Baltimore, MD

Curator, “Innocent Eye”(Charles Ford), Subbasement Artist Studios, Baltimore, MD

Curator, “Fine Lines, From the Heart”(Herman Williams III), Subbasement Artist Studios, Baltimore, MD

Curator, “With Your Eyes Closed”(Paul Troy, Dave Massey, Rich Eskin, Mike Diamond), Subbasement Artist Studios,  Baltimore, MD

Curator, “Down But Far From It”(Larry Scott), Subbasement Artist Studios, Baltimore, MD

2004 

Panelist, City Arts Grant, Baltimore Office Of Promotion & The Arts, Baltimore, MD 

Curator, “Deep in Lexington: Westside 2004”, Subbasement Artist Studios, Baltimore, MD 

Curator, “Femme Effect”(Dennis Tassin, Erin Cluley, Heather Barone, Cara Ober, Etna Emmet), Subbasement Artist Studios, Baltimore, MD

Curator, “Matrix”(Don Griffin), Subbasement Artist Studios, Baltimore, MD

2003 

Founder, Patron-funded Residency, Subbasement Artist Studios Project, Baltimore, MD

Curator, “Media Hype”, City Hall Galleries, Artscape, Baltimore, MD

Curator, Visiting lecturer, “Experiencing Black History Through Music” Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 

1993

Art Consultant, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore MD

Curator, Vacant Storefront, Downtown Partnership, Baltimore MD

COLLECTIONS

Hilton Hotels and Resorts

FTI Consulting Inc.

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

American Visionary Art Museum

Reginald F. Lewis Museum

Robert W. Deutsch Foundation

The Last Resort Artist Retreat

Front Rowe Inc.

Prologue Inc.

Washington Dental Studio

Baltimore Art Reality Corporations

National Academy of Sciences