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Born and raised in Ohio, at the age of 22 Jamele Wright, Sr. moved with his family to Atlanta, Georgia. While raising a family Jamele produced art, jazz, and poetry events throughout Atlanta. Realizing that there were many young artists not being represented he started a gallery called Neo Renaissance Art House. After curating the gallery for over a year Jamele was inspired to pursue his own artistic career. After a number of solo and group exhibitions Mr. Wright graduated from Georgia State University with a B.A. in Art History. He concentrated on African and African American Contemporary Art. Jamele graduated with Master of Fine Art from School of Visual Arts in Manhattan, New York. He completed a residency at MASS MoCA as well as artist in resident at Gibbes Museum, Charleston, SC. He currently maintains his practice in Atlanta, Georgia.

I am a multi–disciplinary artist. My work is concerned with the Black American vernacular experience. My practice includes painting, sculpture, and collage. I am interested in found materials, and textile practices such as sewing, batik, and hand dyeing. I am influenced by Hip Hop and the how it gathers different cultural influences through sampling. My work continues the lineage of African American abstractionists during abstract expressionism, as well as Landscape artists. My work is in a dialog between family, tradition, and the spiritual and material relationship between Africa and the South.