resume
a downloadable pdf of ian’s cv can be accessed here.
Ian King
mixed media artist and designer
b. February 6, 2000, Belleville, NJ
Based in east Newark, NJ
Education
2018 - 22
BFA in Illustration, Minor in Communication Arts
St. Johnʼs University, Queens, NY
3.90 GPA, Summa cum laude, in cursu honorum
Professional Experience
2022 -
Graphic Designer
Legal Services of New Jersey, Edison, NJ
selected Exhibitions
2024
Newark Arts Festival: Radical Reimagining @ 33 Wash, Group show, 33 Washington Street, Newark, NJ (curated by Adrienne Wheeler)
Archeology of Memory, Group show, Watchung Arts Center, Watchung, NJ (curated by Tris McCall, author and critic, and P.E. Pinkman, Director, Watchung Arts Center)
Art All Day 2024, Group show, Artworks, Trenton, NJ
2024 New Jersey Arts Annual: Exploring Our Connections, Group show, Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ (curated by Todd Caissie, Director, New Brunswick Internment Camp Museum, Minto, NB, Canada; Kimberly Callas; and Philemona Williamson)
Collective Impressions, Group show with the Rutherford Art Association, Johnson Public Library, Hackensack, NJ
2023
Trauma-in-Place, Juried group show, Eastern Kentucky University Fred Parker Giles Gallery, Richmond, KY (Juror: Azucena Trejo Williams, Associate Professor, Campbellsville University, Campbellsville, KY)
S L O W S E L F I E, Group show, Novado Gallery, Jersey City, NJ (curated by Anne Novado, Owner, Novado Gallery, Jersey City, NJ)
Visceral Bodies, Group show, Gallery Aferro, Newark, NJ (curated by Juno Zago, Creative Director, Gallery Aferro, Newark, NJ)
Radical Love, Group show, Eclipse Center for Creative Community, Lansdale, PA (curated by Kaitlyn Coppens, Gallerist and Curator, Eclipse Center for Creative Community, Lansdale, PA)
36th Annual Juried Exhibition, The Art Alliance of Monmouth County, Red Bank, NJ, Honorable Mention (Juror: Robinson Holloway, Founder and Executive Director, Arts 14C, Jersey City, NJ)
Essex County Civil Lights: LGBTQ+ Art Exhibit, Group show, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Justice Building, Newark, NJ (curated by Rafael Cuello, Creative Director, OUT Agency, Newark, NJ)
2022
Of Yesterday For Tomorrow, BFA thesis show, Yeh Art Gallery, Queens, NY (advised by Alex Morel, Professor, and Elizabeth Albert, Associate Professor, St. John’s University, Queens, NY)
Residencies, Grants & Awards
2024
Summer 2024 Arts Residency Program, SMUSH Gallery, Jersey City, NJ
2023
2022 Creative Catalyst Fund, City of Newark Division of Arts and Cultural Affairs & Newark Arts, Newark, NJ
2022 - 2024
Studio Residency, Gallery Aferro, Newark, NJ
Press
2024
“The Intimate Vignettes of the New Jersey Arts Annual,” Greta Rainbow, Hyperallergic, November 11
“Arts Annual at Montclair Art Museum puts hopeful spin on ‘Exploring Our Connections’ theme,” Tris McCall, NJarts.net, October 29
2023
“In ‘Slow Selfie’ at Novado Gallery, Artists Turn to Face Themselves,” Tris McCall, Jersey City Times, September 22
Lectures
2023
“Summer Show Artist Talk,” panelist with Ken Weathersby, Judy Giera, Robert Richardson, Jackie Skrzynski, Christine Sauerteig-Pilaar, Kerry Kolenut, & Aurora Powell, Gallery Aferro, Newark, NJ, August 12
Lecture/Presentation, Undergraduate Thesis Critiques, Department of Art and Design, St. John’s University, Queens, NY, February 22
2022
“Don’t Let ‘Em Get You Convinced!: Deconstructing Ideologies About Poverty” with Amy Ackel, Julia Betancourt, & Andrea Ríos, I’m Finna Talk presents We Finna Celebrate, Queens Museum, Queens, NY, October 22
“Behind the Free Store: Understanding Radical Love and Mutual Aid,” Living in Pandemonium: Academic Spaces & Pandemic Life, with Amy Ackel, Julia Betancourt, Grace Greer, & Njemile Wickham, St. John’s University English Graduate Student Conference, Queens, NY, April 1
Organizational Memberships
2024 -
Pro Arts Jersey City, Jersey City, NJ
2022 -
Rutherford Art Association, Rutherford, NJ
Social Media Chair (2023 - 2024)
2021 - 2023
Radical Love Free Store, Queens, NY
Co-Organizer