Mitchell-Innes & Nash

Kojo Griffin

Biography

KOJO GRIFFIN

Atlanta, GA

Education

Morehouse College, Atlanta, GA
B.A., Pyschology, 1992

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2004
Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York

2003
Museum of Contemporary Art, Atlanta, GA

2002
Saltworks Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Miller Block Gallery, Boston, MA
The Temporary Contemporary at the Cheekwood Museum, Nashville, TN

2001
Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York, NY
Tubman African-American Museum, Macon, GA

2000
Vaknin Schwartz, Atlanta, GA

1999
Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, NC

Selected Group Exhibitions

2003
Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York, NY: New Work: Kojo Griffin, Sarah Lovitt, Stephen Sollins
Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX (and extensive traveling): Splat, Boom, Pow: The Influence of Cartoons in Contemporary Art, 1970-2000

2002
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC: The 47th Corocran Biennial: Fantasy Underfoot
Marella Arte Contemporanea, Milan: Super Natural Playground
d'Amelio Terras Gallery, New York, NY: Fantasyland

2001
The Studio Museum, New York, NY: Freestyle

2000
Atlanta College of Art, Atlanta, GA: Do It
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY: 2000 Biennial Exhibition
Tubman African-American Museum, Macon, GA: 30/10
Lyndon Baines Johnson Library, Austin, TX: Our New Day Begun: African American Artists Entering the Millennium

1998
Arts and Business Council of the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, Atlanta, GA: Abbey Awards Exhibition
Vaknin Schwartz, Atlanta, GA: Two Thumb's Up: Best Picks of Vaknin & Schwartz

1997
Nexus Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, GA: Atlanta Biennial Show
Youth Art: Connection Gallery, Atlanta, GA: Present and Unaccounted For

1996
King Plow Arts Center, Atlanta, GA: Sampling an Insistent Beat

1995
Arts Exchange, Atlanta, GA: African Influences: American Diversity

Selected Collections

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, NC
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
Tubman African-American Museum, Macon, GA

Artist Exhibitions

Kojo Griffin - Now and Then - March 10 - April 24, 2004
Kojo Griffin - New Work - September 6 - October 13, 2001
New Work - Kojo Griffin, Sarah Lovitt and Stephen Sollins - March 5 - 29, 2003

Artist Images

Untitled (woman w/ pan, man falling)
2003
Acrylic and graphite collage on panel
71 15/16 by 89 by 2 3/4 in. 182.7 by 226.1 by 7 cm.


Untitled (#6)
2004
Acrylic and graphite collage on panel
47 13/16 by 83 7/8 by 2 3/4 in. 121.4 by 213 by 7 cm.


Untitled (#4)
2004
Acrylic and graphite collage on panel
35 3/4 by 59 7/8 by 2 3/4 in. 90.8 by 152.1 by 7 cm.


Untitled (boys beating boy up)
2003
Acrylic and graphite collage on panel
16 by 23 13/16 by 1 3/4 in. 40.6 by 60.5 by 4.4 cm.



Untitled (doctor w/ patient in bed)
2003
Acrylic and graphite collage on paper
25 7/8 by 31 in. 65.7 by 78.7 cm.


Untitled
2004
Gouache and graphite collage on paper
12 by 19 15/16 in. 30.5 by 50.6 cm.


Untitled
2004
Gouache and graphite collage on paper
12 3/8 by 19 15/16 in. 31.4 by 50.6 cm.


Untitled (woman packing boxes)
2001
Acrylic and graphite collage on paper
25 1/2 by 22 3/8 in. 64.8 by 56.8 cm.


Untitled (Woman at dresser w/suitcase)
2002
Charcoal and gesso on paper
19 1/8 by 22 1/8 in. 48.6 by 56.2 cm.


Untitled
2003
Charcoal on paper
16 by 20 7/8 in. 40.6 by 53 cm.


Untitled
2001
Charcoal on paper
24 1/4 by 22 1/8 in. 61.2 by 56.2 cm.