User:JKizzieHumanities/Jordan Seaberry

Jordan Seaberry (1989-) is an acclaimed artist and activist living and working in Providence, Rhode Island. he received a Rhode Island Foundation MacColl Johnson Fellowship in 2017, and was named one of the Top 10 to watch in Providence by Providence Monthly in 2017.

Seaberry was born and raised in the South Side of Chicago, Illinois. Seaberry earned his BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design. Seaberry took time away from his studies to become involved the social justice organizations, including the Southside Boys and Girls Club of Rhode Island.

Seaberry's paintings are said to "recall the scale and gravitas of nineteenth-century history painting" by the DeCordova and his work often deals with or speaks to issues of social justice and equality. He cites Bob Ross as one of this influences. Seaberry's work has earned him fellowships and residences from Anderson Ranch Arts Center, the Rhode Island Council for the Arts, the Marwen Foundation in Chicago, and the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Maine, His work has been exhibited at the Rhode Island School of Design Museum, the Boston Center for the Arts, and the Zevitas Marcus Gallery in Los Angeles, California. In 2019, Seaberry's work was included in the deCordova Biennial.

Seaberry has been awarded Community Service Citations from the city of Providence and from the state of Rhode Island. Seaberry serves on the Providence Advisory Council to Reduce Gun Violence, the Governor’s Commission on Prejudice and Bias. and He is also chairman of the Univocal Legislative Minority Commission and Director of Public Policy at the Nonviolence Institute.