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 BIOGRAPHY
Originally from Chicago, Adjoa Jackson
Burrowes is a mixed media artist, author, and educator that has
been practicing and expanding her art in the Washington D.C. metropolitan
area since 2000. She is a graduate of Howard University (BFA in
Printmaking) and the Corcoran School of Art at The George Washington
University (MA in Art Education). Her 2022 awards include a Fellowship
at Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Denbo Residency at Pyramid
Atlantic Art Center, Art Bank Grant award from the D.C. Commission
on the Arts and Humanities, and a 2nd Place Made in VA
exhibition award from the Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art.
Burrowes has published several children's books, Grandma’s
Purple Flowers, Rain, and Everybody Wears Braids
among others. She has presented in group and solo exhibitions
nationally and internationally including the 2023 Black Inner
Vision at University of Hawaii’s Hilo Campus Center Gallery,
the 18th International Collage Exhibit at the Real Tart
Gallery in New Zealand, and Undercurrents: Monotypes by Adjoa
Burrowes at Schlesinger Center for the Performing Arts to
name a few. She has collaborated with institutions such as the
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, spoken and presented
on her art practice and themes around cultural history at various
others such as Biblioteca de San Miguel de Allende in Mexico,
and Florida A&M University in Tallahassee, Florida.
Adjoa’s work can be found in collections across the United States and around the world, including the Banneker-Douglass Museum of Culture and History, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Library of Congress, Art Colle Museum of Collage, Plemet, France, and the Verbeke Foundation in Belgium.
RESUME
EDUCATION
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Corcoran School of Arts and Design at The
George Washington University, Washington, D.C., May 2015,
MAAE (Master of Art in Art Education).
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Howard University, Washington, D.C. Printmaking
BFA (Bachelor of Fine Art) Magna Cum Laude, May 1979.
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AWARDS
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2024
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Printmaking Fellowship, Virginia Commission for the Arts,
Richmond, VA
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2023
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Commission, Holding Ground: Artists Books for the National
Museum of Women in the Arts exhibition, National Museum
of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC
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2022
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2nd Place Award, Made in Virginia Exhibition,
Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, Virginia Beach, VA
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2022
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Art Bank Grant, D.C. Commission on the Arts
and Humanities, Washington, D.C.
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2022
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Visual Art Fellowship, Virginia Center for
the Creative Arts, Amherst, VA
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2021
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Visual Art Fellowship, Virginia Center for
the Creative Arts, Amherst, VA
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2021
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Denbo Fellow, Pyramid Atlantic Art Center,
Hyattsville, MD
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2016
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Alumni Fellow, Art Cart: Honoring the Legacy,
Corcoran School of Arts and Design, Washington, DC
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2015
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Faculty Award, Corcoran School of Arts and
Design, Washington, DC
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2013
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Two-year merit based Graduate Fellowships,
Corcoran School of Arts and Design, Washington DC
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2013
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Two-year Graduate Grant, Corcoran School of
Arts and Design, Washington, DC
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2009
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Five month Keyholders Residency, Pyramid Atlantic
Art Center, Hyattsville, MD
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2006
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Commission, Art Walk Exhibition, D.C. Commission
on the Arts and Humanities, Washington, DC
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SOLO EXHIBITIONS
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2018
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Undercurrents: Monotypes by Adjoa Burrowes,
Schlesinger Center for the Performing Arts, Passages Gallery,
Alexandria, VA
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SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
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2023/4
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Moving Beyond Beauty: Reverence and Reclamation, Emerson
Gallery, McLean Project for the Arts, McLean, VA
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2023/4
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Holding Ground: Artists’ Books for the
National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC
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2023
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KEY To Success, BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport, International
Art Gallery, Baltimore, MD
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2023
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BADC Exhibit, James E. Lewis Museum of Art,
Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD
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2023
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Exploring Conceptual Possibilities, Wilmer
Jennings Gallery at Kenkeleba, New York, NY
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2023
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Woke Beingness, Black Women’s History
Month Art Showcase, Oxon Hill Manor, Oxon Hill, MD
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2023
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Exploring Conceptual Possibilities: Black
Inner Vision, University of Hawaii, Hilo Campus Center Gallery,
Hilo, Hawaii
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2022
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Mary B. Howard Biennial Invitational, Tephra
Institute of Contemporary Art, Reston, VA
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2022
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Nine Artists|Nine Months|Nine Perspectives,
Southside Community Art Center, Chicago, IL
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2022
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Made In VA annual juried exhibition, Virginia
Museum of Contemporary Art, Virginia Beach, VA
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2022
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Color + Form = Blackstraction, a four artist
exhibition, Honfleur Gallery, Washington, DC
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2022
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All Together exhibit curated by Black Artist
Research Space, Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library,
Washington, DC
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2022
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Resilience, Resistance, & Remembrance,
Decker Library, Mary Institute College of Art (MICA), Baltimore,
MD
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2022
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Before, During, After: Art Shaping Resilience,
Angie Newman Johnson Gallery, Alexandria, VA
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2022
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10” x 10” Invitational Exhibition,
Pyramid Atlantic Art Center, Hyattsville, MD
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2021
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Nine Artists|Nine Months|Nine Perspectives,
EFA Robert Blackburn Gallery, NY, NY
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2021
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Nine Artists|Nine Months|Nine Perspectives,
Pyramid Atlantic Art Center, Hyattsville, MD
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2021
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COVID-19 PAGES: The Inspiration & Influence
of Women, presented virtually by Wells International Foundation,
Anderson Brickler Gallery and THINKING CAP: Collaborative
ARTS Projects
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2020
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Sculpture Now 2020, presented by the Washington
Sculptors Group and McLean Project for the Arts, McLean
Project for the Arts, McLean, VA
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2020
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10” x 10” Invitational Exhibition,
Pyramid Atlantic Art Center, Hyattsville, MD
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2020
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Members Election-Themed Exhibit, Pyramid Atlantic
Art Center, Hyattsvlle, MD
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2019
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Abstract Realities: Through the Eyes of Black
Women, Bowie State University Gallery, Bowie State Performing
Arts Center, Bowie MD
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2019
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Alchemical Vessels, Smith Center for the Healing
Arts. Washington, D.C.
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2019
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Art 2020, The Delaware Contemporary, Wilmington,
DE
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2018
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Pulling Together: The Art of Teachers, The
Ellington Gallery, Washington, D.C.
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2018
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Alchemical Vessels, Smith Center for the Healing
Arts. Washington, D.C.
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2017
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Regional Juried Exhibition, Hill Center Galleries,
Washington, D.C.
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2017
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Verizon Gallery @ the Northern Virginia Community
Campus, Annandale, VA
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2017
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Prism IV (Womanist), c.d. Edwards Studio 9,
Washington, D.C.
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2017
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BADC: Colorful Conversations, Howard University
Gallery Interdisciplinary Building
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2016
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Alchemical Vessels, Smith Center for the Healing
Arts. Washington, D.C.
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2016
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A Way Out of No Way, Banneker Douglass Museum,
Annapolis, MD
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2015
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rise + fall: New Works by Adjoa Burrowes and
Lendeh Sherman, Betty Mae Kramer Gallery, Silver Spring,
MD
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2015
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18th International Collage Exhibit, Real Tart
Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand
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2015
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NEXT: Grad Exhibition, Gallery 31, Corcoran
Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
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2015
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Process and Purpose: Visual Reflections of
K-12 Art Teachers, Pyramid Atlantic Art Center, Washington,
D.C.
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2015
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Kaleidoscope Exhibit, Public Playhouse Theatre,
Cheverly, MD
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2015
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Carving Out Freedom, Piecing a Community,
Art Gallery, University of Maryland, College Park
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2014
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The Print Exchange and Exhibit, Brooklyn Library,
Brooklyn, NY
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2014
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The Printed Page: An international juried
exhibition of book works and broadsides, Abecedarian Gallery,
Denver, CO
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2014
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Less is More: Small Works in a Great Space,
The Mitchell Gallery, Annapolis, MD
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2014
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From the Ashes: A Rebirth of the Human Spirit,
Pepco Edison Place Gallery, DC
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2014
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A Case of the Reds, Maryland House of Delegates,
Annapolis, MD
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2013
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Study Away Exhibit, Corcoran College of Art
+ Design, Washington, D.C.
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2013
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Study Away Exhibit, Fabrica de Aurora, San
Miguel de Allende, Mexico
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2013
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Off The Chain, Art6 Gallery, Richmond, VA
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2013
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Wish You Were Here 12, A.I.R Gallery, Brooklyn,
NY
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2013
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Living Life Like It’s Golden, Fine and
Performing Arts Center, Bowie State University, MD
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2013
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Snap To Grid, Los Angeles Center for Digital
Art, Los Angeles, CA
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2011
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Art at the Top, Baltimore World Trade Center,
Baltimore, MD
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2011
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Black Exhibit, Sumner Gallery, Washington,
D.C.
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2011
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Wish You Were Here 10, A.I.R Gallery, New
York, NY
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2010
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Cade Gallery, Anne Arundel Community College,
Boyd, MD
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2010
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12th International Collage Exhibit, Real Tart
Gallery, New Plymouth,New Zealand
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CURATED EXHIBITIONS
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2022
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Identity, Fellows Exhibition, Studio Gallery,
Washington, DC
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2017
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Transference: New Prints by Six D.C. Area
Artists, Artists and Makers Gallery, Rockville, MD
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2016
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Art Cart: Honoring the Legacy, Co-curator
(with Pamela H. Lawton). American University Katzen Center,
Washington, DC.
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2014
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Kaleidoscope, Publick Playhouse Theater Gallery,
Hyattsville, MD
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PRESENTATIONS
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Burrowes, A., (2024, January 25) NMWA in Focus:
Artists in the Library, Panel discussion at Betty Boyd Dettre
Library and Research Center, National Museum of Women in
the Arts, Washington, DC
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Burrowes, A., (2023, December 9) Firsthand
Experience: Decorative Papers, Workshop, Susan Swartz Studio,
National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC
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Burrowes, A., (2023, August 8) NMWA xChange:
Holding Ground. Monthly talk show episode featuring guest
curator Lynora Williams discussing the exhibition Holding
Ground: Artists’ Books for the National Museum of Women
in the Arts with participating artists Adjoa J. Burrowes
and Colette Fu. Washington, D.C.
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SELECTED MEDIA
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2024
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The Washington Post, In the galleries: Exhibit stress our
responsibility to care for the natural world, review by
Mark Jenkins, January 28, 2024, page E5
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2024
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East City Art Reviews – Moving Beyond
Beauty: Reverence and Reclamation at McLean Project
for the Arts, by Claudia Rousseau, Ph.D., East City Art,
January 12, 2024, https://www.eastcityart.com/reviews/reclamation/
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2023
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Women in the Arts, Holding Ground: Artists
Books for the National Museum of Women in the Arts,
by Lynora Williams, Fall 2023
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2023
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The Washington Informer, Lifestyle, Art
Exhibit: Reception Celebrates Women’s History Month,
by Micha Green, April 18, 2023 https://www.washingtoninformer.com/art-exhibit-reception-celebrates-black-womens-history-month/
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2023
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UH Hilo Stories, Art Exhibition: “Exploring
Conceptual Possibilities: Black Inner Vision,” at UH
Hilo Campus, by Susan Enright, March 2, 2023 https://hilo.hawaii.edu/chancellor/stories/2023/03/03/art-exhibit-black-inner-vision/
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2023
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Hawaii Public Radio, Exhibits, Community Calendar:
Hawaii Islands, Art Exhibit “Exploring Conceptual
Possibilities”, February 25, 2023
https://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/community-calendar/event/art-exhibition-exploring-conceptual-possibilities-25-02-2023-16-53-10
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2023
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The Washington Informer, Lifestyle, Art Exhibit:
Reception Celebrates Women’s History Month, by Micha
Green, April 18, 2023
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2022
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The Washington Post, In the galleries: Vigorous
statements by Black women artists: Four-woman show vividly
explores ideology of the Black experience through various
lenses, review by Mark Jenkins, September 9, 2022
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2022
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Hyperallergic, A View from the Easel, Adjoa
Burrowes, Herndon, Virginia, Mar. 14, 2022
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2022
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East City Arts, Angie Newman Johnson Gallery
at Episcopal High School. Before, During, After: Art Shaping
Resilience Group Exhibition, February 28, 2022
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2022
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New Visionary Magazine, Adjoa Burrowes in
conversation with Rebecca Potts Aguirre, January 2022
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2020
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The Studio Visit, Adjoa Burrowes interview,
June 19, 2020
https://thestudiovisit.com/artists-directory/adjoa-burrowes/
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2020
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Teaching Artist Podcast, Episode 18 Adjoa
Burrowes: Telling Your Own Story, July 20, 2020
https://www.teachingartistpodcast.com/episode-18-adjoa-burrowes/
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2017
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Revise The Psalm, Work Celebrating the Writing
of Gwendolyn Brooks, Edited by Quraysh Ali Lansana and Sandra
Jackson-Opoku, page 290, 386, color insert.
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2015
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UNVeiled@Corcoran, Adjoa Burrowes: Taking
Art Out of Its Box, by Fabiola Joubert.
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2015
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Virginia Commonwealth University, Arte 780,
Critical Conversations on Art Practice, Theory and Research,
Artist Adjoa Burrowes Conducts Sculpture Workshop
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PRESENTATIONS
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Burrowes, A., (2022, March 5) Artists Collectives
as Sites of Mentorship, Artistic Growth, Healing, and Transformative
Learning, Panel discussion at the 75th Annual National Art
Education Association Conference, New York, NY
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Burrowes, A., (2021, April) Painting With
Food and Spices with Adjoa Burrowes, Teaching Artists Presents
(TAP) John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (video)
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Burrowes, A., (2021, February 28) Nine Artists,
Nine Months, Nine Perspectives: Birth of 2020 Visions. Panel
discussion at the Contemporary Artists Book Conference.
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Burrowes, A., (2020, July 8) Decorative Papers
with Adjoa Burrowes. Art Workshop at the National Museum
of Women in the Arts, 2020 Virtual Educator Summer Camp.
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Burrowes, A., (2019, November 5) Abstract
Realities: Through the Eyes of Black Women. Panel discussion
at Bowie State University, Performing Arts Center, Bowie,
MD.
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Burrowes, A., (2015, March 28) Eye to Eye:
Designing Dynamic Collaborations Between Art Teachers and
Teaching Artists. Roundtable presentation at the annual
meeting of the National Art Education Association, New Orleans,
LA.
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Burrowes, A., (2015, March) A Way Home. Presentation
at the South Side Community Art Center. Chicago, IL.
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Burrowes, A., (2014, October) Freedom Prints.
Presentation at Corcoran School of Art and Design, Washington,
DC.
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Burrowes, A., (2014, March) Book Appeal: The
Lure of the Book in the Art Practice of Adjoa Burrowes.
Paper presented at Florida A&M University, Tallahassee,
FL.
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Burrowes, A., (2013, July) The Language of
Books. Paper presented at Biblioteca de San Miguel Allende,
San Miguel Allende, Mexico.
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