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Older brother of hip-hop impressario Russell Simmons and rapper Joseph Simmons (“Rev. Run” of Run DMC), he is the founder and Vice Chairman of the Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation and Rush Arts Gallery. In addition, Simmons converted part of his loft in Brooklyn into the Corridor Gallery. Along with his brother Russell, Simmons established Def Poetry Jam, which has enjoyed long- running success on HBO. In 2004, Simmons published Three Days As The Crow Flies, a fictional account of the 1980’s New York art scene. 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Art has given me a gift of living in balance and harmony; I live and love art.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI welcome you to an imagination of vibrant colors and texture; my style is my own. As a self-taught artist, I spend countless hours exploring new ways to communicate. Working in one medium is not sufficient and does not satisfy me creatively; Figurative, Abstract, and Mixed Media are the languages in which I speak. There is an urgency and intense intimacy as I create. I rely on intuition and release all inhibitions as I create. My body of work is unique and individual, colorful, peaceful, spiritual.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEach piece of my art is a love letter I have written to you. 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His artworks have been featured in exhibitions at the Arnika Dawkins Gallery, The Columbus Museum, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, David C. Driskell Center, the Charles H. Wright Museum; Syracuse University; the African American Museum in Dallas, TX; Houston Museum of African American Culture, the Marietta Museum of Art, FL; Clark Atlanta University Museum, the University of Arkansas Library and Liberty Bank Trust Company in New Orleans, LA. 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Denmark earned his Master of Fine Arts Degree at Pratt Institute of Fine Arts in New York. During this period he was heavily influenced by the abstract expressionists Jackson Pollock, Clifford Still, and William de Kooning. 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He remembers being fascinated by illustrations in Ezra Jack Keats' \"The Snowy Day\" around the age of five. \"I could never get enough of the imagery in the book\", he says, \"This planted a seed in my young heart. Keats' works were magical to me\". 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At a young age he was fascinated by the illustrations in children's books and the colorful images in comic books. He started drawing on the back of his tests in elementary school and was soon drawing on any material that he could find. He finally decided to become an artist after reading about the life of Romare Bearden in high school. In 2003, Jamaal graduated with a BA in Communication Arts from East Carolina University.  While in school he won the 2002 JOSA award for drawing and 1st Place in Graphic Design for the Rebel Magazine, the annual ECU student art awards magazine.  In 2004, Jamaal moved to Atlanta where he now resides with his wife and two children. He has worked doing graphic design work for Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, Inc. and Spoken Magazine. His fine art painting has been displayed at the Art on 5 and with the Mano-a- Mano art show. In 2013 after seeing a screen printing demo at a local art store, Barber started experimenting with printmaking and has made it his focus. 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Denmark earned his Master of Fine Arts Degree at Pratt Institute of Fine Arts in New York. During this period he was heavily influenced by the abstract expressionists Jackson Pollock, Clifford Still, and William de Kooning. 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I have been drawing since the age of 4 after watching my father draw portraits.” Her main focus is on creating portraits that are thought provoking. About the meaning and content of her work she states “My work focuses on themes related to Black identity and being a black woman in todays cultural and political climate. I also like to focus on historical narratives and individuals. My ideas are often expressed in the form of cultural allegory and social realism. I am motivated by art that has an underlying message that engages the viewer in a way they can relate to. Art for me is many things but mainly it is my passion and my voice when I have a statement to make. It has also been my protest when circumstances of injustice arise. I never grow weary creating only resentful that there is not more time in a day to print, draw or paint.” Ms. Mims is formally trained in the visual arts with degrees from Florida A and M university (BA)and Tyler school of art, Temple university(MFA).\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html\" data-block-type=\"2\" id=\"block-426456b15ee186921057\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sqs-block-content\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sqs-html-content\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Traci Mims","offers":[{"title":"Unframed","offer_id":49732143251738,"sku":"sbo_traci_mims_rooted-1","price":3500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Framed","offer_id":49732143284506,"sku":"sbo_traci_mims_rooted-2","price":3900.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0261\/3941\/files\/traci_crop_2.jpg?v=1727776562"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.blackartinamerica.com\/collections\/san-francisco-art-fair.oembed?page=2","provider":"Black Art In America™ Gallery \u0026 Gardens","version":"1.0","type":"link"}