ALFRED CONTEH
Georgia Southern University, Master of Fine Art, 2004
Hampton University, Bachelor of Fine Art, 1997

Education
Selected Exhibition Record (*Solo shows marked by asterisk)
2023 Emancipation: The Unfinished Project of Liberation, Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, TX, Curators Maggie Adler and Maurtia Poole
2022 *It Is What It Is, Kavi Gupta Gallery, Chicago, IL, Curator Alfred Conteh
Men of Change: Power, Triumph, Truth, The Smithsonian Institue via The Harvey B. Gantt Center of American Arts, Charlotte, NC, Curators Marquette Foley
and Haili Francis
Memories and Inspiration, Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, TN, Curator Kerry Davis
American Revolutionaries: Art and Disruption, Peoria Riverfront Museum, Peoria, IL, Curator Bill Conger
Fragile Figures: Beings and Time, 21C Hotel Gallery, Louisville, KY Curator Alice Gray Stites
2021 Literary Muse, UTA Artist Space, Beverly Hills, CA, Curator Myrtis Bedolla
Rituals of Resistance, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN, Curators Chaka Mkali and Gabriel Ritter
The South Got Something to Say, Virtual Exhibition, Atlanta, GA, Curator Karen Comer Lowe
Visible Man, Dorothy Uber Bryan Gallery, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH, Curator Michael Harris
Something to Say, Galerie Myrtis, Baltimore, MD, Curators Felandus Thames and Key Jo Lee
Wealth Surrounds Me: God, Gold and Kinfolk, Richard Beavers Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, Curator Jeremiah Ojo
The Fine Print: American Printmakers, Pauly Friedman Gallery, Misericordia University, Dallas, PA, Curators Curlee Holton and Alexandra Isaac
2020 Being Seen:Power Through Diversity (Virtual Exhibition), Windgate Center of Art and Design, University of Arkansas Little Rock, Little Rock, AR, Curator Brad Cushman
*Our Reality (Virtual Exhibition), Kavi Gupta Gallery, Chicago, IL, Curator Alfred Conteh
Renaissance:Noir (Virtual Exhibtion), United Talent Agency Artist Space, Beverly Hills, CA, Curator Myrtis Bedolla
The Figure In Solitude, Kavi Gupta Gallery, Chicago, IL
Community, Mosely Gallery, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Princess Anne, MD, Curator Susan M. Holt
2019 Fragile Figures: Being and Time, 21C Hotel, Nashville, TN, Curators Alice Gray Stites and Amethyst Rey Beaver
Men of Change: Power, Triumph, Truth, The Smithsonian Institue via The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, Cincinnati, OH,
Curators Marquette Foley and Haili Francis
Blackface: A Reclamation of Beauty, Power and Narrative, Galerie Myrtis, Baltimore, MD, Curators Myrtis Bedolla and Jessica Stafford Davis
Building Bridges II: The Politics of Love, Identity and Race, Galeria Carmen Montilla, Havana, Cuba, Curators Myrtis Bedolla and Ana Joa
Plumb Line: Charles White and the Contemporary, California African American Museum, Los Angeles, CA, Curators Dr. Leigh Raiford and Essence Harden
On Their Own Terms, Windgate Center of Art and Design, University of Arkansas Little Rock, Little Rock, AR, Curators Garbo Hearne and Brad Cushman
2018 *The Sweet Spot, Clark Atlanta University Museum, Atlanta, GA, Curator Maurita Poole
Parallel Lives, Kavi Gupta Gallery, Chicago, IL
Without Stopping, Westside Cultural Arts Center, Atlanta, GA, Curator Jonelle Logan
*Visions of a Cultural Commentator, Cobb Marietta Museum of Art, Marietta, GA, Curator Madeline Beck
If Not Now, When?, September Gray Art Gallery, Atlanta, GA, Curator September Gray
5 Perspectives, Steffan Thomas Museum of Art, Madison, GA, Curator Judith Barber
Portraits of Who We Are, David C. Driskell Center, College Park, MD, Curator Dorit Yaron
2017 PRIZM 2017, Prizm Art Fair, Art Basel Miami, Miami, FL, Curator Mikhaile Solomon
STAND: A Visual Dialogue on Justice, Auburn Avenue Research Library, Atlanta, GA, Curator Charmaine Minniefield
Respondez S'il Vous Plait, Hammond House Museum, Atlanta, GA Curator Leatrice Ellzy
Urban Revival, RJD Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY, Curator Eve Gianni
*Two Fronts: Surface and Reason, September Gray Fine Art Gallery, Atlanta, GA, Curator Jeremiah Ojo
Bitter/Sweet, Clark Atlanta University Art Museum, Atlanta, GA, Curator Dr. Maurita Poole
2016 *Two Fronts: Works on Paper, Hearne Fine Art Gallery, Little Rock, AR, Curator Garbo Hearne
Double Consciousness: A History of Unhealed Wounds, Zucot Gallery, Atlanta, GA Curator Onaje Henderson
Personal Politics, Hudgens Center For the Arts, Duluth, GA, Curator Jerushia Graham
Emerging Artists 2016, Museum of Arts and Sciences, Macon, GA
2015 Freedom Expression ATL II, Ghost Slavery: Art Against Human Trafficking, Gallery 72, Atlanta, GA, Curator Michael Simanga
Black Artists of Georgia, Harriet Tubman Museum, Macon, GA, Curator Jeff Bruce
Transcendence, Zucot Gallery, Atlanta, GA, Curator Onaje Henderson and Mariah Heilpern
2014 *Bitter Medicines, Sweet Poisons, Zucot Gallery, Atlanta, GA, Curator Onaje Henderson
Bitter Medicines, Sweet Poisons, Hearne Fine Art, Little Rock, AR, Curator Garbo Hearne
2013 United We Stand, Alabama State University, Montgomery, AL, Curator Cleve Webber
Audible Colors, Zucot Gallery, Atlanta, GA, Curator Onaje Henderson
Abstractions, The Mint, Miami Art Basel, Miami, FL, Curator Onaje Henderson
Pack A Pistol, Harriet Tubman Museum, Macon, GA, Curator Jeff Bruce
Black Women During The Reconstruction Period 1865-1877, The Hampton University Museum, Hampton, VA, Curator Vanessa Thaxton-Ward
2012 *Alfred Conteh, Selected Works, Harriet Tubman Museum, Macon, GA, Curator Jeff Bruce
Tom Joyner Foundation Annual Exhibition, Zucot Gallery, Atlanta, GA, Curator Onaje Henderson
2011 Views, Moods, and Attitudes, Zucot Gallery, Atlanta , GA
NBAF Annual Exhibition, Catherine Kelleghan Gallery, Atlanta, GA, Curator Michael Harris
2010 *Avisca Gallery, Marietta, GA, Curator Lynn Porter
2009 *Alfred Conteh, Rosa Parks Museum, Troy State University, Montgomery, Alabama, Curator Catherine Wright
*Duality, Studio Clout Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia, Curator Linda Lima
2008 New Black, Studio Swan Gallery, Palmetto, Georgia, Curators Larry Walker and Kevin Sipp
2007 *Refuge, Naio Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia, Curator Gaelle Garrett
On the Spot,City Hall East Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia, Curator Freddie Styles
*Dimensions, Taina Art Gallery, Montgomery, Alabama
*Alfred Conteh, Southwest Arts Center, Atlanta, Georgia, Curator Brian Hebert
2005 Southern Hospitality, Art on 5 Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
*Alfred Conteh, Be Original! Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
Fried Chicken and Watermelon, Art on 5 Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia, Curator Tommy Lee
2004 Faith, African American Heritage Cultural Arts Center, Miami, Florida
2003 *Alfred Conteh, Kalmanson Gallery, Georgia Southwestern University, Swainsboro, Georgia, Lee Kalmanson
*Alfred Conteh, The Art Exchange, Macon, Georgia, Curator Eric O’Dell
*Alfred Conteh, Mercer University Art Department Gallery, Macon, Georgia
Art Fairs
2022 Art Basel Miami, Miami, FL, Kavi Gupta Gallery, Chicago, IL
2020 Frieze Art Fair (Virtual), New York, NY, Kavi Gupta Gallery, Chicago, IL
Frieze London (Virtual), London, UK, Kavi Gupta Gallery, Chicago, IL
2019 Prizm Art Fair, Miami, FL, Curator Mikhaile Solomon
Scope, Miami, FL, Galerie Myrtis, Baltimore, MD
Art Basel Miami, Miami, FL, Kavi Gupta Gallery, Chicago, Il
Art Expo Chicago, Chicago, IL, Kavi Gupta Gallery, Chicago, Il
The Armory Show, New York, NY, Kavi Gupta Gallery
Felix Art Fair, Los Angeles, CA, Kavi Gupta Gallery, Curator Kavi Gupta
Cuba Biennial, Havana, Cuba, Galerie Myrtis, Curators Myrtis Bedolla and Ana Joa
2018 Prizm Art Fair, Miami, FL, Mikhaile Solomon
Scope, Miami, FL, Galerie Myrtis, Baltimore, MD
Art Basel Miami, Miami, FL, Kavi Gupta Gallery, Chicago, Il
Frieze London, London, UK, Kavi Gupta Gallery, Chicago, Il
Art Expo Chicago, Chicago, IL, Kavi Gupta Gallery, Chicago, Il
2017 Prizm Art Fair, Miami, Fl, Curator Mikhaile Solomon
Residencies
2019 The Fountainhead Residency, Miami, Fla
Gallery Representation
Kavi Gupta Gallery, Chicago, IL
Galerie Myrtis, Baltimore, MD
Institution Collections
Arthur Blank Family Foundation, Atlanta, GA
Smithsonian Library of Congress, Washington, DC
The David C.Driskell Center, College Park, MD
Lauren Rogers Museum of Art, Laurel, MS
Art Bridges Foundation, Bentonville, AR
Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis, MN
Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE
The Petrucci Family Foundation, Union Township, NJ
United Talent Agency Corporate Collection, Los Angeles, CA
Minnesota Museum of American Art Permanent Collection, St. Paul, MN
University of Arkansas Little Rock, Little Rock, AR
Bajeel Art Foundation, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR
Museum of Arts and Sciences Permanent Collection, Macon, Ga
Tubman Museum Permanent Collection, Macon, GA
Georgia Southern University Permanent Collection, Statesboro, Ga
Georgia Southwestern University Permanent Collection, Swainsboro, GA
Hammonds House Museum Permanent Collection, Atlanta, GA
United Way Corporate Collection, Atlanta, GA
Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library, Atlanta, GA
Clark Atlanta University Museum Collection, Atlanta, GA
Minnesota Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN
21 C Hotel Group, Louisville, KY
Private Collections
Jeremy Zimmer, UTA Co-founder, Los Angeles, CA
Kelvin Beachum, NFL Offensive Tackle, New York, NY
Tasha Smith, Actor, Director, Los Angeles, CA
Jerami Grant, NBA Forward, Denver,CO
Rich Paul, Sports Agent, Los Angeles, CA
Troy Carter, Music Mogul, Los Angeles, CA
Scooter Braun, Talent Agent, Los Angeles, CA
Mary and Bob Mersky Collection, Minneapolis, MN
Cam Newton, NFL Quarterback, Charlotte, NC
Authur Lewis and Hau Nguyen, Los Angeles, CA
The Johnnie Howze Collection, Atlanta, GA
Dr. Gregory Shannon, Houston, TX
Kevin & Karen Cole, Artist/Educator, Fairburn, GA
The Jackye and Curtis Finch, Jr. Collection, Little Rock, AR
Darrell Walker, NBA Alum, Little Rock, AR
Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Kimberly and Dr. Dameon Fisher, Atlanta, GA
The Larry and Brenda Thompson Collection, Atlanta, GA
Dr. Jeffrey and Dr. Sivan Hines, Atlanta, GA
The Carnetta and Norman Davis Collection, Birmingham, AL
Bill Gautreaux, Kansas City, MO