Jared McGriff

Selected Works

Exhibitions

Biography

This image depicts an artwork by Jared McGriff titled "Cyclical and structural forces react with each other in ways that are both predictable and unpredictable & The natural tendency for a body to resist change in its state of motion." This artwork was created in 2024 and measures Diptych: 70" x 50 ¹⁄₂" x 1 ¹⁄₂" [HxWxD] (177.8 x 128.27 x 3.81 cm) each. Its medium is Oil on canvas. — **Jared McGriff**
“Cyclical and structural forces react with each other in ways that are both predictable and unpredictable & The natural tendency for a body to resist change in its state of motion,” 2024
Oil on canvas
Diptych: 70" x 50 ¹⁄₂" x 1 ¹⁄₂" [HxWxD] (177.8 x 128.27 x 3.81 cm) each
Inventory #MCG1015
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Dawn Blackman

This image depicts an artwork by Jared McGriff titled "We Was Poolside Somewhere." This artwork was created in 2023 and measures 61" x 60 ¹⁄₂" [HxW] (154.94 x 153.67 cm). Its medium is Oil on canvas. — **Jared McGriff**
“We Was Poolside Somewhere,” 2023
Oil on canvas
61" x 60 ¹⁄₂" [HxW] (154.94 x 153.67 cm)
Inventory #MCG1014
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Michael Lopez

This image depicts an artwork by Jared McGriff titled "For Us All To Breathe in Peace (Rest In Paradise Raymond)." This artwork was created in 2023 and measures 34" x 32" [HxW] (86.36 x 81.28 cm). Its medium is Oil on canvas. — **Jared McGriff**
“For Us All To Breathe in Peace (Rest In Paradise Raymond),” 2023
Oil on canvas
34" x 32" [HxW] (86.36 x 81.28 cm)
Inventory #MCG1013
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Michael Lopez

This image depicts an artwork by Jared McGriff titled "A Moment Between Pauses." This artwork was created in 2022 and measures 46" x 34" [HxW] (116.84 x 86.36 cm). Its medium is Oil on canvas. — **Jared McGriff**
“A Moment Between Pauses,” 2022
Oil on canvas
46" x 34" [HxW] (116.84 x 86.36 cm)
Inventory #MCG1011
Courtesy of the artist, Spinello Projects, and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Jeff McLane

This image depicts an artwork by Jared McGriff titled "Measure My Diameter in Lightyears." This artwork was created in 2023 and measures 58 ¹⁄₄" x 60" [HxW] (147.96 x 152.4 cm). Its medium is Oil on canvas. — **Jared McGriff**
“Measure My Diameter in Lightyears,” 2023
Oil on canvas
58 ¹⁄₄" x 60" [HxW] (147.96 x 152.4 cm)
Inventory #MCG1001
Courtesy of the artist, Spinello Projects, and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Jeff McLane

This image depicts an artwork by Jared McGriff titled "Keeping My Brother on Ground Made Sacred the Hard Way." This artwork was created in 2022 and measures 51" x 45" [HxW] (129.54 x 114.3 cm). Its medium is Oil on canvas. — **Jared McGriff**
“Keeping My Brother on Ground Made Sacred the Hard Way,” 2022
Oil on canvas
51" x 45" [HxW] (129.54 x 114.3 cm)
Inventory #MCG1007
Courtesy of the artist, Spinello Projects, and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Jeff McLane

This image depicts an artwork by Jared McGriff titled "Poolside in P.A.P., Pétion-Ville, Ayityi." This artwork was created in 2022 and measures 54 ¹⁄₄" x 66 ¹⁄₂" [HxW] (137.8 x 168.91 cm). Its medium is Oil on canvas. — **Jared McGriff**
“Poolside in P.A.P., Pétion-Ville, Ayityi,” 2022
Oil on canvas
54 ¹⁄₄" x 66 ¹⁄₂" [HxW] (137.8 x 168.91 cm)
Inventory #MCG1000
Courtesy of the artist, Spinello Projects, and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Jeff McLane

Jared McGriff: On Being a Wild Dream

March 25 — May 6, 2023

Vielmetter Los Angeles, Greenhouse

: Born in Los Angeles, CA

1999: BA Architecture, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
2008: MBA, New York University, New York, NY

Selected Solo and Two Person Exhibitions

2023: "The Burden of Song Carrying," Historic Hampton House Museum of Culture & Art, Miami, FL
: "On Being A Big Dream," Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
2022-2023: "Jared McGriff," Rubell Museum, Miami, FL
2022: "Where We Are You," NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale, Fort Lauderdale, FL
2020: "Only Touching the Ground to Jump," Spinello Projects, Miami, FL
2019: "Alone Together," Spinello Projects, Miami, FL

Selected Group Exhibitions, Performances and Video Screenings

2024-2025: "Strike Fast, Dance Lightly: Artists on Boxing," co-presented by The FLAG Art Foundation and The Church, Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, FL (forthcoming)
2023: "So Red It Looks Black," COMA Gallery, Sydney, Australia
: Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami, FL
2022: "American Journey," Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, FL
: EXPO Chicago, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
: "Fire, Figure, Fantasy," ICA Miami, Miami, FL
: Armory Show, Javits Center, New York, NY
: Florida Prize Exhibition, Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, FL
2021: "Lineages: Works from the Collection," NSU Art Museum, Fort Lauderdale, FL
2020: PRIZM Art Fair, Miami, FL (online)
: "Time-Sensitive," Spinello Projects, Miami, FL
2019: PRIZM Art Fair,, Alfred Dupont Building, Miami, FL
: "Grounded," Spinello Projects, Miami, FL
: "Inter|sectionality," Moore Building, Miami, FL (traveling exhibition)
: "Inter|sectionality," The Harvey B. Gantt Center for African - American Arts + Culture, Charlotte, NC (traveling exhibition)
: "Inter|sectionality," Corcoran School of the Arts and Design, Washington, DC (traveling exhibition)
: "Makings of You," Annex Gallery, Detroit, MI
2018: PRIZM Art Fair, Alfred DuPoint Building, Miami, FL
: Collaboration 2018, CityPlace, Palm Beach, FL
2017: PRIZM Art Fair, MANA Downtown, Miami, FL
: NVisible Atelier Group Show, Warehouse416, Oakland, CA
: "Art of the Living Black," Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
2016: MATATU Film Festival, CIIS, San Francisco, CA

Bibliography

2024: da Silva, José. "In pictures: sport at Art Basel," The Art Newspaper, June 14 (Link)
2023: Sokol, Brett. "Miami Has Matured into a Cultural Capital. What’s Next?," The New York Times, December 5 (Link)
: Treaster, Joseph B. "Miami’s Rise as an Art Hub Draws Artists and Offers Inspiration," The New York Times, December 5 (Link)
: Smith, Melissa. "6 Galleries Changing the Conversation at New York’s 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair," artnet news, May 19 (Link)
2022: Durón, Maximilíano. "At New York’s Armory Show, Dealers Sell Works Worth Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars," ArtNet News, September 9 (Link)
: Gómez-Upegui, Salomé. "‘Fire, Figure, Fantasy’ Reflects Miami’s Thriving Art Scene, Frieze, July 7 (Link)
2021: Iglesias, José A. "After working in tech in the Bay Area, Jared McGriff moved to Miami to make art," Miami Herald, November 29 (Link)
: Sokol, Bret. "Art Basel Miami Beach Returns, Smaller but Ready to Party," New York Times, November 24 (Link)
: Sugarcane Staff. "NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale Presents First Solo Museum Exhibition of Miami Artist Jared McGriff," Sugarcane, November (Link)
: Art Miami Magazine Staff. "Jared McGriff, first solo museum exhibition of Miami artist.," Art Miami Magazine, November 20 (Link)
: Rodneu, Seph. "The Sun Also Shines In Florida," Hyperallergic, October 28 (Link)
2020: Sokol, Bret. "Art Basel Miami Beach Was Canceled, but the Show Goes On," New York Times, November 27 (Link)
2019: Warren, Kaylee. "‘Love in the Time of Hysteria’—3 Miami Basel artists reflect on artistic freedom in a world of social chaos," Document, December 4 (Link)
2018: VoyageMIA Staff. "Check out Jared McGriff’s Artwork," VoyageMIA, August 17 (Link)
2017: Hunter Davis, Melissa. "Studio Visit: Jared McGriff," July (Link)

Awards, Fellowships, and Grants

2022: Orlando Museum of Art’s Florida Prize
2021: South Florida Cultural Consortium Grant

Public Collections

: The Bunker Artspace, West Palm Beach, FL
: Green Family Art Foundation, Dallas, TX
: ICA Miami, Miami, FL
: Miami-Dad County Art in Public Places, FL
: NSU Art Museum, Fort Lauderdale, FL
: Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, FL
: Rubell Museum, Miami, FL