Napoleon Jones-Henderson

Education:
2005 Maryland Institute College of Art, Master of Fine Arts Degree, Baltimore, MD
1974 Northern Illinois University, Master of Arts; Candidate, DeKalb, IL.
1971 Art Institute of Chicago, Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree, Chicago, IL.
1963 The Sorbonne, Student Continuum, Student and Artist Center, Paris, France
1963 Continuous Independent Study, research, writing, curating, and collecting of art

Awards:
2007-8 Ford Foundation: Artist in Residence Fellow, CFAC, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
2005 Tougaloo Art Colony, Artist in Resident, Tougaloo College, Tougaloo, MS
2005 Walters Art Museum, Merit of Honor Award, Baltimore, MD
2005 Artist in Residence, McDonogh School, Owings Mills, MD
2005 Artist in residence in Print Making, Towson University, Baltimore, MD
2005 Artist workshop City Springs Elementary School, Baltimore, MD
2005 Walters Art Museum, Traveling Fellowship Award, Honorable mention, Baltimore, MD
2005 Official Citation, The Senate of Maryland, Senator Verna L. Jones
2005 Certificate of Recognition, Maryland Institute College of Art
2004 Artist workshop Diggs Johnson YMCA After School Program, Baltimore, MD
1999 Mayor of Boston, “Award of Recognition for Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit”
1999 Tri-Ad Veterans League, inc. “Award for Cultural Contributions”
1999 Massachusetts State Senate, “Omical Citation for Cultural Excellence”

Commissions:
CFAC, Dept of African American Studies, Syracuse Uni. Syracuse, NY: 2008
McDonogh School, Owings Mills, MD: 2005
DC Commission on the Arts, Finalist Anacostia Public Art Commission, Washington, DC 2006
Sarasota Library Finalist Public Art Commission, Sarasota, FL
Richland County Cultural Council, Columbia, SC 2000
Dining Table with Enamel insets, Private, Jamaica Plain, MA.:
O’Donnell School, Boston Public Schools, East Boston, MA: 1996
Rode Island Convention Center Authority, Providence, R. I.: 1996
Tapestry Scenery for Play "African Tapestry" Boston, MA.: 1994
Mather School, Boston Public Schools, Dorchester, MA.: 1991
Dimock Community Health Center, Roxbury, MA.: 1991
Massachusetts Port Authority, Black Falcon Cruise ship Terminal, Boston, 1989
Happy Hollow School, Wayland, MA: 1987
New England Life Insurance Co., Boston, MA: 1987
Roxbury Community College, Mass. Per Cent for the Arts, Roxbury, MA: 1986
Hartsfield International Airport, Department of Cultural Affairs, Atlanta, GA.: 1982
Columbia Council, Palmetto Tree Project, Columbia, SC. 1999
City of Boston, Parks and Recreation Department, "Living Room Project" and
First Night at Boston City Hall Plaza, Boston Commons & Mattapan, MA. 1999 – 2000

Publications:
Drum Magazine, University. of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
250 Years of Afro-American Presence in Massachusetts
250 Years of Afro-American Art, Linn Lgoe
Fiber Arts Magazine
Black Arts: Ancestral Legacy, Regina Perry, author
Uncommon Beauty in Common Objects, National Afro-American Museum,
Wilberforce, OH.
International Review of African American Art, Hampton University
Celebrating African Identity: Politics and Icons of Representation, Nikiru Nzegwu, author
Volatile Alliances, Africus Johannesburg Biennale 1995, South Africa
New Art Examiner,1994
AFRICOBRA The First Twenty Years, Nexus Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, GA.1990
Representative Exhibitions:
Community Folk Arts Center, “AfriCOBRA; Liberated Images” Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 2008
David Lusenhop Gallery, NY NBFA NYC, NY 2008
King Arts Complex, “Living Legends”, Columbus, OH 2007
Hampton University Museum:AfriCOBRA: Revolutionary Images” Hampton University, Hampton, VA 2007
Community Folk Arts Center, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 2006
Museum of Afro-American Art and Culture, Philadelphia, PA 2006
Rhode Island College, Providence, RI 2006
Mainstreets Columbia, Columbia, SC 2006
Everlasting Creations Salon, Baltimore, MD 2005
Maryland Federation of Artists, Baltimore, MD 2005
Anacostia Museum and Center, Washington DC 2005
McDonogh School, Owings Mills, MD; 2005
Thesis Exhibition, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD.: 2005
South Dallas Cultural Center, Dallas, TX. 2002-03
Bass Museum of Art, Miami, Fl. 2002
Wright Mus. of African American History, Detroit, Mi. 2001
Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, "Blackness in Color: Expressions of the
Black Arts Movement" Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. 2000
William Mallory Sr. Gallery: Art Consortium's African American Museum Cincinnati, OH. 2000
Jubilation; Celebrating African Textile Traditions, “Convergence 2000”, Cincinnati,
S. C. Arts Commission, Governor's Awards for the Arts Exhibition, Columbia, SC. 2000
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