Kellie Jones | |
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Born | 1959 |
Nationality | American |
Awards | MacArthur Fellow |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Art History |
Institutions | Columbia University |
Kellie Jones (born 1959) is an American Associate Professor in Art History and Archaeology in African American Studies at Columbia University. She won a MacArthur Fellowship.
She was awarded a Ph.D. by Yale University in 1999.
Her research interests include African Diaspora and African American artists, Latin American and Latino/a artists, and problems in contemporary art and museum theory.
In 2005, Kellie Jones is the inaugural recipient of the David C. Driskell Prize.
Kellie Jones' book EyeMinded: Living And Writing Contemporary Art, was recently published by Duke University Press and offers a selection of her essays and art writing from 1985 to 2006.
Kellie Jones has also worked as a curator for over three decades.