MoAD’s physical building may be closed due to the mandatory shelter-in-place, but you can still get your fill of art and artists of the African Diaspora. Each Wednesday at 1:00 pm PST, join MoAD staff members as we visit some of our favorite artists in their studios to see what they’re currently working on and how their work is changing as a result of the quarantine. This is a rare opportunity to hear from artists directly from their studios. We will follow all talks with an audience Q&A.

Johnnie Chatman is a Californian lens-based artist currently residing in New York. He holds an MFA in Photography, Video & Related Media from the School of Visual Arts. In Fall 2021, he will be starting his Ph.D. in Art History, Theory and Criticism at the University of California San Diego.

Chatman's work has been featured in exhibitions across the United States including at Fraenkel Gallery, HereArts, and SF Camerawork. His work can be found in public collections at the Figge Art Museum and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. In 2020, he was announced as a recipient of the En Foco Photography Fellowship.

His work has been featured in publications including Dear Dave, Nueva Luz, and Zoetrope All-Story. He is also the founder and curator of Terms & Conditions, an experimental film screening series.

Recent exhibitions include his solo exhibition I forgot where we were... at Blue Sky, the Oregon Center for the Photographic Art; I’m Not The Only One at Fraenkel Gallery; and Magnetic West: Enduring Allure of the American West at Figge Art Museum and Sioux Art Center.

‍Generous support for this series provided by the Westridge Foundation