Biography
Kumasi J. Barnett is a painter from Turners Station in Baltimore, MD. He received his MFA from The Ohio State University in Painting and Drawing.
Influenced by the aesthetics and narratives of comic books, his work subverts and imbues the often timeless genre with a present day social consciousness. Barnett frequently paints directly over old copies of comic books, changing their narratives into critiques of police brutality, racial profiling, and more broadly, systemic racism.
Barnett’s works have been exhibited widely both in the United States and abroad, including exhibitions at Lowell Ryan Projects, Los Angeles, CA; the SPRING/BREAK Art Show, New York, NY; The Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL; and the Verge Center for the Arts, Sacramento, CA. Barnett presented a solo booth with Lowell Ryan Projects at The Armory Show, in the Focus section curated by Jamillah James. Barnett’s work has been featured in Artforum Vibe, Hyperallergic, Artnet News, and The Guardian, among others.
Selected Works
