M A R Y j o K A R I M N I A b 1963, Detroit, Mi
Lives and works in Memphis, TN
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SELECT EXHIBITIONS
2022
Wide Open, Studiohouse on Malvern, Memphis, TN
CHAOS 8, RO2 Gallery, Dallas, TX
2020
Memphis Art + Design design show – 3rdSpace
2019
CHAOS 7, RO2 Gallery, Dallas, TX
Negative Space, curated by Aubree Penney, Memphis, TN
Crushed, Memphis, TN
Stitched, Crosstown Arts, Memphis, TN
2018
CHAOS, RO2 Gallery, Dallas, TX
Studio Exchange: Memphis Opening, Zeitgeist Gallery, Nashville, TN
The Women of RO2, RO2 Gallery, Dallas, TX
Art/Race/Violence: a Collaborative Response, curated by Dr. Earnestine Jenkins and Richard Lou
2017
Cups are Emotion (solo) RO2 Gallery, Dallas, TX
Potluck, Memphis, TN
Nasty Show, Memphis, TN
2016
A Bad Question a collaborative exhibition by the tART collective
Fold (solo museum show) Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis, TN
CHAOS 2016, RO2 Gallery, Dallas, TX
Six Points, Memphis, TN
Planet Nine: Displacement, curated by Eric C, Memphis, TN
Assembled (group) curated by Lester Merriweather, ArtsMemphis in Memphis, TN
2015
Mary Jo Karimnia (solo) Blanco, La Paz, Bolivia
Untitled, Blanco Gallery, La Paz, Bolivia
Free Alterations (solo) Memphis, TN
CURATING
2016 Belongings II: Repurposed, Memphis, TN
2016 Hereabouts, Memphis, TN
2015 Belongings, Memphis, TN
2015 you + me, Memphis, TN
2014 Unchained II, Memphis, TN
2013 Unchained: a Memphis Chain Letter Exhibition, Memphis, TN
PROFESSIONAL ROLES
Residency Manager, Crosstown Arts
US Manager for Keiko Gonzalez
Talk Radio host for WYXR Talkin’ Memphis
Curator
Studio Manager
Art wrangler
Occasion writer/editor