Antwoine D. Washington
Richmond Heights, OH 44143
(248) 431-7503
antwoinewashingtonart@gmail.com
www.antwoinewashington.com
Education
2007 Bachelor of Fine Arts
Southern University A&M College, Baton Rouge, LA
2004 Associate of Arts
San Diego Mesa Community College, San Diego, CA
Selected Exhibitions
2021 Continuum, Akron Art Museum, Akron, OH
2021 New Histories, New Futures, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Imagine Otherwise, Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland, Cleveland, OH
2020 Seasons Pass Members Feature, SPACES, Cleveland, OH
Art Made in the Shutdown, Yards Projects, Cleveland, OH
2019 SeenUnseen, Artists Archives of the Western Reserve, Cleveland, OH
Fabulism: Meta Fact & Fiction, Yards Projects, Cleveland, OH
Gimme Shelter, Cleveland Print Room, Cleveland, OH
2018 New Now, Artist Archives of the Western Reserve, Cleveland, OH
Solo Exhibition
2023 Come Home With Me, Gallery 2602, Cleveland Heights, OH
Recent Awards
2022 FRONT Art Futures Fellowship, FRONT International, Cleveland Triennial for Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH
2020 Ohio City Incorporated Arts & Culture Award, The Satellite Fund, SPACES, Cleveland, OH
2019 Verge Fellowship, Art Prize, Cleveland Art Association, Cleveland, OH
2018 Honorable Mention, Valley Art Center 47th Annual Juried Art Exhibit, Chagrin Falls, OH
People’s Choice Award Honorable Mention, New Now, Artist Archives of the Western
Reserve, Cleveland, OH
2007 Best in Show, Southern University A&M College Student Exhibition, Baton Rouge, LA
2005 Third Place, Southern University A&M College Student Exhibition, Baton Rouge, LA
Awards
2022 FRONT Art Futures Fellowship, FRONT International, Cleveland Triennial for Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH
2020 Ohio City Incorporated Arts & Culture Award, The Satellite Fund, SPACES, Cleveland, OH
2019 Verge Fellowship, Art Prize, Cleveland Art Association, Cleveland, OH
2018 Honorable Mention, Valley Art Center 47th Annual Juried Art Exhibit, Chagrin Falls, OH
People’s Choice Award Honorable Mention, New Now, Artist Archives of the Western
Reserve, Cleveland, OH
2007 Best in Show, Southern University A&M College Student Exhibition, Baton Rouge, LA
2005 Third Place, Southern University A&M College Student Exhibition, Baton Rouge, LA
Public Commissions
2022 Jacquiline E. Gillon Mural, Black Environmental Leaders Association, Cleveland, OH
2021 Cleveland Walls Mural Festival, Cleveland, OH
2021 Tamir Rice Foundation Art Supply Bins, SPACES, Cleveland, OH
2021 The Dexter Place Art Project, Ohio City Incorporated, Cleveland, OH
2020 The Fight for Racial Equity Banner, Ohio City Inc., Cleveland, OH
2020 Utility Box Wrap Project, MidTown, Cleveland, OH
2019 Mural Art Café, Cleveland Public Square, Cleveland, OH
Collections
Putnam Collection, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH
Columbus Metropolitan Library - Karl Road Branch, Columbus, OH
Cuyahoga County Public Library, Cleveland, OH
Private collections, Cleveland, OH
Presentations & Artist Talks
2021 New Histories, New Futures, In Conversation: Johnny Coleman, Antwoine Washington, and
Kambui Olujimi, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Explorations of the Black Art Library, Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland x SPACES,
Cleveland, OH
Inspiring Creativity lecture & workshop, Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland, Virtual
Inspiring Creativity lecture & workshop, Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland,
Cleveland, OH
Imagine Otherwise artist talk, Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland, Virtual
Professional Experience
2019 - Present Co-founder & Co-director, Museum of Creative Human Art, Cleveland, OH
Bibliography
2023 Hyperallergic A Gallery's Safe Harbor From Anti-Blackness
2022 New American Paintings Midwest Issue #161
2022 Black Environmental Leaders, Western Reserve Land Conservancy, dedicate mural to memory of activist Jacqueline Gillon Cleveland.com
2022 The Art Newspaper: FRONT Triennial launches fellowship programme to support marginalised artists The Art Newspaper
2022 Plain Dealer: FRONT Triennial announces first four winners of fellowships aimed at uplifting local artists of color Cleveland Plain Dealer
2021 “Akron Art Museum's 'Continuum' pairs older works with contemporary artists,” Akron
Beacon Journal
“Antwoine Washington Celebrates Black Family Life At Transformer Station,” Ideastream
Public Media
“Antwoine Washington Brings Black Artists To The Table In His Latest Exhibit,” Cleveland
Magazine
“‘Imagine Otherwise’ Shifts the Paradigm of Black Representation,” Frieze
“Antwoine Washington Wants MOCHA to Lift Your Spirit,” CAN Journal
“A Bold New Show at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Cleveland Calls Out the
Institution’s Own ‘Consistent Anti-Black Practices’,” Artnet News
2020 “New Art Exhibit Features What Our Community has Been Through the Past Few Months,” ABC News 5 Cleveland
“Art Made in the Shutdown Showcases Artists’ Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic,” The
Land
“Racial Equity/Black Lives Matter Public Art Approved to be Installed Soon Along West
25th Street,” ABC News 5 Cleveland
2021 "An international mural festival brings art to Cleveland Walls," PBS News Hour