CV & Press

Jojo Buchmann
Brooklyn, NY & Little Rock, AR
Visual Artist | Painter | Muralist

Education

Pratt Institute – BFA Painting, Class of 2027
School of the Art Institute of Chicago – Early College Program, Figure Painting (2022)
Little Rock Central High School – Art Program (2019-2023)

Mural & Public Installation Work

• Leader & Artist – Honorarium of Civil Rights Pioneer Elizabeth Eckford Mural, Little Rock Central High School (2020-2022) 

• Public Installation Artist – Flatbush African American Heritage Corridor (2023)

• Volunteer Muralist – Martin Luther King Elementary School (2023)

• Winner, Flatbush African Burial Ground Youth Design Competition – Artervention street painting installed by NYC MTA (2024)

Selected Exhibitions & Art Shows

Juried Shows & Major Exhibitions

• Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition – Raices-Roots Exhibit (2023)

• 37th Annual Small Works on Paper Exhibition – Arkansas Arts Council, Yearlong Statewide Tour (2024)

• Congressional Art Competition – 2nd Place, Hosted by Senator French Hill (2023)

Solo & Featured Shows

• Solo Show, 3rd Friday Argenta Art Walk – Bearden Productions (2023)

• Group Show, 'Portraits' – Brooklyn Art Cave (2024)

• Group Show, "Black Art Matters"- Black Art Matters Brooklyn (2024)
• Group Show, 'Legends Limited'– lakou cafe & legends limited arts (2024)
• Group Show, 'Type Sh!T'– Black Noir Renaissance & Bushwick Street Art (2024)  
  

Live Painting & Public Art Events

• Forever Thrifted Block Party – Live Painting (2023)

• Clinton Hill Art Collective – Street Art & Live Painting (2023)

• 11:11 Creators Market – Hosted by AMP Gallery & Yunk Junk (2023)

• Various NYC Summer 2024 Pop-Ups – Washington Square Park, Pink Frog Café

Honors & Awards

• Flatbush African Burial Ground Youth Design Competition – Winner (2024)

• Arkansas Young Artists Association – Multiple Awards in Acrylic, Mixed Media, and Oil Pastel (2021-2023)

• AP Studio Art Score – 5 (2022, 2023)

• Young Arkansas Artists Association – Statewide Tour 'I Am Green', Arkansas Arts Council (2018-2020)

Press & Features

• Brooklyn’s African Heritage Corridor Project – Growhouse NYC, 6sqft

• Elizabeth Eckford Mural Unveiling – National Park Service Feature

• Arkansas Arts Council’s Small Works on Paper – KATV News Feature

• Release: Rep. Hill Announces Winners of 2023 Congressional Art Competition and Fan Favorite Award Recipient

Performance Art

• 7x7 Brooklyn Stories – Poetry & Live Music Performances (2023-2024)

• LRCH NAACP Art Presentation – Poetry Performance (2022)

• Group Show, 'Type Sh!T'– Black Noir Renaissance & Bushwick Street Art (2024)