Jimmy James Greene

Multimedia Artist

Since his childhood in Xenia, Ohio, Jimmy James Greene has demonstrated exceptional artistic ability. After apprenticing with acclaimed Afrocentric muralist Jon Onye Lockard in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Greene graduated from Rhode Island School of Design. He has since become an accomplished collagist, painter, draftsman, designer, and printmaker whose work also incorporates stained-glass mosaic techniques.

For more than forty-five years, Greene's work has explored the communal expressions of the African diaspora in general and the African American experience in particular.

"I see myself as a visual storyteller. The styles I use range from tight representation to abstracted forms, depending upon my intent, but the bottom line is communication. Ideally, my work acts as a springboard for viewers into their own imagination, experiences, memories, and aspirations."

As a fine artist, Greene has presented more than thirty solo exhibitions and participated in numerous group exhibitions. As a commercial artist, he has created theater posters, CD covers, and illustrations for newspapers, magazines, and book covers. His public commissions include projects for the New York City Transit Authority, City Parks Foundation, MetLife, and St. Philip's Episcopal Church.

Greene is a member of the Weusi Artist Collective and The Art League. He is based in Hyattsville, Maryland.