Charlie James Gallery Now Representing Patrisse Cullors
Photo: Star Montana
Charlie James Gallery is delighted to announce the representation of Patrisse Cullors. This partnership follows Cullors' joint exhibition with noé olivas Freedom Portals, which ran from March 4 - April 15, 2023 at CJG2. Patrisse Cullors will have her first solo show at the gallery in June of 2024.
Patrisse will have a solo show at the Fowler Museum titled Free Us opening October 28th, 2023 running through June of 2024. Free Us will include an installation accompanied by an audio track of prayers, along with several mixed media works and a one-time live performance on October 28th.
Patrisse Cullors (b. 1983, Los Angeles, CA) is a New York Times bestselling author, educator, artist, and abolitionist from Los Angeles, CA. Her work has been featured at The Broad, The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, LTD Gallery, Crystal Bridges Museum, Second Home West Hollywood, The Fowler Museum, Frieze LA, The Hammer Museum, Vashon Center for the Arts, Joe’s Pub, Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center, and a host of theaters, galleries, and museums across the globe.
Cullors launched a ground-breaking Social and Environmental Arts Practice MFA program at Prescott College where she served as the Founding Director for two years. She is the co-founder of the Crenshaw Dairy Mart and has been on the frontlines of abolitionist movement building with Black Lives Matter, Justice LA, Dignity and Power Now and Reform LA jails. Her current work and practice is focusing on what she calls “Abolitionist Aesthetics,” a term she coined to help challenge artists and cultural workers to aestheticize abolition. Patrisse has won numerous awards for her art and activism. In September 2021, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved Patrisse’s appointment to serve as one of three Second District Arts Commissioners. Patrisse’s mission is to invite all of us to grow towards abolition through intergenerational healing work that centers love, collective care, and art.
