Shabez Jamal

Donny Bradfield, also known as Shabez Jamal, is an interdisciplinary artist and educator. Jamal earned their B.A. from the University of Missouri-St. Louis and their M.F.A. from Tulane University of Louisiana. Their visual practice and research explore the temporal nature of photographic imagery and memory relating to physical, political, and socio-economic spaces. Jamal has received numerous fellowships and awards, including Harvard University’s In the City Fellowship, the Mellon Community Engaged Fellowship, and Washington University’s The Divided City Research Grant. Their work has been displayed in various national and international art spaces, such as the St. Louis Art Museum, the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, the Baltimore Museum of Art, and the Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt.