About
Jamaal Barber is a creative, imaginative soul born in Virginia and raised in North Carolina. In 2013, after seeing a screen printing demo at a local art store, Jamaal started experimenting with printmaking, making it his primary focus. His woodcuts and mixed-media prints illustrate the new Folio Society special edition of The Underground Railroad written by Colson Whitehead. Jamaal recently participated in the MTV/Smithsonian Channel art competition show The Exhibit. He has also worked for Twitter, the New York Times, Penguin Random House, Black Art in America, and Emory University.
In 2004, Jamaal moved to Atlanta, GA, with his wife and two children.
Our Voices. Our Lives. Presents Jamaal Barber
"Our Voices. Our Lives." continues to celebrate its 2-Year Anniversary with a new episode featuring JAMAAL BARBER. In this episode Jamaal (@jbarberstudio) talks about switching majors in college, what inspired him to get involved with printmaking, being self-taught, finding comfort in the process, how his feeling about blackness impacts his work and more! Music by Illastrate (@illastrate_).