Ulysses Jenkins

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Ulysses Jenkins
Born1946 (age 79–80)
Known for Video art

Ulysses Jenkins (born 1946, [1] Los Angeles [2] ) is an American performance and video artist.

Jenkins attended Southern University and Otis Art Institute. [3]

In 2021 the retrospective exhibition Ulysses Jenkins: Without Your Interpretation was held at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia. [4] It traveled to the Hammer Museum at UCLA. [5] [6] Jenkins's work was included in the 2025 exhibition Photography and the Black Arts Movement, 1955–1985 at the National Gallery of Art. [7]

His work is in the collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art, [8]

References

  1. ↑ "Ulysses Jenkins". The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
  2. ↑ O'Leary, Erin (3 September 2022). "From Both Sides of the Lens: Ulysses Jenkins' Self-Reflexive Video Practice". Contemporary Art Review Los Angeles. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
  3. ↑ "Ulysses Jenkins". Hammer Museum. Retrieved 3 February 2026.
  4. ↑ Mohsen, Ali (20 October 2020). "Ulysses Jenkins: Without Your Interpretation - ICA Philadelphia". Institute of Contemporary Art - Philadelphia, PA. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
  5. ↑ "Ulysses Jenkins: Without Your Interpretation". Hammer Museum. 6 February 2022. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
  6. ↑ Diehl, Travis (6 April 2022). "Ulysses Jenkins: Journeys of a Video Griot". The New York Times. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
  7. ↑ Brookman, Philip; Willis, Deborah (2025). Photography and the Black Arts Movement, 1955-1985. New Haven London: Yale University Press. p. 258. ISBN   9780300283501.
  8. ↑ "Ulysses Jenkins". Whitney Museum of American Art. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
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