Original Art by John Obafemi Jones
John Obafemi Jones (b.1950)
P.O. Box 3554
Frederiksted, VI 00841-3554
Telephone: 340 690 6614
www.johnobafemijones.com
Email: art@johnobafemijones.com
Solo Exhibitions
2022 "REVELATIONS" Cane Roots Art Gallery
2017" Bronze Cowboys and Kallaloo" Walsh Metal Works Gallery, St. Croix USVI
2016 "Rhythms, Rituals and all that Jazz" Caribbean Museum Center for the Arts
2015 "Fire Down There" Walsh Metal Works Gallery, St. Croix USVI
2010 Danica’s Gallery, St. Croix USVI
1988 Chase Bank, St. Croix USVI
1981 First Saving Bank, St. Croix US VI
1979 Gallery of Man Tribeca New York
Group shows
2022 "Expression of Freedom" Cane Roots Art Gallery
2016 "Art St. Croix" Art atTop Hat St. Croix VI
2016 “An Ocean of Dignified Dust” Yacht Haven Grande gallery St.Thomas VI
2016 "Artist Guild 2016 Art Show" The St. Croix Artist Guild
2015 "In Our Vision" Art at Top Hat
2014 "Blurred Lines" Caribbean Museum Center
2014 Art at the Top Hat Gallery
2014 27th Annual Caribbean Fine Arts Exhibit
2013 Rose Parks Museum @Troy University
2013 Marjorie Robbins Gallery
2013 Caribbean Museum Center “Moko Jumbies: Communicating with the Ancestors/Protecting the Community”
2012 Portraits of Potentiality art exhibit and artists' talk
2012 Caribbean Museum Center “ Return to the Mecca II”
2011 Bassin Fine Arts Gallery, Christiansted USVI, “The Way I See It”
2011 Howard University “Return to the Mecca II”
2010 23RD Annual Caribbean Fine Arts Exhibit
2009 22nd Annual Caribbean Fine Arts Exhibit
2008 21st Annual Caribbean Fine Arts Exhibit
2006 19th Annual Caribbean Fine Arts Exhibit
2006 Whim Plantation Museum, St. Croix U.S. V.I
2005 Caribbean Museum Center, St. Croix U.S. V.I
1998 Eleventh Annual Caribbean Fine Art Exhibit (featured artist)
1998 Densaw Gallery, Atlanta GA
1998 National Black Arts Festival Atlanta GA
1988 Carambola Villas Golf and Beach Resort
1988 St. Croix U.S. V.I
1987 Wyndham Sugar Bay Resort & Spa, St. Thomas U.S.V.I
1983 Fort Frederiksted Art Museum St. Croix U.S. V.I
1983 The Horizon Gallery, St. Croix U.S. V.I
1983 “Cruzan Realities” The Old Custom House Gallery St. Croix U.S. V.I
1982 The West End Community Gallery, St. Croix U.S. V.I
1982 Caribbean Center for Understanding Media, St. Croix U.S. V.I
Commissions
St. Croix Chamber of Commerce
Diageo USVI for the Caribbean Theater Company
Collections
Hampton University, Hampton VA
Caribbean Museum Center, St. Croix U.S. V.I
Organizations
Caribbean Museum Center, Board Member, St. Croix U.S.V.I.
Court Yard Player, Board Member, St. Croix U.S.V.I.
The Penpheny Artist Co-Op, St. Croix U.S.V.I.
Horizon Gallery Artist Co-OP, St. Croix U.S.V.I.
Art St. Croix, St. Croix U.S.V.I.
Publications
Mult-stakeholder Processes for Virgin Islands Cultural Planning: Making a Case for Multi-stakeholder Art and Culture Investment
Caribbean Melange Travel and Life Style Magazine https://www.readmelange.com/magazine