Jesse Krimes Explained

Jesse Krimes
Birth Date:1982
Birth Place:Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Nationality:American
Field:Mural art, art installations, sculpture
Training:B.A., Millersville University

Jesse Krimes (born 1982 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania)[1] is an American artist and curator who focuses on criminal injustice and contemporary perceptions of criminality.[2]

Life

Krimes was raised poor without a father and used art as a way to feel safe and secure.[3]

Career

In 2009, after graduating in Art from Millersville University,[4] Krimes was sent to prison for cocaine possession and subsequently served five years of a six year sentence.[5] During this time he devised a way to transfer photos from newspapers and magazines onto soap using hair gel. From this, he cut the bars into works of art and shipped them discreetly out of prison.[6] In his last three years, he was able to gain access to art supplies and was able to produce numerous pieces and mentor others. Krimes explains that “artwork facilitated conversation. And it humanized me to some of the guards. They saw me not as an inmate but as a person.”[7] [8] Upon his release he co-founded Right of Return USA, a fellowship program to support previously incarcerated artists.[9]

In 2016, JPMorgan Chase settled a lawsuit with Krimes, acting as plaintiff, for charging exorbitant fees for a debit card program that was supposed to help released inmates.[10]

Krimes has collaborated and received public commissions with a focus on prison reform including Amnesty International, Ford Foundation, Open Philanthropy, and the City of Philadelphia Mural Arts’ Restorative Justice program, to name a few.[11] Krimes was awarded fellowships by Robert Rauschenberg Foundation in 2017, the Independence Foundation in the same year, and the Ford Foundation’s Art For Justice initiative in 2018.[12] Krimes is represented by Burning in Water Gallery in New York.

Krimes both appeared in and was the subject of the 2021 documentary film Art & Krimes by Krimes, directed by Alysa Nahmias.[13] [14] [15] [16]

Work Chronology

Selected chronology of showcased artwork.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Philadelphia Artist Jesse Krimes' First Solo Exhibition of New Work Since Returning from Prison on Display at Drexel. DrexelNow. 16 December 2015 .
  2. Web site: Jesse Krimes uses art to engage with criminal justice reform. Elise. Vider. 20 May 2019 .
  3. Web site: Weber . Jasmine . 2019-03-12 . Formerly Incarcerated Artists Visualize Healing . 2023-02-23 . Hyperallergic . en-US.
  4. Web site: Fang . Celina . 2019-09-20 . Where Art and Rural Incarceration Meet . 2023-02-23 . The Marshall Project . en.
  5. News: Hohenadel . Kristin . 2014-03-19 . The Art of Doing Time . en-US . Slate . 2023-02-23 . 1091-2339.
  6. Web site: While locked up in a U.S. prison, Jesse Krimes secretly created epic works of art . cbc.ca.
  7. https://slate.com/human-interest/2014/03/philadelphia-artist-jesse-krimes-uses-a-70-month-jail-sentence-to-create-a-monumental-work-of-contraband-art-photos.html Philadelphia artist Jesse Krimes uses a 70-month jail sentence to create a monumental work of contraband art (PHOTOS)
  8. Web site: Jesse Krimes. Mural Arts Philadelphia.
  9. Web site: Formerly incarcerated artists can now apply to win a $20K arts fellowship. Mic. 23 March 2017 .
  10. Web site: JPMorgan Chase settles debit card lawsuit with former inmates. August 5, 2016.
  11. Web site: Jesse Krimes. June 26, 2017. Robert Rauschenberg Foundation.
  12. Web site: About | jesse krimes. jessekrimes.
  13. Web site: Carey . Matthew . 2022-08-09 . MTV Documentary Films Sets Release Date For 'Art & Krimes By Krimes,' Doc About Artist Who Made "Secret Masterpiece" Behind Bars . Deadline . en-US.
  14. Web site: Greenberger . Alex . 2021-11-26 . Artist Jesse Krimes's Struggle to Overcome Years in Prison Showcased in New Documentary . 2023-02-23 . ARTnews.com . en-US.
  15. Web site: Pham . Hanna . Documentary chronicles an unexpected side of prison life . 2023-02-23 . CNN . 6 December 2022 . en.
  16. Web site: Liu . Jasmine . 2022-11-16 . New Documentary Looks at Artmaking Behind Bars . 2023-02-23 . Hyperallergic . en-US.
  17. Web site: prisoner creates 39-panel mural with sheets, hair gel and newspapers. March 18, 2014. designboom | architecture & design magazine.
  18. Web site: Jesse Krimes: Apokaluptein:16389067 | Zimmerli Art Museum. www.zimmerlimuseum.rutgers.edu.
  19. https://www.artforum.com/uploads/guide.003/id27740/press_release.pdf
  20. Web site: Jesse Krimes: Marking Time in America- The Prison Works (2009–2013) . 2023-02-23 . Artsy . en.
  21. Web site: Jesse Krimes: Deus ex Machina. Mural Arts Philadelphia.
  22. Web site: 2015-12-16 . Philadelphia Artist Jesse Krimes' First Solo Exhibition of New Work Since Returning from Prison on Display at Drexel . 2023-02-23 . drexel.edu . en.
  23. Web site: Philly Mural Project 'Portraits of Justice' Confronts Mass Incarceration. Sameer. Rao. October 4, 2018. ColorLines.
  24. Web site: NYC Pop-Up Exhibition Traces Broken Windows Policing's Toll. Meilan. Solly. Smithsonian.
  25. News: What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week. Roberta. Smith. Will. Heinrich. Jason. Farago. Martha. Schwendener. Holland. Cotter. The New York Times . March 1, 2018. NYTimes.com.
  26. Web site: Formerly Incarcerated Artists Visualize Healing. March 12, 2019. Hyperallergic.
  27. Web site: Emanation 2019. Atlantic City Weekly.
  28. Web site: Art as Freedom: A New Exhibit by Formerly Incarcerated Artists Opens in Chelsea. February 20, 2019. NY City Lens.
  29. Web site: McCanne . Michael . 2020-12-03 . The Fabric of Our Nation . 2023-02-23 . ARTnews.com . en-US.
  30. Web site: News . Jacqueline Reynolds Special to the Aspen Daily . Pennsylvania artist invites Aspen audiences to see the incarcerated for more than their crimes . 2023-02-23 . Aspen Daily News . 22 August 2021 . en.

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