JTT | Biography

1974	Born Pittsburgh, PA Lives and works in Pittsburgh, PA

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2023	Grievance, JTT, New York, NY
2022	Justice Reflected, Battery Park City, New York, NY. Organized by the Battery Park City Authority and the Art For Justice Fund
2021	Invisible Life, JTT, New York, NY

SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2022	Is it morning for you yet?, 58th Carnegie International, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA. Curated by Sohrab Mohebbi Crossroads: Carnegie Museum of Art’s Collection, 1945 to Now, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsb-urgh, PA A Place for the Affections: dwelling in anguish (torment) and love, Harlan Levey Projects, Brussels, BE. Co-curated by DJ Hellerman
2021	The Collective: Chosen Family, Martos Gallery, New York, NY
2020	Marking Time: Art in the Age of Mass Incarceration, MoMA PS1, Queens, NY. Organized by Dr. Nicole R. Fleetwood. Traveling to Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts, Birmingham, AL (2021); National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, Cincinnati, OH (2022); David Winton Bell Gallery at Brown University, Providence, RI (2022) Rendering Justice, African American Museum in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. Curated by Jesse Krimes. Organized in partnership with the African American Museum in Philadelphia and Mural Arts Philadelphia
2019	Capitalizing on Justice, Gallatin Galleries at New York University, New York, NY (this exhibitiontraveled to REVOLVE at SOUTH RAMP Studio in Ashveille, NC, and the M.J. Freed Theater in Chester, PA)

SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY

2022	Art in Tribeca: James Hough’s “Justice Reflected,” Tribeca Citizen. December 27. Liu, Jasmine. NYC Unveils Stained-Glass Works by Formerly Incarcerated Artist, Hyperallergic. November 11. Heinrich, Will. A Deluge of Art at the Carnegie International, The New York Times. November 4. Scott, Chadd. Pittsburgh’s James Hough Powers 58th Carnegie International, Forbes. October 26.
2021	Elujoba, Yinka. Galleries: The Collective: Chosen Family, The New York Times. October 15. Fullerton, Elizabeth. The 10 Best Booths at Frieze London: From Boy-Band Personas to Audio- Visual Healing Environments and More, ARTnews. October 14, 2021. Mitter, Siddhartha. Galleries: James Yaya Hough, The New York Times. May 28. Fleetwood, Nicole R. Invisible Ink, Artforum. May 10. Migan, Darla. Marking Time: Art in the Age of Mass Incarceration, The Brooklyn Rail. March.
2020	Cardwell, Erica. Making Art Against the Backdrop of Incarceration, Hyperallergic. October 21. Ulaby, Neda. Artist In Residence Creates Portraits Of Reform At The District Attorney’s Office, NPR. October 19. Voeller, Megan. Philly artists are in the vanguard at MoMA exhibit on art in the age of mass incarceration, The Phildelphia Inquirer. October 10. Cruz, Jarred. Philly DA’s resident artist hopes new exhibition pushes social justice forward, WHYY / NPR. October 1. Keats, Jonathan. A Timely Exhibit Exposes The Dehumanizing Prison Experience From The Perspective Of Incarcerated Artists, Forbes. September 30. Cotter, Holland. Making Art When ‘Lockdown’ Means Prison, The New York Times. September 24. Fleetwood, Dr. Nicole R. Project: Nicole R. Fleetwood, Artforum. September. Carceral Aesthetics: Nicole R. Fleetwood in conversation with Rachel Kushner, Artforum. September. Castillo, Monica. Meet the Formerly Incarcerated Artist in Residence Who Hopes to Transform the Philadelphia DA’s Office, Hyperallergic. January 8.
2019	Grant, Daniel. The Philadelphia DA’s Office Has Just Hired Its First Artist in Residence, Artnet News. December 24. Small, Zachary. What Curators Don’t Get About Prison Art, The Nation. October 18.
2015	James Hough on art, activism, and ‘freedom culture’, LifeLines. July 31.
2014	James Hough on redemption within a punitive system, LifeLines. July 1.

RESIDENCIES

2019	Artist-in-Residence, Philadelphia DAO. Supported by the Art for Justice, Mural Arts Philadelphia,and Fair and Just Prosecution

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

	Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, TX
	The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
	Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA