Culture Type

Victoria L. Valentine, “Language of Tears: First New York Solo Show of Painter Jerrell Gibbs Explores Complexity of Fatherhood at James Cohan Gallery,” June 5, 2024

Cerebral Woman Podcast

Phyllis Hollis, “A Conversation with Jerrell Gibbs,” February 1, 2023.

Black Art in America

Shantay Robinson, “BAIA’s 10 Most Transformational Artists of the Year,” January 11, 2023.

Frankfurter Allgemeine

Bettina Wohlfarth, “In dieses Viertel zieht die Kunst,” or “Art Moves towards this District,” September 18, 2022.

Bmore Art

Rebecca Juliette, “Baltimore News: Jerrell Gibbs, Radio Plastique, BMA Continues to Diversify the Collection,” July 7, 2022.

Baltimore Magazine

Lauren LaRocca, “Jerrell Gibbs’ Meteoric Rise in the Art World,” July, 2022.

The Frederick News-Post

Lauren La Rocca, “Guest Artist Lecture: Jerrell Gibbs,” April 13, 2022.

Fox 5 News

Tiffany Watson, “Portrait of late U.S. Representative Elijah Cummings now at The Baltimore Museum of Art,” December 30, 2021.

The Star Democrat

“Rep. Elijah Cummings portrait unveiled at Baltimore Museum of Art,” December 30, 2021.

Culture Type

Victoria L. Valentine, “Latest News in Black Art: Eric Pryor Named President of Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Jerrell Gibbs Painted Portrait of Late Congressman Elijah Cummings & More,” December 12, 2021.

The Washington Post

Mary Carole McCauley, “Baltimore museum to unveil Elijah Cummings portrait,” December 8, 2021.

The Baltimore Sun

Mary Carole McCauley, “‘Beautiful portrait’ of Elijah Cummings by MICA graduate and Pikesville artist Jerrell Gibbs to go on display at Baltimore Museum of Art,” December 7, 2021.

wtop news

Matthew Delaney, “Portrait of Elijah Cummings to be exhibited in Baltimore before moving to U.S. Capitol,” December 6, 2021.

The New York Times

Hilarie M. Sheets, “Painter of Elijah Cummings Portrait Finds It’s a Career-Changer,” December 3, 2021.

Full Bleed

Beverly Ailisha Price, “We Are Enough: An Interview with Jerrell Gibbs,” December, 2021.

Baltimore Magazine

“2021 Year in Review: Twenty of the most pivotal events in Baltimore this year, in chronological order,” December 2021.

Galerie Magazine

Kendra Walker, “Jerrell Gibbs’s Figurative Paintings Tell the Story of His Childhood Experiences,” September 21, 2021.

WBALTV

Lisa Robinson, “New BMA exhibit focusing on diversity, equity opens Sunday,” April, 29, 2021

MICA

Jerrell Gibbs ’20 (LeRoy E. Hoffberger School of Painting MFA) chosen as award winner by American Academy of Arts and Letters, 2021

BmoreArt Magazine

Suzy Kopf, “Art AND: Jerrell Gibbs” February 3, 2021

Elephant Magazine

Rebecca Fulleylove, “Tender Paintings Breathe Life Into Everyday Family Moments” June 29, 2020

Art of Choice

Emma Grayson, “Jerrell Gibbs Regards Authentic, Everyday Life” May 12, 2020

INTERIOR DESIGN

Karine Monié, “ 10 Artworks from ZONAMACO México Arte Contemporáneo and ZONAMACO Foto” February 12, 2020

CREATIVE BOOM

Katy Cowan, “Warm and tender oil paintings of family and friends by American artist Jerrell Gibbs” February 12, 2020

Artsy

Isis Davis-Marks, “These Emerging Black Artists Are the Future of Figurative Painting” February 11, 2020

Culture Type

Victoria L. Valentine, “Disembodiment: A New Generation of Painters is Reframing the Narrative Around Blackness and the Black Body” January 24, 2020

LA Weekly

Shana Nys Dambrot, “Disembodiment: Paintings from the Black Vanguard” January 2, 2020

ARTX

Danny Dunson, “Figuratively Speaking, It’s a Matter of Life and Love: The Art of Jerrell Gibbs” December 22, 2019

T: The New York Times Style Magazine
Janelle Zara, “Things Editors Like: T Suggests” November 15, 2019

Harper’s Bazaar (UAE)
Rebecca Anne Proctor “African American Art at EXPO” September 22, 2019

Black Art in America
Halima Taha ”Blackface: A Reclamation of Beauty, Power and Narrative” April 25, 2019

Baltimore Magazine
Angela N. Carroll, “The Mare Projects Connects Communities in the African Diaspora” September 11, 2019

BALISLE BLOG
Jenny E. Balisle, “MARGINS” May 12, 2019

Baltimore Magazine
Angela N. Carroll, “Jerrell Gibbs Normalizes Black Innocence Through His Figurative Portraits” December 13, 2018

CURBED
Diana Budds, “The Black Artists + Designers Guild takes on the industry’s race problem” December 4, 2018

Lunch Ticket
“Spotlight: Hiding in plain sight” September 18, 2018

The Cutting Room Floor Blog
*Gabriella Souza, 'All I had in me into one piece' December 2, 2016

City Paper 
“Best of Baltimore 2016” September 13, 2016

The Baltimore Sun
*Sarah Meehan, "The black male experience shown through art" June 26, 2016

 BmoreArt
Angela N. Carroll, “The Broken Rainbow": 'The paintings of Jerrell Gibbs in Fathers, Brothers, Sons at SpaceCamp” May 20, 2016

 Young Black Artist
Ashley Smith, “Heart of a King” July 8, 2015