b. 1987

Los Angeles

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Desmond is an artist and professor of Belizean-

American heritage primarily working in ceramics. He is also the host of Cool Spot Selections on dublab.com. Desmond is an art historian concerned with the visual history of Belize. His thesis, "On Belizean Art", is among the first scholarly works to address the topic. 

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"My work is informed and influenced by my research concerning the history and art of Belize. I treat the transitory state of ceramic materials as a vehicle for expression and critical investigation. My preoccupation with history, and the factors that drive historicizing, inspire my proclivity for art while tracing constant hallmarks of human society. Tackling the banal, intermediary objects that separate, or join, viewer and subject interest me. By disrupting semiotic pathways associated with perception and memory, I treat my work as quotations of potential, or in fact, existing artifacts not yet determined for posterity, thus grounding ideas of history’s function and purpose regarding the human experience."

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-Desmond Jervis

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BA - Art History. CSU, Los Angeles. 2016.

MFA - Visual Art. CSU, Fullerton. 2020.

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Exhibition Record:

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Solo:

COMA Gallery. Many Leaps. 2015.

COMA Gallery. High Def. Piss Jugs. 2016.

Freedman Gallery. malaise_forever_i. 2018.

Duff Gallery. malaise_forever_ii. 2019.

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Group:

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Nova Frame and Gallery. Painting Review. 2009.

Rio Hondo College. Postmodern BBQ. 2014.

Ronald Silverman Gallery. Undergraduate Show. 2015.

Luckman Fine Arts Gallery. POST. 2016.

Grand Central Arts Center. Now More Than Ever. 2019

Rio Hondo College. Essential Workers. 2020. 

Rhizome DC - Microcinema: Experimental Shorts. 2021

Duppy Gun Studio, Portmore, Jamaica. Chopdawg. 2021

Grand Park Los Angeles - Celebration Spectrum. 2021

Little Pot. Show & Tell. 2024 

Acres of Books. Hologogy. 2024.

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