K. Khalfani Ra

Born • Kingston, Jamaica, 1958. School• Jamaica School of Art, now, Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts, 1978-1983.Qualifications • Bachelor of Fine Art (Painting)Exhibitions• 2008-2017- “Jamaica Biennial”, National Gallery of Jamaica, Kingston, Jamaica.• 2012-2013- “Caribbean: Crossroads of the World”, Queens Museum of Art, New York, U.S.A. • 2009-2010- “Rockstone and Bootheel”, Real Art Ways, Hartford Connecticut, U.S.A. • 2007-2008- “Infinite Island: Contemporary Caribbean Art”, Brooklyn Museum, New York, U.S.A.• 2007- “Art and Emancipation in Jamaica”, Yale Centre for British Art, Connecticut, U.S.A.• 1983-2007- “Jamaica Annual National”, National Gallery of Jamaica, Kingston, Jamaica.• 2006- “Afrikaman Kesekese”, Mutual Gallery and Art Centre, Kingston, Jamaica. • “Flash of Spirits - Eight Artists Eight Visions”, Olympia Art Gallery, Kingston, Jamaica.• 2005- “Curator’s Eye 2: Identity and History”, National Gallery of Jamaica, Kingston, Jamaica.• 2004- “Afrikan Space Program”, Mutual Gallery and Art Centre, Kingston, Jamaica.• 2000- “Afrikan Vanguard”, Mutual Gallery and Art Centre, Kingston, Jamaica.• 1997- “Black as Colour”, National Gallery of Jamaica, Kingston, Jamaica. • 1996- “Third Caribbean and Central American Biennial”, National Museum, Santo Domingo.• 1995- “Johannesburg Biennial”, Johannesburg, South Africa.• 1987- “New Imagists in Jamaican Art”, Museum of Modern Art of Latin America, Washington D.C., U.S.A.Awards• 1994-1995- British Commonwealth Fellowship.• 2004- Purchase award, “National Biennial”, National Gallery of Jamaica.Teaching Experience• 2015-2017- Head of Visual Arts department, Excelsior High School, Jamaica.• 1996-2015- Art teacher, Excelsior High School, Jamaica.• 2006-2011- Lecturer in the Painting Department (part-time), Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts, Jamaica.