Curated Exhibitions
2020
November 14, 2020- January 10, 2021- curated By Tim Davis “The story of our Skin” is a portraiture and figurative exhibition which features people of color in everyday life through portraits and history of black Americans. These four artists, Al Burts, Luis Del Valle, J'Nell Jordan and Preston Sampson, transform materials to create their paintings and mixed media compositions on canvas, wood, metal signs, handmade paper, and other innovative techniques. The exhibition is meant to show the artistic skill and the narratives of these fine artists and the strength and dignity of black people who have been marginalized, resilient and continue to move forward and make our society a better place. www.facebook.com/Artspgparks/videos/151755216313616
THE RESILIENCE PROJECT
The Resilience art collaboration is narrative of communicating resilience based prompts that can be shared through words, music, videos etc. This is an artist to artist collaborate exchange that allowed artists to create within their studios different concepts related to the prompts and also for them continue their practice. This exchange stimulated content, form, context and function. This exhibition is the result of exploring the moments of quarantine through painting, design, sculpture, photography, and writing. Curated and organized by Tim Davis
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Project Resilience #1 On line exhibition-May 2020 -August 9, 2020
Brave Spaces- An artist’s collaboration in Resilience September 25th - January 10, 2022
Organized and curated by Tim Davis, the group exhibition highlights the importance of staying resilient, creative and having a voice during challenging times. Limited editions catalogs available with some of artists in the store.
Featuring artists -Cathy Abramson, Carol Beane, Anne Bouie, Sawsan Chalabi, Kay Chernush, Jay F. Coleman, Richard Dana, Tim Davis, Leonard Dawson, Barbara Frank, Helen Frederick, Mikhail Gubin, Tara Gupta, Claudia (Aziza) Gibson Hunter, Annette Isham, George Kochev, Genevieve (Iris) Lahens, June Linowitz, Madeline Lynch, Shoccara Marcus, Mirta Meltzer, Betty Murchison, Charles Jean Pierre, Michael B. Platt, Betty Press, Joanathan Bessaci, Preston Sampson, Maria Lana Queen, Alana Theard, Debra E. Tyler, Dwight Tyler, and Frank Smith. (below in the on-line exhibition.)https://365.rtvslo.si/arhiv/osmi-dan/174837475
400 Years: Journey of the Diaspora, Washington D.C.
2019
400 Years of the Diaspora 1619-2019 is an exhibition curated by Tim Davis and Alana Theard. The show has debuted at Prince George’s African Museum and Cultural Center, September 21st-October 26th, 2019.
400 Years of the Diaspora is a visual journey into the spirit and soul of the descendants of the snatched and enslaved African people from the shores of their Motherland. The rendering of concepts should span the time from 1619 to 2019 that includes “all ethnicities” within the African Diaspora.
This exhibition brings together interdisciplinary and intergenerational artists from the African Diaspora to commemorate 400 years since the enslavement of African people was initiated. The exhibit will speak to the various narratives and themes based on the expressions of the various narratives and discourses.
2017 “Cultural Expressions” Miami Basel
Spectrum Miami, Art Basel Miami, Florida
Cultural Expressions featured Beatrice Mellinger, Betty Murchison, Tim Davis, Stanley Agbontaen, Michael Nelson Jagamara, ConnieNuringala
Embassy of Ethiopia, Washington D.C.
2007
Washington, DC: “Ethiopia Reads Fundraiser Benefit”
International Visions artists came together for auction and sale of their works of the worthy cause.
Other Curated Exhibitions
2021 Sebrof- Forbes Cultural Arts Center, Kensington, MD. “Brave Spaces” Sept-Dec 2021
2020 Montpelier Arts Center, Laurel, Md 20708 “The Story of Our Skin” November, 2020
2019 Prince George’s Count Museum and Cultural Center, Washington, Brentwood Md.
2019 Children’s Hospital, Washington DC, 2019 “Compositions in Color”
2016 Children’s Hospital , Washington DC, “Cultural Expressions I”
2015 Fade To Black III, Art Basel- Miami, “Passages” curated exhibition for Museum of Contemporary art
Diaspora (MOCADA)
2013 Select, Art Basel, Miami Florida: “Select”
2012 “15” Fundraiser for Amnesty international and International Visions 15 year anniversary.
Washington DC
2009 National Black Fine Art Show, New York, NY: “13th Annual Exhibition”
2008 Mason Murer Gallery, Atlanta, GA: “Embrace”
2008 ARWI, San Juan, Puerto Rico: “3rd International Art Fair”
2008 National Black Fine Art Show, New York, NY: “12th Annual Exhibition”
2007 Embassy of the Bolivarian Rep. of Venezuela, Washington, DC:“Beneath the Surface”
2007 “Ten “Art for Africare, at the Washington Club, Washington DC
2006 Banneker-Douglass Museum, Annapolis, MD “Bridging Cultures”
2003 Washington Convention Center, Homes of Color Design Show House
Exhibitions at International Visions Gallery: Over 200 group and solo shows from 1997-2016
2013
March 9 - April 13, 2013 “Framing Beauty” - photos by Deb Willis-
March 9 -Book signing Envisioning: Black Americans and the end of Slavery
April 18 - May 18, 2013 “The Fallen Gods” By Beatrice Melliger (Bela)
June 1 - July 1- 2013 “Who Used to Dance” by Anna Demovidova
2012
January 12 — February 11 Retrospective by painter Bill Dorsey
February 16 — March 17 “Journey of Hope” Ulysses Marshall
March 30 — May 5 FIFTEEN Anniversary Show, Opening Reception March 31, Gala at Washington Club May 5
May 10 — June 16 “Dialogues” featuring artist Tatyana Fazlalizadeh, Annette Isham, and Helina Metaferia,
June 21 — July 30 Anthony Barboza (photography) Opening Reception June 23
August 29 — October 6 Michael Platt / Stan Squirewell - Reception September 8
October 13 — November 3 Artisan Series - Bombay Sapphire and Rush Philanthropic
November 8 — December 8 “ Passport Please” by Al Burts
December 12 — January 28 “ Love and War” Anastasia Simes- December 15
2011
February 3 - March 13, 2011 “Abandoned Places” by Micheal Platt
(Michael Platt and Carol Beane unveil new book “ Abandoned Places -Feb. 12, 2010)
March 23 - April 23 “Interconnected” by Stan Squirewell
April 27 - June 4, 2011- “New Paintings’ by Betty Murchison
June 10- August 25- Gallery Artist celebrate 14 year anniversary Exhibition
September 4- October 1, 2011- Russell and Danny Simmons, Rush Philanthropic arts Foundation and
Bombay Sapphire Gin art competition exhibition- “Artisan Series”
October- November 5, 2011 Bombay Sapphire 2011 winners Al Burts and S. Ross Browne
November 10- January, 2012- “A Celebration of Life paintings by Stanley Agbontaen
2010
April 29 - June 12, 2010 ‘The Ribbon Series”; Paintings by Guyanese artist Carl Anderson
June 16- August 1, 2010- Works by Scherezade Garica and Beatrice Mellinger (Bela)
October 6- November 6, 2010 “Ashe”; New paintings by James Phillips
December 17- January 22, 2011- “Rhythmic Pulse” by Yaw Obuobi
2009
January 18-February 28. 2009 “Forty Four” Preston Sampson. Charly Palmer, Roy Lewis
Inaugural exhibition dedicated to 44th President Barack Obama
April 1- May 2, 2009 “Dancin With Color” Kevin Cole and Frank Smith
July 15 - August 15, 2009 “My Fathers House” Victor Ehikhamenor and Stanley Agbontean
September 3 -October 3, 2009 “Reflection: Works by Wadsworth Jarrell (works from 1998-2008)
2008
January 9 – February 23 “Adam Abdalla (Sudan), Stanley Agbontaen (Nigeria), Sokey Edorh (Togo)”
February 28 – April 5 Preston Sampson Opening March 8th, 2008
April 10 – May 3 James Phillips, Adger Cowans, Michael Harris Opening April 12th, 2008
May 7 – June 7 Marlene Godoy (Brazil) Opening May 10th, 2008
June 12 – July 12 Tim Davis” Portraits” and Leonard Dawson “Common Thread” Opening June 14th, 2008
July 16 – August 16 “Let Art Talk” Children’s Art from Uganda organized by (Fred Mutebi)
Opening July 26, 2008
September 3 – September 27 “Art for Obama: Restoration of America” Opening Sept 6, 2008
October 1 – October 30 “Ulysses Marshall e Anne Pellicciotto” Opening October 4, 2008
November 1– November 30 “Lisa Williamson” Opening Nov 8, 2008
December 3 – January 17 “Helen Zughaib” Opening Dec 6, 2008
2006
Dec 9, 2005 - Jan 14, 2006 International Small Works Competition Opening Saturday December 10
Jan 18 - Feb 25 “Mali, Beyond Timbuktu” an exhibition exploring the West African country of Mali through
images by Malian photographers Alioune Ba and Amadou Sow and American photographers Shawn
Davis, Sora Devore, and Nestor Hernandez
2005
Jan 19 - Feb 25 Exhibition of paintings by Canadian artist Sylvie Barcelo
Mar 2 - 26 “Walking in Rhythm” exhibiting works by Frank Smith and Kevin Cole
Mar 30 - Apr 30 “Power in Print” exhibition featuring Fred Kato Mutebi and the East African Printmakers Association
May 4 - Jun 18 “Familiar Places… Old Faces”, Exhibition of paintings and prints by internationally renowned artist, Naul Ojeda
Jul 1 - Aug 13 “Australia Revisited” a group exhibition featuring Malcolm Jagamarra and other Aboriginal Australian artists
2004
Jan 7 - Feb 29 “Abstractions Revisited” group exhibition featuring paintings and photography by international artists
Mar 10 - Apr 10 “Fascinating Rhythms”, Paintings by Verna Heart and Preston Sampson
Apr 14 - May 15 Exhibition featuring works by Almagul Menlibayeva from Kazakhstan and Sheldon Horton.
May 1 - Jun 30 Art for Amnesty: William Christenberry, Bill Dunlap, Sam Gilliam, Carol Brown Goldberg,
Robert Grossman, Edward Kazaryam, Don Kimes, Naul Oweta, Lou Stovall, Di Stovall, Andrea Way
May 19 - Jun 26 Exhibition of works by Jefferson Pinder and Lauren Saxon
Jun 30 - Aug 7 “Memories and Expectations: A Path to Spirituality” an exhibit of works by IRIS (Genevieve Lahens Esper)
Sep 2 - Oct 2 “Faces and Figures”, a group exhibition featuring 22 artists from 11 countries
Oct 4 - Nov 4 Exhibition of paintings by Bill Dorsey and Peter Robinson
Nov 10 - Dec 11 A Time for Life, by Joe Louis Ruffin
Dec 16 - Jan 15, 2005 “Art from Abroad: New International Talent”, a group exhibition featuring work from 10 artists from 8 countries
2003
Dec 4, 2002 - Jan 25, 2003 Small Works Exhibition
Feb 1 - Mar 15 Bill Dorsey and group show by The Photography Cooperative
Mar 19 - Apr 20 “Fine Art Nudes” photographs by Sonnie Mason
Apr 23 - May 25 Paintings by Ghanian artist Yaw Oboubi and photographs by Fernando Sandoval
May 28 - Jun 29 Group exhibition and fundraiser for Bowen McCauley Dance Studio
Jul 2 - Aug 3 Exhibition of works by Bulgarian artists Nadia Kocheva & Georgi Kochev, shown with “By the Bay” - photographs of
San Francisco by Victor Holt
Aug 6 - 31 “Rhythms of Identity, Rhythms of Place” DC’s Historic Drum Circles by Nestor Hernandez & Corinna J. Moebius with
photographs by Lew Berry
Sep 3 - 28 Handprint workshop group show with photographs by Jonathon French
Oct 1 - Nov 2 Works by Betty Murchison with photographs by Shannon Savage
2002
Jan 10 — Feb 23 “The Art of Turkey” Featuring paintings by Gino Kanelli and Somnur Kurt
Mar 1 — Apr 13 Paintings by Preston Sampson and sculptural paintings by Kevin Cole
Apr 17 – May 25 Paintings by Tim Davis and Helen Zughaib
May 29 — Jul 6 Paintings by Claudia Olivos and Naul Ojeda
Jul 10 – Aug 17 “Aboriginal Art” Featuring Donna Brown
Sep 4 – Oct 12 Paintings by Russian Artist Anna Demovidova and MIkhail Gubin from Ukraine
Oct 16 – Nov 24 Photographs by Nestor Hernandez and Cuban Photographer Gonzo Gonzalez
Dec 1 – Jan 5, 2003 “The Collection” Featuring Gallery Artists
2001
January 4 - February 24 “The Collection 2001” Group Show featured 27 artists, 13 countries
March 1 - April 14 “The Art of Vietnam” Curated by Brigitte Le, Artists include Dinh Cuong, Le Quan
To Ngoc, Sui Pham, Duong Tuan Kiet, Nhat Tran, and Xuan Chieu
April 18 – May 26 Mixed Media by Cynthia Sands from Ghana & Paintings by Lester Gunter from
Jamaica
June 1 — July 14 Paintings by Halide Salaam from Bangladesh and bronze sculptures by Philip
Kellogg
July 18 – August 25 “The Art of Bulgaria” Features works by Yassen Golev, Tsvetan Kazandjiev, Kina
Petrova, Nikolay Yanakiev
September 5 – October 13 Watercolors by Sherman Fleming and oil paintings by Centina Davids
October 17 – November 24 Paintings by Betty Murchison and mixed media sculpture by Alex Bay
November 28 – December 31 The Art of Haiti
2000
January 1-30 “Soul Food” Exhibition of black and white photography curated by Jeanne Fox Alston, Aisha Photography
February 1-28 “A Historical Exhibition of African Americans 1600-2000”, a collection by the Mitchell Archives, featured original letters, photos,
and manuscripts by African Americans
March 1-31 Fire and Ice: Sculptures by Irish-American Artist Claire McArdle and paintings by Bryan J Byrne, from Dublin, Ireland
April 3-30 “New Works” by Aboriginal Australian artist Malcolm Jagamarra
May 3-31 A Celebration of Irish Artists: Bernadette O’Huiginn, Bryan J Byrne, J. Kieran McConnell,
Eamon O’Kane, and Anna Duncan
July 1 — Aug 10 New Works: Georgi Kotchev and Nadia Kotcheva, Bulgarian Artists
September 1-31 Paintings by Silvia Souza from Colombia, South America
October 1-31 Paintings by Lila Snow and sculptures and paintings by Elsie Shaw
November 1-30 Sculpture by Edward Kazaryan and Iomogu, from Kazakhstan
December 1-31 “The Art of Haiti” Group exhibition featuring over 30 Haitian artists
1999
February - March Black History Month co-sponsored by Mitchell Archives fundraiser which featured Black American Collectibles from 1870 to
present and original sketches from Legendary Jazz artist, Miles Davis
March 3- April 9 “Ireland in Washington” : Linda Brant, Joe Fitzgerald, Kevin McDonald, Claire McArdle, Dennis O’Neil, Mary Anne Reilly,
and Bernadette O’Huiginn
April 17 — May 15 Paintings by Tim Davis and Betty Murchison Opening April 17
May 22- June 30- “Art For Amnesty”-Fund Raising event featured William Christenberry, William Dunlap,Sam Gilliam, Carol Brown Goldberg,
Robert Grossman, Edward Kazaryan, Don Kimes, Naul Ojeda, Lou Stovall, Di Stovall and Andrea Way (co-curated by Carol
Brown-Goldberg
July- August- “Eta Phi Sigma Sorority” In Memory of Corrine Mitchell artist and founder. Lisa Bryant, Rachel Davis, Juette Day, Cheryl
Foster, Gloria Freeman, Gloria Green, Doris Hughes-Moore, and Mary Moore-Jackson
October 2 - November - Helen Zughaib and Sy Hakim
1998
February 1-28 Historical exhibition of African American artifacts collected by Mark Mitchell Inc. Fundraiser dedicated to the Darrell Green
the Darrell Green Youth Foundation in Washington, DC. The exhibition included a poetry reading by Dr. Ann Smith and
a jazz performance by the Mark Mitchell Quartet.
March 1-30 Photographs by American/Canadian fine art photographer Bonnie Portelance and paintings by Pakistani artist Halide Salam.
April 3- April 30 Women’s Dreaming: Australian Aboriginal Art
May 1-May 30 Cecily Barth Firestein- Mixed Medium mono-types and Hana Barak Engel. paintings
June 13- June 30 Argentinian artist Marily Ronchetti (drawings) and Ricardo Horacio Tepper (sculpture)
August 9-29 Contemporary art from Haiti, South Africa and Kenya featured members of Saint Soleil, Proper Pierre Louis, Levoy Exil and
Louisianne Saint-Fleurant and Frantx Zephirin co-curator Tara Griffin- from SA Mary Moeng and Winston Chuchill Saoli
September 2-30 Paintings By Bill Dorsey and Anita Philyaw
October 1-31 Paintings by David W. Scott and sculpture by Sheldon Horton
November-1- 30 Solo by Ahmet Akhat -Uigur painter from Katzakstan
Dec 1-Jan 15, 1999 The gallery’s 2nd Annual International Craft Exhibition featured crafts from around the world
1997
March 10-June 30 Group exhibition of paintings by Tim Davis, Betty Murchison, Claudia Olivos, Rosana Lopez, and Helen Zugaib
April 4-26 Lila Snow’s totems, boxes, and charms and Xiaozhu Pan’s "Faces of China”
August 1-29 “Latin American Expressions” featured 28 Latin American artists from 13 Latin American countries.
September 21 Fundraiser for Archbishop Desmond Tutu, honoring his personal accomplishments and his efforts for human rights in South
Africa
November 5-29 Photographs by Pamela Cohen and paintings by Faridun Negmat-Zoda