Jared McGriff shares his journey of transition from finance professional to full-time artist
About the speaker
Jared McGriff received his BA in architecture from the College of Environmental Design at the University of California, Berkeley in 1999 and his MBA in Finance from New York University in 2008. Solo exhibitions of his works have been presented at Spinello Projects, Alone, Together (2019) and Only Touching the Ground to Jump (2020) and has been featured in solo booth presentations at NADA Fair (2020), Expo Chicago (2022), The Armory Show (2022). In 2021, McGriff had his debut museum solo exhibition, Where We Are You, at NSU Art Museum, curated by Bonnie Clearwater.
This year he has been featured in museum group exhibitions both at ICA Miami and the Orlando Museum of Art. His work is held at the permanent collections of the Rubell Museum, ICA Miami, NSU Art Museum, Orlando Museum of Art, El Espacio 23: Collection of Jorge Perez, The Bunker Artspace: Collection of Beth Rudin DeWoody, The Knight Foundation, Green Family Art Foundation, and Miami-Dade County Art in Public Places. Jared was the recipient of the South Florida Cultural Consortium Grant (2021) and was awarded the Orlando Museum of Art’s Florida Prize (2022). Recent exhibitions include Vielmetter Los Angeles and at 1-54 Art Fair in Harlem, New York.
Jared lives and works in Miami, Florida.
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