Russell Craig (b. 1980)
Education
2022: Bard College, A.A. in Studio Art
Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions
2026: Russell Craig: Redemption, Clubhouse Gallery, Wellington, FL
2025: Russell Craig: Carceral Views at The Armory Show with Clubhouse Gallery, New York City
2022: Show me a hero: Jesse Krimes and Russell Craig, Malin Gallery, Aspen, CO
2022: Russell Craig: Dark Reflections, Malin Gallery, New York City
2019: Russell Craig: Figure, The Justice Lab at Columbia University, New York City
2018: Blood Sweat, and Tears, Philadelphia Magic Gardens, Pennsylvania
Group Exhibitions
2026: ArtCrush 2026, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, Colorado
2025-26: Fabricated Imaginaries: Crafting Art, curated by Dr. Gannit Ankori, The Rose Art Museum, Waltham, MA
2025-26: The Clubhouse, Clubhouse Gallery, Wellington, FL
2025: Collective Gestures: Building Community through Practice, The Center for Art and Advocacy, New York City
2025: Facial Recognition, Jane Lombard Gallery, New York City
2024-25: Beth Rudin DeWoody Collection, Bunker Artspace, West Palm Beach, FL
2023: No Justice without Love, curated by Daisy Desrosiers, Ford Foundation Gallery, New York City
2023: Right of Return Charity Auction, Christie’s Auction House, New York City
2022: ArtCrush 2022, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, Colorado
2021: The Collective: Chosen Family, Martos Gallery, New York City
2020-21: Marking Time: Art in the Age of Mass Incarceration, curated by Dr. Nicole R. Fleetwood, MoMA PS1, New York City
2020: Rendering Justice, curated by Jesse Krimes, the African American Museum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2019: Justice Lab, Columbia University, New York City
2019: The OG Experience, Studio 525 in collaboration with HBO, New York City
2018: Collective Conscious: The Art of Social Change, curated by Dejay Duckett, the African American Museum in Philadelphia
2017: American Made, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
2017: State Goods: Art in the Era of Mass Incarceration, American Studies Association, New York City
2017: Made in America, Hampshire College Art Gallery, Hampshire College, MA
2016: Museum of Drug Policy, Open Society: United Nations General Assembly, New York City
2015: Truth to Power, Democratic National Convention, Pennsylvania
Public Art Projects
2024: District Attorneys Artist in Residence 2022, Philadelphia Mural Arts, Office of the District Attorney of Philadelphia
2023: Collective Justice Mural, The Fortune Society, New York City
2022: Stop Killing, For Freedoms Billboard Project, Philadelphia, PA
2022: Direction, Philadelphia Mural Arts, Stenton Recreation Center, Philadelphia, PA
2021: Crown: Freedom, Philadelphia Mural Arts, Municipal Services Building Philadelphia
2021: Crown: Medusa, Philadelphia Mural Arts, Municipal Services Building Philadelphia
2020: Prophesied, African American Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
2020: Who’s Next, For Freedoms Billboard Project, Thomasville, PA
2020: Crown: Philadelphia Mural Arts, Municipal Services Building Philadelphia
2018: Portraits of Justice, Russell Craig & Jesse Krimes, Philadelphia Mural Arts, Municipal Services Building Philadelphia
2015: Regeneration, Russell Craig & Jesse Krimes, Philadelphia Mural Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Selected Collections
The Bronx Museum, New York City
Brooklyn Museum, New York City
Bunker Artspace (The Beth Rudin DeWoody Collection), West Palm Beach, Florida
The Agnes Gund Collection
The Tim & Stephanie Ingrassia Collection
The Arnold Lehman Collection
The Marie-Josee Kravis Collection
Rose Art Museum at Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
Pérez Art Museum Miami
Studio Museum in Harlem, New York City
Grants, Fellowships and Professional Experience
2024: Creative Capital Fellow
2022: Creatives Rebuild New York, The Fortune Society, Artist Employment Program
2020: Mural Arts Philadelphia, ReImagining Reentry Fellow
2018: Art for Justice Fund Fellow
2017: Right of Return USA Fellow
Professional Affiliations
2023-2026: Board Member, Center for Art & Advocacy
2016-2023: Co-founder, Right of Return Fellowship (funded by Open Philanthropy)
Artist Residencies
2024-2026: Senior Fellow, Silver Art Studio, 4 World Trade Center, New York City
2023-2024: Artist-in-residence, Silver Art Studio, 4 World Trade Center, New York City
2022: The Opportunity Agenda Artist Residency
Artist Panels and Talks
2026: Clubhouse Gallery, Wellington, FL, moderated by Eileen Jeng Lynch
2025: Armory Show NYC, moderated by Kimberli Gant
2024: Harvard University, moderated by Elizabeth Hinton
2024: Godwin-Ternbach Museum, NYC, moderated by Glenn Goldberg
2023: Hauser & Wirth, NYC, moderated by Kate Capshaw
2023: Harvard University, moderated by Makeda Best
2022: Anderson Ranch, Aspen, CO, moderated by Anne Pasternak
2022: MOCA, Los Angeles, moderated by Jonathan Griffin
2022: Pérez Art Museum Miami, moderated by Barbara Pollack
2022: The Brooklyn Rail, moderated by Jessica Holmes
2022: Institute of Contemporary Art San José, moderated by Karen Altree Piemme
2021: The Newark Museum of Art, moderated by Jesse Krimes
2019: New York University
2018: University of Pennsylvania, moderated by Li Sumpter
Film
2021: Featured in the Emmy Award-winning documentary Art & Krimes by Krimes
Selected Press Coverage