Education

2018 BFA, Maryland Institute College of Art, General Fine Arts with a Concentration in Book Arts 

Exhibition History

2024 Piano Craft Gallery, Fire in the Basement, Boston, MA

2023 Praise Shadows Gallery, Let Love Quiet Fear, Curated by For Freedoms, Boston, MA

2022 Art Intelligence Global, Narration Within the Materials, Curated by Amani Lewis, Tokyo, Japan

2022 11: Eleven Gallery, If You’re Here You Belong, Curated by Thomas James, Washington, D.C.

2022 NYC Culture Club, Wild Flowers, Curated by Emma Nuzzo, New York, NY

2021 Sperone Westwater, When Two or More Are Gathered, New York, NY

2020 Dorchester Art Project Gallery, Emotional Revolution, Boston, MA

2019 August Wilson African American Cultural Center, Subjective Nature, Pittsburgh, PA

2019 Baltimore Office of Promotion and The Arts, ArtScape, Baltimore, MD

2018 Main O Gallery, Anatomy Show, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD

2017 Sheila and Richard Ricos Gallery, Preview #4, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD

Awards/Residencies 

2024 Walter Feldman Fellowship

2023 Cultural Sector Pandemic Recovery Grant, Massachusetts Cultural Council, Boston, MA

2022 Boston Center for the Arts Studio Residency, Boston, MA (present)

2020 Fountainhead Residency, Miami, FL

Collections

Private Collection, Miami, FL

Media

Helina Almonte, Dylan Bunyak, Erwin Kamuene, “Blooming Memories: In conversation with Jo Nanajian,” Boston Art Review, May 1, 2024.

Chenoa Baker, “Branching Out into Sculpture: Jo Nanajian, Kledia Spiro and Feda Eid’s Heavy Load,” ArtScope Magazine, August 28, 2023.

Anaïs DerSimonian, “Young Artists Explore Identity to Understand History,” Mirror-Spectator, August 6, 2020.