Jamil Fatti

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About

Jamil Fatti is a Gambian-American artist whose work explores themes of transience, memory, and the search for meaning in impermanence. He holds a Master of Fine Arts from the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) and dual Bachelor’s degrees in Landscape Architecture and City & Regional Planning from Cornell University.

Blending photography with narrative nuance, his practice reimagines fragments of the external world into evocative, subjective scenes that reflect on vulnerability, loss, and the passage of time. His work has been exhibited internationally and across the United States, in venues such as the Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Microscope Gallery in New York, Filter Space in Chicago, Trastienda Machete Galeria in Mexico City, and Millepiani Gallery in Rome.

Rooted in the ephemeral, Fatti's recent projects explore the quiet emotional resonance of fleeting moments. His work is held in public and private collections, including the RISD Museum, and has been featured in publications such as The New York Times, Atlanta Center for Photography’s New South, and Float Magazine.

Education

Master of Fine Arts, Rhode Island School of Design // Bachelor of Landscape Architecture, Cornell University // Bachelor of City/Regional Planning, Cornell University

Exhibitions

2025

Context 2025, Filter Space, Chicago IL, March 7 to April 19

Echoes of Yesterday, Millepiani Gallery, Rome, Italy, February 21 to March 27

Sombra, Alday Hunken Gallery x Trastienda Machete Galeria, Mexico City, Mexico, February 4 to March 7

Cinematic Pictures, Millepiani Gallery, Rome, Italy, December 13 to January 23

2024

Harmony, Kai-Lin Art Gallery, Atlanta GA, December 6 to January 24

A Body for Hunger and Desire, Too, Supermarket Gallery, Atlanta GA, September 10 to September 17

Portfolio 2024, Atlanta Photography Group, Atlanta GA, June 25 to July 27 

Articles in Orbit curated by Mary Stanley, Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta GA, June 22 to October 13

2023

Filter Photo at Night: Festival Edition, Nightly Projected Installation at 1 W. Grand Ave, Chicago IL, September 21 to October 31

we like small things v6, Filter Space Gallery, Chicago IL, September 22 to October 28

tl;dr, MidwestNice Gallery, virtual

Too Close, Microscope Gallery, New York City NY, August 3 to August 24

RISD Graduate Thesis Exhibition, Rhode Island Convention Center, May 24 to June 4

2022

A Moment that Lasts Beyond Now, Sol Koffler Gallery, Providence RI, September 2 to October 2

Everything is Narrative, Subjectively Objective Gallery, Detroit MI, June 11 to July 8

I'd Rather Go Blind curated by Ebony L. Haynes, Gelman Gallery, Providence RI, April 15 to May 15

Black Biennial, Gelman Gallery, Providence RI, March 11 to April 10 

2021

Arrival, Sol Koffler Gallery, Providence RI, October 8 to November 7 

Midwest Photo Emerge 2021, Midwest Center for Photography, Wichita KS, April 2 to April 30

Taking Pictures, Black Box Gallery, Portland OR, April 1 to April 20

Chicago, Fulton Street Collective, Chicago IL, March 12 to March 28

Shades of Black and White, Fulton Street Collective, Chicago IL, January 15 to January 31

2020 

Glitter and Grain Fundraiser, Latitude Chicago, online, October 23

we like small things v3, Filter Space Gallery, Chicago IL, August 28 to October 3

Joy in the Movement, Third Estate Art, Chicago IL, August 19 to August 30


Publications

2025

The New York Times, photograph published April 21, 2025, "Choose a Love-Your-Neighbor Church," Opinion Section, text by David French.  

2024

Float Magazine, online feature

New South, Volume I: Reciprocity, Atlanta Center for Photography

BLA Magazine, issue 1: "To Whom do Images Belong?"

2023

The Black Biennial, exhibition catalog, Rhode Island School of Design

2022

College Hill Independent (The Indy), volume 45, issue 1

Rûm Magazine, issue °V

Black Joy Archive Vol 2Zoë Pulley independent publication, Providence RI

Everything is Narrative, exhibition catalog, Subjectively Objective Gallery, Detroit MI

2021

space/time, Will Lang, album cover artwork

Fatti, Jamil: Slow Dancing, photo book, self-published

Anatomy of a Story, Homie House Press, Chicago IL

Incandescent Zine Issue 18 

Awards & Other 

2025

Longlist Selection for 2024 Booooooom Photo Awards: "Color" Category

2024

Atlanta Center for Photography 2024 Emerging Artist Fellowship Cohort Finalist

Panelist Speaker at the inaugural Atlanta Art Fair, New South Book Launch & Roundtable Discussion Panel, Atlanta Center for Photography

Artist Talk - Atlanta Contemporary Art Center

Artist Talk - Atlanta Photography Group

Atlanta Center for Photography Equity Scholarship Award

2022

RISD Graduate Commons Grant Recipient 

Format Portfolio Spotlights - Featured Artist

Panelist Speaker at the 2022 Black Landscape Architects Network (BlackLAN) Symposium

2021

2021-2022 AIGA Worldstudio Scholarship Award

Rhode Island School of Design Fellowship Award

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