About
Jamil Fatti is an artist, photographer, and landscape architect whose recent work explores the creation of “meaning” in relation to intersubjectivity, the poetics of love and loss, and the interplay between temporality, death, and futility. He uses photography to reconstitute fragments from the external world into scenes that reflect subjective inner realities. Figures in his work act as portals to access deeper symbolic meaning; they function as representations of ideas and concepts while holding space for affective resonance. His work is held in various public and private collections, including the RISD Museum in Providence, Rhode Island.
Education
Masters of Fine Arts, Rhode Island School of Design // Bachelors of Landscape Architecture, Cornell University // Bachelors of City/Regional Planning, Cornell University
Exhibitions
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 11th to July 8th
I'd Rather Go Blind curated by Ebony L. Haynes, Gelman Gallery, Providence RI, April 15th to May 15th
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
2022
College Hill Independent (The Indy): volume 45, issue 1
Rûm Magazine, issue °V
Black Joy Archive Vol 2, Zoë 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
2024
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