Jeffrey Meris

Jeffrey Meris (b. 1991, Haiti, raised in Bahamas) is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice explores relationships between material, gesture, and larger cultural and social phenomena. Working across sculpture, installation, performance, and drawing, Meris’ work considers ecology, embodiment, and various lived experiences, and looks to heal deeply personal and historical wounds. 

Meris earned an AA in arts and crafts from the University of the Bahamas in 2012, a BFA in sculpture from the Tyler School of Art in 2015, and an MFA in visual arts from Columbia University in 2019. Meris has exhibited at Williams College Museum of Art, Massachusetts (2024); MoMA PS1, New York (2023); the Amon Carter Museum, Texas (2023); Lehmann Maupin, New York (2022); James Cohan Gallery, New York (2021); White Columns, New York (2021); the Luggage Store Gallery, San Francisco (2020); Halle 14, Leipzig, Germany (2017); and the National Art Gallery of the Bahamas, the D’Aguilar Art Foundation, and Mestre Projects, all in Nassau, Bahamas (2012, 2017, 2021). Meris is a Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture alum (2019); a NXTHVN Studio Fellow, New Haven (2020); and a Sharpe-Walentas Studio Program artist in residence, Brooklyn (2021); and a Studio Museum in Harlem artist in residence 2022-2023.