The Baltimore Museum of Art is showing Jerrell Gibbs: Come home with me through May 2, 2027 in its Special Exhibition Galleries, curated by Antoinette Roberts, BMA Assistant Curator of Contemporary Art.
Gibbs, born in Baltimore in 1988 and an MFA graduate of the Maryland Institute College of Art, presents 32 new paintings inspired by the people, places and experiences that defined his life. At the center is his Aunt Ella's home, a cherished gathering place for family and loved ones.
The exhibition is laid out like the house itself, moving from porch to living room, kitchen, backyard and basement. Paintings like To-Go Plates honor his grandmother's generosity and the Sunday meals she prepared for neighbors, turning everyday Black domestic life into the subject of large, expressive painting.
Baltimore is in COZART's priority region, and this is a hometown artist getting a major solo show at his hometown museum. Pair it with the BMA's Senegalese tapestry show and Diedrick Brackens, both on view this fall, for one strong Baltimore art day.