Martha Jackson Jarvis’ sculptures have been exhibited in solo and group exhibions in galleries and museums throughout the United States and abroad, including the Baltimore Museum of Art, the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.; the Studio Museum of Harlem, Smithsonian Arts and Industries, N.Y . Snug Harbor Cultural Center in Staten Island, Philadelphia Academy of Fine Arts, N.Y .; Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art in Winston-Salem, N.C.; Anacosa Museum in Washington, D.C. and the Tretyakov Gallery Moscow, U.S.S.R. Her numerous awards include a Creave Capital Grant, Virginia Groot Fellowship, and National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, The Penny McCall Foundaon Grant, and the Lila Wallace Arts Internaonal Travel Grant. Recipient 2023 James A. Porter Colloquium Lifetime Achievement Award, Howard University. Born in 1952, Martha Jackson Jarvis grew up in Lynchburg, Virginia and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and currently lives and works in Washington, D.C. She studied at Howard University and received a BFA degree from the Tyler School of Art at Temple University and a MFA from Anoch University. Jackson Jarvis also studied mosaic techniques and stone cung in Ravenna, Italy. Jackson Jarvis has undertaken public and corporate art commissions for the Philip Morris corporaon in Washington, D.C.; Merck Company in Pennsylvania; Fannie Mae in Washington, D.C. Washington Metro Transit Authority, Anacosa Staon; New York Transit Authority, Mount Vernon; South Carolina Botanical Gardens in Clemson; Prince George’s County Courthouse in Upper Marlboro, Md.; Spoleto Fesval in Charleston, S.C.; and MS/HS 368 Bronx, New York.