The View From Here: Art of Ransome
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Garden&GUN Magazine
In the Home of
Jon Batiste:
Recent feature in Garden&Gun's April/May 2026 edition. I was excited to see one of my pieces in the home of Jon Batiste and his wife, Suleika Jaouad. Click this link to read the full article.
is in the studio with Contemporary Expressionist RANSOME. Drawing from his African American lineage, his vibrant mixed-media art is rich in symbolism and story, paying homage to Southern sharecroppers and their descendants who made the journey north during the Great Migration and beyond. While his pictorial narratives are deeply personal, the faces he portrays, along with his use of quilting patterns, fragments of text, and everyday objects, convey universal themes of belonging and resilience.
Inside+Out
September 2025
Migration Interviews
Artist ransome's has compiled stories from the Great Migration for the past four years. These are 5 interviews with folks who migrated and those who chose to stay in the south. Displayed on digital tablets through the windows of a custom made shotgun house sculpture or projected onto hanging bed sheets/quilts for art installations, the diverse range of experience offers viewers a glimpse into their Great Migration stories. Visit my contact section if interested in exhibiting this work.
Artist ransome Traces African American Roots in Solo Exhibition
Clipping from article written by Yana Rolnik regarding my winning of the 13th Biennial Rutsch Award and solo exhibition at the Pelham Art Center. To read the full article, visit this link.
May 2025
Up South: Reflections on the Great Migration by ransome
A brief overview of exhibition "Up South: Reflections on the Great Migration" at Opalka Gallery from March 7 to April 22, 2023.
May 2023
Boston globe
At Alpha Gallery, ‘Harmony of Difference’ hums with color and contrast. The artist known as ransome works with collage, paint, and décollage to create portraits and pictures honoring Black Americans, including his family
October 2022
Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grantee
June has brought wonderful news. Last week I learned that I had been named a recipient of a Pollock-Krasner Foundation grant. The grant supports Lee Krasner’s mission of advancing the work of visual artists. To date, the Pollock-Krasner Foundation has been awarded to 5,000 grantees across 78 countries with $82 million having been distributed to-date
With my grant, I plan to create a thirty-minute video installation for my upcoming exhibit Up South premiering at Opalka Gallery on the Sage College campus in March of 2023. This installation will center on images and narratives of the Great Migration. My video will consist of a series of interviews with people from across generations including folks who migrated from the South to the North, those who stayed behind, as well as younger generations, who, in some cases, are reversing this migration and returning to a South that’s much changed from the one their ancestors left behind. The video will juxtapose these interviews with scenes from both Northern cities and country life.
June 2022
Lee Krasner in Hans Hoffman’s studio, early 1940s. Photo ©Robert E. Mates and Paul Katz. Lee Krasner artwork ©Pollock-Krasner Foundation/ARS. Image courtesy of the Pollock-Krasner Foundation.
SOUL ON ART:
GHOSTS OF AFRICA
January 26 - March 10, 2021
View video on Zoom The Lighthouse ArtCenter is honored to display evocative artworks showcasing the personal experience and cultural heritage of these artists, international rock stars, whose works are held in institutions like the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, and others. The list on exhibition reads like the who’s who of internationally celebrated painters, sculptors, and multi-media black and brown artists in the world today, including Nick Cave, Leonardo Drew, Ellen Gallagher, Adam Pendleton, William Kwamena-Poh, Ransome, Kara Walker, and Purvis Young. As you will see in this online catalog, some of the pieces are on loan from private collections, however many are available for purchase.
The Artistic Journey: Strategy, Fear and Navigation with Visiting Artist, Ransome
February 2021
View video on Zoom here
Ransome Artist Talk "The View From Here"
Barrett Art Center November 05 2020
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"Barrett Art Center presents a virtual artist talk with Ransome, whose solo show is at the Barrett Art Center through November 14th. Ransome will discuss his work in the show, while sharing insight on his creative process, inspirations, and other ongoing projects."
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Work of Ransome featured at Barrett Art Center
Poughkeepsie Journal October 28 2020
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"Bounded by the past, but looking at the future, Ransome makes paintings that revere the artistic brilliance of Black persons that have taken this path..."
Linda Marston-Reid
Interview with Ransome, New York-Based Artist
Oct 27, 2020
"Ransome: The View from Here" at Barrett Art Center
Chronogram November 1 2020
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"Ransome's work focuses on images that centered around his African-American lineage, a through line that connects back to his sharecropper ancestors."
Linda Marston-Reid
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