J. Alpha Massaquoi Jr

Bio

Baltimore based artist, James ALPHA Massaquoi Jr., is an emerging artist that works primarily with large drawings made with charcoal and pastels. Alpha was born in West African, Liberia, as the youngest of four to an upper middle-class family, where his father worked as a florist for the United States embassy to Liberia, and his mother was a Fashion designer with a small charcoal business. Alpha attended Towson University where he studied painting, drawing, and printmaking. Alpha has been a part of some major group shows in Baltimore City, like the “B_19” at Baltimore city hall, and “Our World” at Eubie Blakes, “25 Emerging Artist” Creative Alliance, “Beyond the classroom” Portico Gallery and an upcoming solo show at Current Space gallery titled “Black Noise”.