Jemal Mcclary

Born in New York City in 1980, Jemal McClary has been fueled by creative curiosity joined with a big imagination ever since picking up a crayon. Jemal began illustrating as a young child inspired by his love for comic books, japanese animation and the colorful graffiti of the late 80’s and 90’s.

In 2009 the artist created a style termed “Shards,” colorful, layered, swirling, sharp shapes reminiscent of broken shards of glass weaved in between tags, drips and texture. His style emerged onto canvases and walls that has come to represent New York’s brand of contemporary graffiti hybrid abstraction. Initially based on a simple concept, Jemal utilized the jagged lines of broken glass to build imagery that is layered with complexities. Layers of tags, collage and his signature shards, culminate to mirror the artist’s layered past.

Jemal has been exhibiting his works since 2007 in New York City, the Hamptons and SoHo in solo and group shows. Numerous public murals are on view in New York, Miami’s Art Basel. vThe artist was also featured in Wooster Collective 10th Anniversary Magazine culminating the past 10 years of influential New York City graffiti and street art culture.

Self taught and creating since the age of 3

2014:

Celebration of Summer, Imitate Modern, London, UK (Group)
What a Character, Lowbrow Artique, Ny, NY (Curator)
First Flight, 1Am Gallery, San Francisco, CA (Group)
Paradise Lost, unkowns Gallery, Miami, FL (Group)


2013:

Young New Yorkers (Auction)
Red, Black and White, Studio J, NY, NY (Group)
Bakers Dozen, Lowbrow Artique, BK NY (Group)
Spectrum, Gallery Brooklyn, BK, NY (Group)
Viewings, Lawrence Fine Arts, Hamptons, NY (Group)
Detention, Soto Velex Ciultrual Center, NY, NY(Group)
Armory Arts Fair, NY, NY (Group)

2012:

Red Bull Curates NY BK, NY (Group)
Geometricks, Gallery Brooklyn, BK, NY(Group)
Cause & Effect, Franklin Space, BK, NY (Group)
Welcome/Neighborhood ,Lowbrow Artique, BK, NY (Group)
Street Artists Unite, Dorian Grey Gallery, NY, NY (Group)
Group Graff, Dorian Grey Gallery, NY, NY(Group)
Pillars of Hip-Hop Exhibit”, NY, NY(Group)
Color & Motion, Mighty Tanaka Gallery, BK, NY (Group)
Armory Art Fair, w/ Mighty Tanaka Gallery NY, NY (Group)

2011:

Technicolor Daydreams, Brooklyn Oenology, BK, NY (Solo)
Visions of a Community, Saltspace Gallery, NY, NY (Group)
Dem Bonz: Vinyl culture show, Zakka, BK, NY Group)

2010:

Gettin Paid with Razorblades, Monroe Gallery, NY, NY...