Watson Mere

Watson Mere is an award-winning visual and performance artist who has been exhibiting his work for the past seven years. Mere’s work has been exhibited in galleries, museums and venues, which include the Barclays Center, Brooklyn, NY; Venice Art Gallery, Venice, Italy; The Oculus at the World Trade Center, New York, NY; The Billie Holiday Theatre, Brooklyn, NY; Norman Rea Gallery, York, United Kingdom, and The Africa Center, Harlem, New York. He has earned various awards including being a recipient of the 2022 Elizabeth Foundation For The Arts Studio Program, a 2023 recipient of the Frederieke Sanders Taylor StudioProjects Fund, the 2018 Citation of Honor (Arts) from the District Attorney of Kings County, and the 2018 Jean-Michel Basquiat Award from Creole Image Honors. In 2018, C-Suite Quarterly chose Mere as a NextGen 10 in Philanthropy, Art, & Culture. Mere and his work has been featured in publications and television networks such as The New York Times, The Washington Post, Vogue Magazine, Esquire Magazine, Artsy, NPR, News 12 New York, Philly Magazine, Broadway World, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Colossal, GlobeNewswire, Nylon, C-Suite Quarterly, and more.

2011 – BA, Business Administration, Florida A&M University

2015 – Master of Business Administration (MBA), Florida A&M University

Selected Solo Exhibitions:
• 2023 – “You Are The Myth” – Sponsored by Chashama – New York, NY –
July 1st – July 28th
• 2023 – “Fwi Ayiti” – Lakou Café – Brooklyn, NY – May 1st – May 31st
• 2021 – “Aquarian Windows” – Basquiat's Bottle – Brooklyn, NY – September
9th – October 14th
• 2018 – “Good Morning” – Urban Art Gallery - Philadelphia, PA - November 1st – November 30th
• 2018 – “Art at Lakou” – Lakou Café - Brooklyn, NY - November 17th – December 1st
Selected Duo Exhibitions:
• 2023 – “Order and Balance” – African Peach Arts Coalition, Brooklyn, NY –
September 22nd
• 2022 – “BLACK JOY” – Barclays Center – Brooklyn, NY – June 16th
Selected Group Exhibitions:
• 2023 – “2023 AHL Art Fair” – AHL Foundation Gallery, Harlem, New York, NY
– December 7th - December 16th
• 2023 – Let’s Grow! Fundraising Exhibition in Benefit of Grown in Haiti - NYC
Culture Club - The Oculus at World Trade Center, New York, NY – November
28th- December17th
• 2023 – Harlem Grown - Culture Creativity & Care Initiative - Marcus Garvey
Park, Harlem, New York, NY – June 16th
• 2023 – “Caribbean Creatives” - Urban Art Gallery, Philadelphia, PA – June
10th
• 2023 – “Let Black Folks Feel” - Heath Gallery, Harlem, New York, NY – May
30th
• 2023 – “Across the Wate...