2025 Susan T. Marx Distinguished Lecture: Jesse Krimes

Please join us for the ninth annual Susan T. Marx Distinguished Lecture with artist Jesse Krimes, in conversation with Professor Andrew Lamas, JD Urban Studies, Social Policy and Practice Department at the University of Pennsylvania. Marx lectures feature significant art world leaders and artists who address timely issues in the arts. The 2025 Susan T. Marx Distinguished Lecture featuring Jesse Krimes is presented by the Arthur Ross Gallery and generously sponsored by Susan T. Marx CW’66, with additional support from the Institute of Contemporary Art, the School of Social Policy & Practice, and the Weitzman School of Design at the University of Pennsylvania.

About the Artist

Jesse Krimes is a multimedia artist whose work explores societal mechanisms of power and control with a focus on criminal and racial justice. While serving a six-year Pr*son sentence he produced and smuggled out numerous bodies of work, established art programs, and co-created artist collectives. He is the Founder and Director of the Center for Art & Advocacy, the first and only national organization dedicated to supporting justice-impacted creatives. Krimes also successfully led a class-action lawsuit against JPMorgan Chase for charging formerly incarcerated people predatory fees after their release from Pr*son.

Krimes won an Emmy Award for his documentary “Art and Krimes by Krimes.” He had a solo exhibition Jesse Krimes: Corrections at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. His work has also been exhibited at MoMA PS1, Palais de Tokyo, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Brooklyn Museum, and the International Red Cross Museum. He has also received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, Pew Center, Rauschenberg Foundation, Creative Capital, and Art for Justice Fund. His work is in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Brooklyn Museum, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Kadist Foundation, Bunker Artspace, and the Agnes Gund Collection. He is represented by Jack Shainman Gallery in New York.

Host or Publisher Arthur Ross Gallery, University of Pennsylvania