About

Carlos de Jesus is a storyteller and teacher who expresses himself through photography, film and writing. He is an Associate Professor at Tisch School of the Arts, New York University and is a key participant on the First World Order Project, a long-term telecommunications project that focuses on traditional as well as contemporary expressions of African cultural practice throughout the Americas, the Caribbean, Europe, India, and the Pacific Islands.

De Jesus’ film and video documentaries include The Devil is a Condition, The Picnic, Garifuna Nation, and That Old Gang of Mine which was broadcast on Thirteen/WNET (1996). His most recent artist’s book is In the Knot of Time (2015), and his photography and film project Amanié, What's New? was exhibited at the NYU Kimmel Center Windows (2017).

As artist-in-residence, Carlos has worked at: Film/Video Arts (New York, 1984); Global Village (New York, 1985); The Ninth Annual Moroccan Cultural Festival (Asilah, Morocco 1986); The Bronx Museum of Contemporary Arts (New York, 1985-1986); The Experimental Television Center (Owego, New York 1987).

Awards, Publications and Exhibitions

Grants received by Carlos de Jesus include: a Fulbright Fellowship (1961); John Hay Whitney Fellowship (1962); Corporation for Public Broadcasting Sabbatical Fellowship (1980); New York State Creative Artist Program (Film 1981); New York State Council on the Arts (1984 Media); New York Foundation for the Arts (Film 1985); New York University Office of Sponsored Programs, Research Challenge Fund (1995); National Latino Communication Center (1996); New York University  LINKS Grant to develop a Tisch Humanities Course (1996); and a Tisch School of the Arts Faculty Development fund grant to support the production of the book, Cuba: On Rust and Revolution (2007).

His prizes include: 1st Prize Nominee – The Devil Is a Condition (Grenoble Film Festival 1972); 2nd Prize – The Picnic (Grenoble Film Festival 1976); Award for Excellence – The Picnic  (Corporation for Public Broadcasting 1976). 

His work in photography, film and video has been exhibited at: the Shakespeare Public Theater Gallery (1970); Whitney Museum (1972); Global Village 4th Annual Documentary Festival (1978); Museum of Modern Art (1980); New York Public Library (1982); New Museum of Contemporary Art (1983 - 1984); Lightworks Gallery, Syracuse (1983 - 1984); Women's Studio Workshop, Rosendale (1983 - 1984); Visual Studio Workshop, Rochester (1983 - 1984); Bronx Museum of Contemporary Arts (1985 - 1986); Museum of Modern Art (1989); Long Beach Museum of Art, California (1989); High Museum, Atlanta (1989); Randolph Gallery, Chicago (1989); Port Washington Library, Long Island (1989); American Photography Institute at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts( 1989); Washington Project for the Arts, Washington D.C. (1989 - 1990); California Afro-American Museum, Los Angeles (1989 - 1990); Duke University Museum of Art, Durham, North Carolina (1989 - 1990); the University of Houston, Texas (1989 - 1990); Studio Museum in Harlem, NY (1989 - 1990); 79th Annual Conference of the College Art Association, Washington D.C. (1991); Society for Photographic Education (annual conference Washington D.C. 1992); Whitney Museum of American Art (1992). His photography has been published in Women(1970) and now in En Foco’s permanent collection as well as exhibited in En Foco Online in cooperation with photography critic A.D. Coleman’s website (www.nearbycafe.com).

Carlos de Jesus is a member of the Directors Guild of America (Director).