Terrence A Reese
About The Author
TAR, Inc. 1992 to Present
For these Clients... I create Images and Copy to Market, used in Advertising & Public Relations
Musicians:
Aaliyah, Lisa Stansfield, LL Cool J, Tears for Fears, R. Kelly, Savage Garden, Tupac, Billy Joel, B.B King, Shaquille O’Neal, P Diddy, Notorious Big, Lionel Hampton, Ron Carter, Siedah Garrett, Missy Elliott, D'Angelo, A Tribe Called Quest, Mary Ann Faithful, Jay-Z, George Clinton, Faith Evans and The Brand New Heavies
Music Labels:
Warner Bros, Sony, MCA, Motown, Virgin and BMG
Commercial Advertising:
Sears, Nike, Levi’s, Coca Cola, AT&T, Apple, Advil and McDonalds
Editorial:
Harper’s Bazaar, Details, Vibe, Esquire Weekly, Essence and Vogue
Reflections 1994 – 2020
A series of 70 black and white documentary-style photographs of the personal living spaces of renowned Americans. Individuals featured include: Dr. Selma H. Burke, Ophelia DeVore-Mitchell, Byron Lewis, Russell Simmons, Rev. Jesse Jackson, Dr. Dorothy Height, The Nicholas Brothers, Thomas J. Burrell, Lois Mailou Jones, Gordon Parks, William T. Coleman Jr., Herman J. Russell, Rev. Joseph E Lowery, Amiri Baraka, Congressman Charles Rangel, Dr. Kenneth Clark, Julian Bond, Lionel Hampton, Daisy Bates, Faith Ringgold, Ron Carter, Elizabeth Catlett and Former Secretary of State Colin Powell.
Exhibitions & Lectures for Reflections
2020 Wright Museum of Art
2019 Art Center Sarasota
2018 The Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture
Charles H. Wright Museum
North Carolina State University
Galeria Valid Foto Bcn Barcelona, Spain
African American Museum of Nassau, Long Island.
2017 Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University
African American Museum, Philadelphia
International Civil Rights Center & Museum, Greensboro, NC
2016 Merrill Lynch
University of Wisconsin
The DuSable Museum of African American History, Chicago
Na Kashirke Gallery, Moscow
2015 Smithsonian Institution Libraries
Louvre, Paris
The Beverly Art Center, Chicago
DePaul University, Chicago
The Union League Club, Chicago
2014 The Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, MI
Galerie Myrtis - Emergence 2014: International Artists to Watch
Chicago State University,
Parkland University, Champaign, IL
2013 DuSable Museum of African American History, Chicago, IL
Crete Elementary School, Crete, IL
Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, MI
ArtPrize, Grand Rapids, MI
2011 Faie African Art gallery, Chicago, IL
2008 The International Center of Manhattan
2007 Harlem School of the Arts, New York
Documentary
Reflections was the feature of documentary film by Lincoln Motor Company in November 2014.
Novelist
The Science of Seduction
Awards & Grants
2017 The New York Portfolio review
2016 Second Avenue Arts Collectors Show / SPRING 2016
2015 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation 2016 Fellowship, Semifinalist
Chicago Artadia Awards, Finalist
Dave Bown Projects 10th Semiannual Competition, Honorable Mention.
City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events Individual Artists Program, Creative Projects Grant Award
Smithsonian Institution Outwin Boochever 2016 Portrait Competition, Semifinalist
2014 Museum of Science and Industry Black Creativity exhibition, Best of Media
First Paul Collins Diversity Award Art Prize, Honorable Mention
2012 Bombay Sapphire Art Contest
2011 Curate NYC competition, 1st place
Reflections II 2017 to Present
Reflections in Permanent Collections
The Smithsonian Institution
Grand Rapids Art Museum
The DuSable Museum of African American History
New York University, Langone Medical Center
Reflections has been added to the Catalogue Collections
The Smithsonian Libraries, Yale University, Columbia University, Princeton University, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, Kunsthalle Basel in Switzerland, Museum of Modern Art in NY, Rubell Family Collection, Rhode Island School of Design, Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University, Griffin Museum of Photography and Chrysler Museum of Art.
EDUCATION
University of Southern Illinois, Carbondale
Bachelor of Arts, Cinema & Photography with minor in African American Studies
Artist in Residence
University of Wisconsin, January 2016