Cosmo Whyte - May 2022
Cosmo Whyte (b.) 1982, Jamaica, has exhibited his works in the , England, Jamaica, United States, Cuba, The Netherlands, Norway, Germany, France, and South Africa. Whyte has been the recipient of the Harpo Award (2021), the Art Matters Award (2019) and The Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Award (2019), the Working Artist Award (2018), The Drawing Center's Open Sessions Fellowship (2018), Artadia Award (2016), the International Sculpture Center’s “Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award” (2015) and the Edge Award (2010). His work is in the public collection of the National Gallery of Jamaica, High Museum, 21c Collection, Hallmark Art Collection, and Pérez Art Museum Miami. Whyte attended Bennington College in Vermont for his BFA, Maryland Institute College of Art for his Post- Baccalaureate Certificate and the University of Michigan for his MFA. Cosmo Whyte is an Assistant Professor at Florida State University, College of Art.