EDUCATION

2013 MA, Interdisciplinary Art, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL

2011 BA, Arts, Entertainment & Media Management, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2025 Unlocking Frequency, Studio Eight08, Houston, TX. Presented by Janice Bond / Art Is Bond in collaboration with Studio Eight08 and Emergent & Co.

2018 Gravitas, Slant Space Gallery, Austin, TX

2015 Thought Catalyst (Revisited), Elee Mosynary Gallery, Chicago, IL

2014 Thought Catalyst, HEX Gallery, Chicago, IL

TWO-PERSON AND GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2025 Untitled Art Fair Houston, presented by Art Is Bond, George R. Brown Convention Center, Houston, TX

2024–25 In Focus, Art Is Bond, Houston, TX, November 21, 2024 – May 10, 2025. Group exhibition with Adebayo Bolaji, Austin Uzor, Jamal Ademola, Mathieu JN Baptiste, Mia Ghogho, Modou Dieng Yacine, and Tomiwa Arobieke.

2023 Golden Ratio: Mapping Self, Space, and Other, Art Is Bond, Houston, TX, September 8 – November 11, 2023. Group exhibition with Sonja Henderson, Payton Harris-Woodard, Mia Ghogho, Floyd Newsum, Tomiwa Arobieke, Wayne J Bell Jr., and Jasmin Penelope Charles.

2021 We Talk To Colors, Cloud Tree Studios & Gallery, Austin, TX, January 23 – February 23, 2021. Curated by Rachel Koper. Group exhibition with Chris Chappell, John Cobb, Erin Curtis, Heyd Fontenot, Rachel Koper, Yamin Li, Andrea Muñoz Martinez, John Mulvany, and Charles Randolph.

2019 EAST Studio Tour, Fancy Fancy Studio/Gallery, Austin, TX

2019 Of Color ATX, Lewis Carnegie Gallery, Austin, TX

2016 Doors: Dayo Laoye + J. Johari Palacio, Flex Gallery, Arts + Public Life Arts Incubator, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL. Two-person exhibition curated by Tempestt Hazel. March 25 – June 10, 2016.

2014 Testimony, Logan Center Gallery, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL. Featuring Fantastic, a collaboration with Krista Franklin, Kane One, and Stef Skills.

2014 Library of Love, Washington Park Arts Incubator, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL. Collaborative exhibition with Krista Franklin, Stephen Flemister, Norman Teague, and Raub Welch.

2013 The Two Thousand & Thirteen Narrative(s) of Naima Brown, Center for Book & Paper Arts, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL. Sound collaborator with Krista Franklin on her MFA thesis exhibition.

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

Collection of Tracie D. Hall, Chicago, IL

Collection of Isadora McKeon, Austin, TX

LECTURES AND PUBLIC PROGRAMS

2025 Live Artist Talk, Unlocking Frequency, Studio Eight08, Houston, TX

2015 Self-Portrait in a Kanye Mirror, MCA Talk presented by Homeroom, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Chicago, IL. With Krista Franklin, Allison Glenn, Lisa Yun Lee, Kevin Coval, and Anthony Stepter.

SELECTED PRESS

Lindsey, Craig. “DJ Tay Powers’ Studio Eight08 Becomes a Hub for Creatives of Color in Houston.” Houston Chronicle, 2025.

“J. Johari Palacio: Unlocking Frequency.” Glasstire, January 22, 2025.

Ligaya, Jennifer. “Alumni Spotlight: J. Johari Palacio.” Marginalia: The Graduate Blog, Columbia College Chicago, November 22, 2014.

“Required Intelligence: Punk Artistry in the Midwest — Krista Franklin.” Afropunk, 2014.