Jacob Nadir Gray


Review: Study Groups

Residency  Cohort 01    Resident           2021-23
Residency  Cohort 02    Resident, Chair    2023-24

Jacob Nadir Gray is a person. He makes things often categorized as art. He comes from a lineage of educators, organizers, and entrepreneurs from Los Angeles, Chicago, and Bernice, Louisiana. He began playing saxophone and learning music theory when he was eight years old and has been awestruck by art and process ever since. He’s worked extensively as a film professional fulfilling roles such as production designer, set dec coordinator, and directing short films and music videos for artists such as B.Cool-Aid (Pink Siifu & Ahwlee) and Jairus Mozee. As the lead of his organization, Thuh, he has curated and produced two film festivals screening classic films such as Killer of Sheep and critically acclaimed pieces such as Faya Dayi, Showgirls of Pakistan, T, In Sudden Darkness, and Pier Kids. Thuh has also hosted comedy events and fostered intergenerational conversations between festival audiences and LA Rebellion filmmakers Charles Burnett, Ben Caldwell, and Alile Sharon Larkin. Aspiring shepherd.



Material Artifacts
Browse Catalog


Physical objects designed to retain the findings from contemporary studies and inform continued conversation.

OK look...
Jacob Nadir Gray
[Archive]
Artworks
2023
Class is, more or less, in session
Jacob Nadir Gray
[Archive]
Artworks
2023
slept good
Jacob Nadir Gray
[Archive]
Artworks
2023
Giant Steps/the quite lil’ payback
Jacob Nadir Gray
[Archive]
Artworks
2023
significant
Jacob Nadir Gray
[Archive]
Artworks
2023
graffiti by a different name
Jacob Nadir Gray
[Archive]
Artworks
2023
Found Artifact 001
Jacob Nadir Gray
[Archive]
Artworks
2023
whole gang here handkerchief (earth)
Jacob Nadir Gray
[Archive]
Accessories
2023
whole gang here handkerchief (leaf)
Jacob Nadir Gray
[Archive]
Accessories
2023
whole gang here handkerchief (water)
Jacob Nadir Gray
[Archive]
Accessories
2023


Research Notes


Review Journal

A collection of subjective research that provides context for contemporary studies — this mix of ancestral and intuitive documentation is curated communally in support of figuring it out together.

The Mighty Boll Weevil
by Jacob Nadir Gray
[Original Research]
→ Movement
→ Nature


other archived works
The Sun Seeker, co-director