Isaiah Mamo



EDUCATION

MFA in Photography + Film (VCUarts)                                  
BS in Political Science + Philosophy

SCREENINGS

2025 - Slavic International Film Festival, West Hollywood, CA (Breath of the City)

AWARDS


2025 Glamour is Resistance (Honorable Mention), Art Space Gallery (Richmond, VA)

2024-25 Studio Access Residency, Visual Arts Center (Richmond, VA)

2024-25 VMFA Visual Arts Fellowship                                        
                   
2024 Featured Contributor Award, Amendment Art Journal      
           
2023 ACP’s Fall Contest, 3rd Place for Ink Magazine 


GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026 Late Breaking: MFA Candidacy Exhibition, The Anderson (Richmond, VA)

2025 Torn!, DePillars Seipel Gallery (Richmond, VA)

2025 Art in Martin, The Martin Agency (Richmond, VA)

2025 G.A.G., Chromophore Artspace (Richmond, VA)

2025 Glamour is Resistance, Art Space (Richmond, VA)[Curated by Michael-Birch Pierce]

2025 The Stories We Keep, Visual Arts Center (Richmond, VA)

2024 Dark Art, Art Works (Richmond, VA) [Curated by Noah Scalin]

2024 Color Theory, Art Works (Richmond, VA) [Curated by Chris Schoen]

2024 Page Bond Gallery’s Emerge Exhibition, Page Bond Gallery (Richmond, VA)

2024 Beyond the White Picket Fence, Material Room (Richmond, VA)

2024 Reflections: VCU James Branch Cabell Library Screen Exhibit, Richmond, VA [5 photos featured & Best-In-Show Honor]


2023 Levels Up Academy Audio Showcase, Institute of Contemporary Art, (Richmond, VA)

2023 Growing Pains - Undergraduate Juried Exhibition, The Anderson (Richmond, VA)[Curated by Chase Westfall]

2023 Coming Into Contact, The Anderson (Richmond, VA) [Curated by Isa Dray]

Skills
  • Digital and Film Photography/Video
  • Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop
  • DaVinci Resolve
  • B&W film hand processing– 16mm, 35mm, 120
  • Reaper, Audition, and FL Studio
  • 16mm and Digital Projector Proficiency
  • CRT TV RF Modulation 
  • Risograph Printing 
  • Fine Art Handling & Documentation