Joseph “JayD” Green
b. 1993, San Francisco ∙ CE artist since 2012
Photo by Evguenia Shtill
Joseph “JayD” Green's (b. 1993, San Francisco) multi disciplinary creative process spans printmaking, drawing, painting, and ceramics. For Green, art-making is an opportunity to explore his own imagination and engage in community. A practicing artist at Creativity Explored for over a decade, Green’s wealth of work demonstrates his commitment to craft and self-fashioning.
Green is known by his teaching artists for his collaborative, creative approach to making, always open to trying new ideas and forms. This spirit of curiosity is evident in his diverse, experimental body of work—figurative pieces, abstraction, and a recognizable lineage in Black expressive culture characterize his repertoire.
Green has been featured in over thirty group exhibitions across California, Maryland, and New York. In 2014, Green co-curated his first exhibition, Shoerageous, with fellow studio artist Gerald Wiggins. In 2023, Green served as a panelist for “Workshopping the Outside In” at FOG Design & Art fair. His first public art project, a large-scale art fence, was completed in 2025 at the Kelsey Civic Center’s community center.
Learn more about Green in this video, which debuted at Art Changes Lives 2017.
Select Exhibitions & Projects
2026
“Pretty City,” Creativity Explored, SF, CA
2025
“I Wish I Had A Window,” & Beyond Gallery, Oakland, CA
2024
“The Record Store,” Creativity Explored, SF, CA
“Going Places,” Genseler, SF, CA
“FOG Art + Design,” Fort Mason, SF, CA
“Hues,” Office of Senator Scott Weiner, SF, CA
2023
“Into the Brightness,” Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA
“Become Like Life Golden/Creativity Explored at Recology”, Recology, SF, CA
“Relove,” Creativity Explored, SF, CA
“Wonderful Blackiful People,” Creativity Explored, SF, CA
2022
“Mail Art Club,” Creativity Explored, SF, CA
Outsider Art Fair, New York, NY
2021
“Mode Brut, Museum of Craft and Design,” SF, CA
“Blackiful,” Creativity Explored, SF, CA
2020
The Good American, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
CE x CG x NIAD x Save Art Spaces Public Art Project, San Francisco, CA
Cordially Invited 3, Make Studio, Baltimore, MD
2019
California Conference for the Advancement of Ceramic Art 2019, Davis, CA
Fragments + Resistance, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
The Grand Finale, Spark Arts, San Francisco, CA
See Me with My Own Eyes, LinkedIn InCommon Space, San Francisco, CA
2018
Faces and Places in the City, Eureka Valley/Harvey Milk Memorial Library, San Francisco, CA
"From" All Over the Place, 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, San Francisco, CA
Bitchin', Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
Monster Drawing Rally, Minnesota Street Project, San Francisco, CA
2017
Art and Advocacy, California Museum, Sacramento, CA
Black White, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
2016
Natural History, Creativity Explored Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Ripe, Creativity Explored Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Tabula Rasa, Creativity Explored Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2015
Tree of Life, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
Dance Party! Creativity Explored Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2014
Shoerageous, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
INK, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
2013
SIDESHOW, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
San Francisco's Calacas: Day of the Dead, Creativity Explored, CA
2012
Autism event, Montalvo Arts, San Jose, CA
