EDUCATION:
2021 Advanced Certificate in Art Education, Queens College, CUNY, Queens, NY
2019 MFA in Studio Art, The City College of New York, CUNY, New York, NY
2010 BFA in Painting, minor in Philosophy, SUNY Buffalo State College, Buffalo, NY
AWARDS
2023 Bronx Museum AIM Fellowship Program
2023 Bronx Council on the Arts New Work Grant
2023 ArtBridge Fellowship, Harlem, NY
2022 Bronx Recognizes its Own (BRIO) Grant
2021 New York Foundation For The Arts (NYFA) City Artist Corps Grant
2021 Queens Art Fund New Work Grant, Queens, NY
2021 National Endowment For The Arts (NEA) Grant
2021 ArtBridge Bridging the Divide Fellowship, Bronx, NY
2021 Impact Artist Fellowship with the Global Leadership Human Impacts Institute
2021 Cultural Solidarity Fund Grant
2020 Integrity: Arts & Culture Association Grant
2020 Can’d Aid Grant (as Curator, Facilitator of Ankhlave 2021 programming)
2020 Queens Art Fund Grant (as Curator, Facilitator of AnkhLave Garden Project 2020) Queens, NY
2019-20 Jamaica Center For Arts and Learning ArtWorks Inc Fellowship, Queens, NY
2017-19 Therese Rolston Connor Merit Based Tuition Scholarship
2018 Therese Rolston Connor Study Abroad Scholarship
2016 Front Line Hero, New York Non-Profit Media, New York, NY
2015 Award for Excellence, NYSACRA Conference, New York, NY
RESIDENCIES
2023 Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC), Governor’s Island, NY
2023 Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts (EFA) SHIFT Residency, New York, NY
2023 Tafaria Castle Residency, Nyahururu, Kenya
2023 NYC Audubon Residency, Governor’s Island, NY
2022 Javits Center Climate Week, New York, NY
2022 BronxArtSpace, Governor's Island, New York, NY
2021 Flux Factory Art Residency, Queens, NY
2020-21 Materials For The Arts (MFTA) Art Residency, Queens, NY
2020 School of Visual Arts (SVA) Art Residency, New York, NY
2020 West Harlem Art Fund's Art Muze Residency, Governor’s Island, NY
2019 Trestle Gallery Residency, Brooklyn, NY
2018 Arquetopia Residency, Cusco, Peru
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2023 The Fowl and the Foul, NYC Audubon, Governor’s Island, NY (forthcoming)
2022 Nest Summit Climate Week, The Atrium, Javits Center, New York, NY
2022 Temple of Acacia, Old Stone House, Brooklyn, NY
2022 Blood is Thicker than the Water that Separated U.S., Lewis Latimer House Museum, Queens, NY
2021 Don’t Let it Slip Through Your Fingers, Flux Factory, Queens, NY
2021 Archetypes: A Visual Soundtrack, Materials For the Art (MFTA), Queens, NY
2019 Sanctuary, MFA Thesis Show, The City College of New York, CUNY, New York, NY
2017 AfroFuture, Shangri La Eiffel Tower Palace, Paris, France
2017 Chakranicity, La Comtesse, Paris, France
2016 15 Year Anniversary of an Angel, Lutheran Church of Gustavus Adolphus, New York, NY
2016 Faces, The Carlton Arms Hotel, New York, NY
2016 Icons, Project Reach, New York, NY
2015 Musicians, The Shrine, New York, NY
2015 Chakras, Casa Frela Gallery, New York, NY
2014 New York Fashion Week, Harlem Library, New York, NY
2013 Buffayo, Contact Longboard, Buffalo, NY
2013 African Diaspora Achieving Excellence Ceremony, HSBC, Buffalo, NY
2012 Angels Vs. Demons, ZGM Fine Arts, Buffalo, NY
2012 Buddha Nature, The Arts Enrichment Center, Buffalo NY
2012 The Village Clairvoyant, Coming Home Buffalo, Buffalo NY
2012 Classical Universal, Artspace Gallery, Buffalo, NY
2011 Portraits, Sp@ce 224, Buffalo, NY
2011 The Show, B West Studios, Buffalo NY2008
2008 Solo Show, Buffalo State EH Butler Library, Buffalo, NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2024 Bronx Museum, AIM Fellowship Exhibition (Forthcoming)
2023 EFA Project Space Residency Exhibition (Forthcoming)
2023 Five Points: Convergence of Dreams, Equity Gallery, 245 Broome Street, New York, New York 10002
2022 BronxArtSpace on Governors Island, Colonels Row, building 407A
2022 Conflict / Resolution, Harvest Works on Governors Island, Nolan Park, building 10A
2022 Present Power / Future Hopes, LES Gallery - The Clemente Center, New York, NY
2022 Life Turned Inside Out, West Harlem Art Fund, Governor's Island, Nolan Park, Building 10B
2022 The Sustainable Art Show: Silent Auction for 10 Years of Artists in Residents at MFTA, Brooklyn, NY
2022 ArtBridge: Bridging the Divide public mural exhibit, Bronx, NY
2021 LUMINA, Local Project Gallery, Queens, NY
2021 Visual Muze Art Residency 3 person show on Governor’s Island, New York, NY
2021 iLLUSIONAL, Chashama Union Square show, New York, NY
2020 JCAL Art Fellowship Exhibit, Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning, Brooklyn, NY
2019 Residency Exhibition, Trestle Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2019 Creative Mosaic, Plaxall Gallery, Long Island City, NY
2019 Pro-to-types, Alter Works Studio, Long Island City, NY
2018 Print Fest 2018, Caelum Gallery, New York, NY
2018 Small Works, Pleiades Gallery, New York, NY
2018 Postcards on the Edge, Visual AIDS, New York, NY
2018 Et Tu, Art Brute, Andre Edlin Gallery, New York, NY
2018 Sculpture Show, Compton Goethals Gallery, New York, NY
2017 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. State Office Building, New York, NY
2017 Greenpoint Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2016 Bombay Saphire Art Basel Semi Finalist Show, Rush Gallery, New York, NY
2016 Greenpoint Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2016 The Living Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2016 Bushwick Open Studios, Brooklyn, NY
2016 MCCNY, New York, NY
2015 Black Artists Show, Harlem Commonwealth Council Inc. New York, NY
2015 Group Show, Harlem Library, New York, NY
2015 Merge Art Show, M1-5, New York, NY
2015 Voices, Casa Frela Gallery, New York, NY
2015 Black Lives Matter, Raw Space, New York, NY
2015 Project Reach, New York, NY Group Show
2014 Fashion Week Brooklyn Exhibit, Industry City, Brooklyn, NY
2014 Hang Night (Salon), Heath Gallery, New York , NY
2014 Montrose Proper Gallery, Houston, TX
2013 Infringement Festival Show, Fuse Gallery, Buffalo NY
2013 Streetpoetz.com Official Launch Event, WNED TV, Buffalo, NY
2013 Nescient Profits, Rust Belt Books, Buffalo NY (Collaboration with Mignant John)
2012 2 Man Exhibit, Elmwood and Tupper Gallery, Buffalo NY
2012 Submit 4 Glory, ZGM Fine Arts, Buffalo, NY (Collaboration with Joe Kewin)
2012 One Nation Under God, El Museo, Buffalo, NY
2012 BLAMMO!, Artspace Gallery, Buffalo, NY
2012 Urban Alchemy Juried ELAB members show, ZGM Fine Arts, Buffalo, NY
2012 Creepshow 4, Filigrees, Buffalo, NY
2012 Trinity, 464 Gallery, Buffalo, NY
2012 Image and Identity, Artspace Gallery, Buffalo, NY
2012 Main Street Studios, Buffalo, NY
2011 ZGM Fine Arts , Buffalo NY
2011 El Buen Amigo, Buffalo, NY
2010 Traveling Figurama Exhibit , Stredoslovenská Galéria, Bánská Bystrica, Slovakia
2010 Traveling Figurama Exhibit, Galerie Emila Filly, Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic
2010 Traveling Figurama Exhibit, Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain
2010 Traveling Figurama Exhibit, Avalon Business Center, Czech Republic
2010 B West Studios, Buffalo NY
2009 College Street Gallery, Buffalo, NY
2009 Impact Artist’s Gallery, Tri-Main Center, Buffalo, NY
2008 Gateway Gallery, Buffalo, NY
2008 B West Studios, Buffalo NY
2008 Beyond the Barrel, Niagara Arts and Cultural Center [NACC] Niagara Falls, NY
2008 Red Cross Charity Wine Auction, Presbyterian Church, Buffalo, NY
2008 Records, Buffalo State EH Butler Library, Buffalo, NY
2008 Singles Show , Cosmopolitan Gallery, Buffalo NY
2007 Curtain Up , Cepa Gallery, Buffalo, NY
FESTIVAL EXHIBITS:
2022 Comic Con NYC, Javits Center, New York, NY
2022 Nest Summit, Javits Center, New York, NY
2021 Shared Dialogue, Shared Space, Weeping Beach Park, Queens, NY
2021 Art in Odd Places (AIOP), New York, NY
2015 Artists in the Kitchen, Room 53, New York, NY
2013 Music is Art Festival, Buffalo, NY
2013 Infringement Festival, Buffalo, NY
2012 Blind Baby Holiday festival, Buffalo, NY
2012 Wellness Weekend festival, Buffalo, NY
2012 Infringement Festival, Buffalo, NY
2010 Allen West Festival , Buffalo, NY
2009 Music is Art Festival , Buffalo, NY
2008 Elmwood Art Festival, Buffalo, NY
2008 Infringement Festival , Buffalo, NY
2008 Trimania (Triennial) , Tri-Main Center, Buffalo NY
2008 Lewiston Art Festival , Buffalo, NY
2008 Cheektowaga Arts and Crafts Show Represented by the Cheektowaga Arts Guild , Cheektowaga, NY
ARTIST TALKS / PANELS / WORKSHOPS:
2022 Old Stone House workshop
2022 Lewis Latimer House Museum Juneteenth workshop
2022 Lewis Latimer House Museum artist talk
2021 Artists Talk on Art (ATOA) artist talk
2021 City Artist Corps Workshop at the Mitchel Community Center
2021 3 workshops with ArtBridge at the Mitchel Community Center
2021 Queens Council on the Arts (QCA) Creative Conversation
2021 Maryland Institute College of Art Panel Discussion
2021 North Dakota University rising artist talk
2021 Materials For the Arts (MFTA) Artist Talk
2021 Paradise Palace Gallery artist interview
2021 Institute for Practical Life Talk on building altars as therapy
2021 Korea Art Forum (KAF) A Forum To Shared Dialogue, Shared Space
2021 Flux Factory Artist Talk for "Don't Let It Slip Through Your Fingers"
2021 Materials For The Arts (MFTA) Artist Talk for the "Archetypes: a Visual Soundtrack" Solo Show
2020 Jamaica Center For Arts and Learning (JCAL) Fellows Talk
2020 Astoria Film Festival interview about AnkhLave Arts Alliance, Inc. and the "Artists Unmasked" film
2019 Plaxall Gallery Artist Talk at Creative Mosaic show
2017 Artist Talk at the Adam Clayton Powell art gallery
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
2020-22 Adjunct Professor, Guttman Community College
2021-22 Art Teacher, Harlem Children Zone, New York, NY
2019-21 Art Teacher, Achievement First Bushwick Charter School, Brooklyn, NY
2019 Teaching Assistant for Intermediate Drawing, The City College of New York, CUNY, New York, NY
2009-13 Part Time Teaching Artist, Starlight Studio, Buffalo, NY2009 Art Educator, The Albright Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
ADDITIONAL RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE:
2020. Freelance Artist and Graphic Designer at Dario Mohr, LLC
2018 Founder, Director of AnkhLave Arts Alliance, Inc.
SELECT CURATORIAL WORK:
2024 Amplify Community, BronxArtSpace, Bronx, NY
2023 African Mural Project, New York, NY2021 The AnkhLave Artist Residency, Kingsland Wildflowers, Brooklyn, NY
2021 The Third Annual AnkhLave Garden Project, The Queens Botanical Garden, Queens, NY
2020 The Second Annual AnkhLave Garden Project, The Queens Botanical Garden, Queens, NY
2019 The First Annual AnkhLave Garden Project, Parque De Tranquilidad, Manhattan Land Trust, New York, NY
2016 The 3rd AnkhLave Juried Art Show, The Carlton Arms Art Gallery, New York, NY
2015 Fine Art Masquerade, AnkhLave Studio, New York, NY
2015 June Bazaar Art Tour Chelsea Rooftop Art Exhibit, El Cid Tapas, New York, NY
2015 Rolling Stoned The Shrine, New York, NY
2015 AnkhLave Juried Art Show/ Auction, Project Reach, New York, NY
2015 Black Lives Matter New York Fashion Week Sponsored by Cricket Wireless, New York, NY
2015 Beauty Concept: Art and Evolution Panel Discussion, The Left Forum, John Jay College, New York, NY
2015 Pre New York Fashion Week Mixer Sponsored by Cricket Wireless, New York, NY
2015 HarLove NYFW, Harlem Library, New York, NY
2014 Unsung Heroes Award Show, Harlem Library, New York, NY
2014 The Premier Designer Collective NYFW, New York, NY
2014 Subvert NYFW, Project Reach, New York, NY
2014 Unsung Heroes Award Show, Harlem Library, New York, NY
2014 Pop Up Art Exhibit and NYFW Show Sponsored by Cricket Wireless, Harlem Library, New York, NY
PERFORMANCES:
2023 “Happy Planting Day” Planting ceremony in Washington Park at Old Stone House
2022 “Temple of Acacia Ancestor Veneration Ceremony” recorded and performed at Old Stone House
2021 Closed Casket, recorded funerary performance Flux Factory on Mother's Day Weekend
2021 Archetype Activation Ritual, recorded performance on the January new moon at Materials For The Arts
2022 Happy Planting Day, veneration ritual of ancestors taking place at Old Stone House
JURY PANELS:
2023 Brooklyn Botanic Garden Performance Artist Residency
2023 Residency Unlimited (RU) Artist Residency
2022 New York Botanical Garden (NYBG) Around the Table Exhibit
MEMBERSHIPS / REGISTRIES:
BRIC Contemporary Art Registry
Tribeca Film Institute Arts Registry
Bronx Council On the Arts Registry
Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning
BIBLIOGRAPHY
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- Carlotta Mohamed, Lewis Latimer House Museum to host family-friendly Juneteenth celebration, June 16th, QNS
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- Heng Gil, Shared Dialogue Shared Space Catalogue, July 2021, Korea Art Forum
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