hello, welcome
Currently based in Baltimore, MD
Solo Exhibitions
THE IRONY OF CAPACITY, a dark, black, comedy
Hamiltonian Artists, Winter 2023/2024
CURSING THE VERY GOD (…)
Arlington Art Center, April 2022
GET DOWN PAT
Anderson Gallery, Richmond, VA September 2020
FA▴TA MORGA▴NA ( MA·TER) 5075 Forest Hill Ave, Richmond, VA April 2019
MATER • 1
4WS, Los Angeles, CA January 2019
Group Exhibitions
DOING THE WORK Kreeger Museum, Washington, DC May 2023/ August 2023
NEW WAVES 2020 Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, Virginia Beach, VA March 2020/ January 2021
WE GOT NEXT: YOUNG CONTEMPORARIES DC Commission of Arts & Humanities I st. Gallery, Washington, DC May/June 2018
WPA Benefit Auction Gala 36th, 37th Annual Uline Arena, Washington DC, April 2017, 2018
PEOPLE ARE NOT PRODUCTS Ernst Cultural Center (NVCC), Annandale Campus, NOVA, November 2017
TRANSFORMER Silent Auction Benefit Gala 13th,14th, Annual Katzen Arts Center, Washington DC, November 2016, 2017
HOME
Logan Fringe Arts Space, Washington, DC, June 2017
THE LIVING ROOM The Institute for Endotic Research @AGORA, Berlin, Germany, June, 2015
NEW WORKS
Nomu Nomu Gallery. Washington DC, February 2015
SIAMO QUEL CHE MANGIAMO Church of Sancamporfo (Brera Art Gallery. Milan,Italia, September/October 2013
LADY PARTS
"87 Florida Ave." Washington, D.C, July 2013
TEXTURE AND TONE
Metropolitan Art Project. Fairfax, VA, July 2013
FAST FORWARD Brentwood Arts Exchange. Mount Rainier, MD April 2013
NEXT 2013
Corcoran Gallery of Art. Washington, DC April 2013
FLEX
Flats on Atlas, Washington, DC April 2013
IDEÉ FIXE
Le Pave D’Orsay. Paris, France, April 2012
WILD COMBINATION Primal Fitness Firehouse. Washington, DC, March 2011
ILLMATIC
Lamont Bishop Gallery, Washington, DC, January 2011
Education
VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY, VCUarts MFA, May 2020
CORCORAN COLLEGE OF ART + DESIGN, BFA 2013
PARSONS PARIS, Study Abroad Program, Spring 2012
Teaching Appointments
ARTISTS’S PERSPECTIVE: PAINTING
American Univerity, Washington, DC Fall 2022
FIRST YEAR EXPERIENCE INSTRUCTOR
Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD Fall/ Spring 2021-23
PAINTING FROM OBSERVATION INSTRUCTOR Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA Spring 2020
DRAWING FROM OBSERVATION INSTRUCTOR Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, Fall 2019
GRADUATE TEACHING ASSISTANTSHIP
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, Fall/Spring 2018-19
PGAAMCC CULTURE KEEPERS INSTRUCTOR, Dr. Henry A. Wise Jr. High School, Largo, MD, Winter/ Spring 2016
PAINTING/DRAWING TEACHERS ASSISTANT CCA+D Pre-College. Washington, DC, Summer 2011
GRAPHIC ARTS INSTRUCTOR Hofstra University. West Hempstead, NY, Summer 2010
Awards & Residencies
HAMILTONIAN ARTISTS FELLOWSHIP,
Washington, DC 2021- 2023
WURTZEL RESIDENCY and VCU Travel Grant, Montespertoli, Italy July 2019
FY18 DCCAH ARTS AND HUMANITIES FELLOWSHIP Washington, DC, 2018
DENBO FELLOWSHIP Pyramid Atlantic Art Center, Hyattsville, MD, November 2016
LUMINOUS BODIES: Artist in Residence 3rd Edition Artscape Gibraltar Point, Toronto Island, Ontario, July 2016
AGORA: AFFECT Residence Platform, 2nd Edition. Berlin, Germany, Summer 2015
WILLIAM A. NEWMAN AWARD Excellence in painting, Spring 2012
126TH ANNUAL FACULTY SCULPTURE AWARD Demonstration of well developed skills in sculpture. Spring 2011
Art Handling/ Installation/ Management/ Render
Paradise Labs, Baltimore, MD [Mould Making/ Small-Batch Production] Senior Studio Assistant, 2020-
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington DC Artist Hand/ Assistant LIU BOLIN for Inaugural Hirshhorn Ball, Summer 2018 RIRKRIT TIRAVANIJA: WHO’S AFRAID OF RED, YELLOW AND GREEN Summer 2018
National Building Museum, Washington DC Exhibitions/ Collections Handling “FUN HOUSE w/ SNARKITECTURE,” Summer 2018 “ARCHITECTURE OF AN ASYLUM: ST. ELIZABETHS 1852-2017,” Winter/ Spring 2017
Pyramid Atlantic Art Center, Hyattsville, MD STUDIO INTERNSHIP , Summer 2017
Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, Washington, DC “EARTH WORKS” volunteer assistant (EL ANATSUI), Spring 2013
Bibliography
Mark Jenkins, “In the Galleries,” Washington Post, January 12, 2024.
Mark Jenkins, “In the Galleries,” Washington Post, July 28, 2023.
Steven Cushner, Dan Treado. Show and Tell, Vol. 2. July 2023.
Suzy Kopf, Art AND BmoreArt. March 17, 2023.
Susan Thompson. New American Paintings, No. 154. South Issue. 2021.
SculptureCenter IN PRACTICE: YOU MAY GO, BUT THIS WILL BRING YOU BACK 2021.
Curated/Written by: Katherine Simone Reynolds
Fired Up! Ready to Go!: Finding Beauty, Demanding Equity: An African American Life in Art. The Collections of Peggy Cooper Cafritz. Rizzoli Electa. 2018.
THE IRONY OF CAPACITY, a dark, black, comedy
Hamiltonian Artists, Winter 2023/2024
CURSING THE VERY GOD (…)
Arlington Art Center, April 2022
GET DOWN PAT
Anderson Gallery, Richmond, VA September 2020
FA▴TA MORGA▴NA ( MA·TER) 5075 Forest Hill Ave, Richmond, VA April 2019
MATER • 1
4WS, Los Angeles, CA January 2019
Group Exhibitions
DOING THE WORK Kreeger Museum, Washington, DC May 2023/ August 2023
NEW WAVES 2020 Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, Virginia Beach, VA March 2020/ January 2021
WE GOT NEXT: YOUNG CONTEMPORARIES DC Commission of Arts & Humanities I st. Gallery, Washington, DC May/June 2018
WPA Benefit Auction Gala 36th, 37th Annual Uline Arena, Washington DC, April 2017, 2018
PEOPLE ARE NOT PRODUCTS Ernst Cultural Center (NVCC), Annandale Campus, NOVA, November 2017
TRANSFORMER Silent Auction Benefit Gala 13th,14th, Annual Katzen Arts Center, Washington DC, November 2016, 2017
HOME
Logan Fringe Arts Space, Washington, DC, June 2017
THE LIVING ROOM The Institute for Endotic Research @AGORA, Berlin, Germany, June, 2015
NEW WORKS
Nomu Nomu Gallery. Washington DC, February 2015
SIAMO QUEL CHE MANGIAMO Church of Sancamporfo (Brera Art Gallery. Milan,Italia, September/October 2013
LADY PARTS
"87 Florida Ave." Washington, D.C, July 2013
TEXTURE AND TONE
Metropolitan Art Project. Fairfax, VA, July 2013
FAST FORWARD Brentwood Arts Exchange. Mount Rainier, MD April 2013
NEXT 2013
Corcoran Gallery of Art. Washington, DC April 2013
FLEX
Flats on Atlas, Washington, DC April 2013
IDEÉ FIXE
Le Pave D’Orsay. Paris, France, April 2012
WILD COMBINATION Primal Fitness Firehouse. Washington, DC, March 2011
ILLMATIC
Lamont Bishop Gallery, Washington, DC, January 2011
Education
VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY, VCUarts MFA, May 2020
CORCORAN COLLEGE OF ART + DESIGN, BFA 2013
PARSONS PARIS, Study Abroad Program, Spring 2012
Teaching Appointments
ARTISTS’S PERSPECTIVE: PAINTING
American Univerity, Washington, DC Fall 2022
FIRST YEAR EXPERIENCE INSTRUCTOR
Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD Fall/ Spring 2021-23
Courses Led :
FORM/SPACE- World, Body, Machine
DRAWING- Tradition and Innovation
DRAWING- Contemporary Practices
PAINTING FROM OBSERVATION INSTRUCTOR Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA Spring 2020
DRAWING FROM OBSERVATION INSTRUCTOR Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, Fall 2019
GRADUATE TEACHING ASSISTANTSHIP
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, Fall/Spring 2018-19
Courses Assisted:
Paint Practice + Theory - Instructor: Hilary Wilder
Electronic Strategies - Instructor: Peter Baldes
Painting From Observation - Instructor: Reni Gower
PGAAMCC CULTURE KEEPERS INSTRUCTOR, Dr. Henry A. Wise Jr. High School, Largo, MD, Winter/ Spring 2016
PAINTING/DRAWING TEACHERS ASSISTANT CCA+D Pre-College. Washington, DC, Summer 2011
GRAPHIC ARTS INSTRUCTOR Hofstra University. West Hempstead, NY, Summer 2010
Awards & Residencies
HAMILTONIAN ARTISTS FELLOWSHIP,
Washington, DC 2021- 2023
WURTZEL RESIDENCY and VCU Travel Grant, Montespertoli, Italy July 2019
FY18 DCCAH ARTS AND HUMANITIES FELLOWSHIP Washington, DC, 2018
DENBO FELLOWSHIP Pyramid Atlantic Art Center, Hyattsville, MD, November 2016
LUMINOUS BODIES: Artist in Residence 3rd Edition Artscape Gibraltar Point, Toronto Island, Ontario, July 2016
AGORA: AFFECT Residence Platform, 2nd Edition. Berlin, Germany, Summer 2015
WILLIAM A. NEWMAN AWARD Excellence in painting, Spring 2012
126TH ANNUAL FACULTY SCULPTURE AWARD Demonstration of well developed skills in sculpture. Spring 2011
Art Handling/ Installation/ Management/ Render
Paradise Labs, Baltimore, MD [Mould Making/ Small-Batch Production] Senior Studio Assistant, 2020-
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington DC Artist Hand/ Assistant LIU BOLIN for Inaugural Hirshhorn Ball, Summer 2018 RIRKRIT TIRAVANIJA: WHO’S AFRAID OF RED, YELLOW AND GREEN Summer 2018
National Building Museum, Washington DC Exhibitions/ Collections Handling “FUN HOUSE w/ SNARKITECTURE,” Summer 2018 “ARCHITECTURE OF AN ASYLUM: ST. ELIZABETHS 1852-2017,” Winter/ Spring 2017
Pyramid Atlantic Art Center, Hyattsville, MD STUDIO INTERNSHIP , Summer 2017
Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, Washington, DC “EARTH WORKS” volunteer assistant (EL ANATSUI), Spring 2013
Bibliography
Mark Jenkins, “In the Galleries,” Washington Post, January 12, 2024.
Mark Jenkins, “In the Galleries,” Washington Post, July 28, 2023.
Steven Cushner, Dan Treado. Show and Tell, Vol. 2. July 2023.
Suzy Kopf, Art AND BmoreArt. March 17, 2023.
Susan Thompson. New American Paintings, No. 154. South Issue. 2021.
SculptureCenter IN PRACTICE: YOU MAY GO, BUT THIS WILL BRING YOU BACK 2021.
Curated/Written by: Katherine Simone Reynolds
Fired Up! Ready to Go!: Finding Beauty, Demanding Equity: An African American Life in Art. The Collections of Peggy Cooper Cafritz. Rizzoli Electa. 2018.