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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

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.