EDUCATION

TEMPLE UNIVERSITY                                                                                                     Philadelphia, PA           

BA in Fine Arts (May 2010)

MARYLAND INSTITUTE COLLEGE OF ART                                                            Baltimore, MD

MFA in Studio Arts (August 2017)

EXHIBITIONS

GROUP EXHIBITIONS (May 2009- Present)

o   Sage Project (Independent Space) 2009                                                                   Philadelphia, PA

o   First Friday Lansdale Dresher Arcade (Independent Space) 2010                           Lansdale, PA

o   Temple University Senior Seminar Show 2010                                                         Philadelphia, PA

o   Princeton Pentecost Church (Independent Space) 2010                                          Princeton, NJ

o   Rochester Contemporary Art Center 6x6 Art Show 2010                                         Rochester, NY

o   Kimmel Center Summer Solstice 2010                                                                     Philadelphia, PA

o   The Arts Garage 2010                                                                                             Philadelphia, PA

o   Café Nunez 2011                                                                                                    New York, NY

o   CATM Gallery Chelsea (Art Live) 2011                                                                  New York, NY

o   Kimmel Center Summer Solstice 2011                                                                     Philadelphia, PA

o   POST 2011                                                                                                            Philadelphia, PA

o   Battle of the Canvas 2011                                                                                       Philadelphia, PA

o   Witness (AIDS Awareness Group Show) 2011                                                         Philadelphia, PA

o   Rome’s Fine Arts Gallery 2011                                                                               Lansdale, PA

o   Rochester Contemporary Art Center 6x6 Art Show 2012                                        Rochester, NY

o   “Masculinity” 2014                                                                                                Baltimore, MD

o   “50 Shades of Black” 2014                                                                                     Baltimore, MD

o   “Afrofuturism| Conference: Gallery Show 2015                                                       New York, NY

o   The Pancake and Booze Art Show 2015                                                                   Philadelphia, PA

o   MICA Grad School Second Year Show 2015                                                           Baltimore, PA

o   MICA First Year Juried Show 2015                                                                         Baltimore, PA

o   Rochester Contemporary Art Center 6x6 Art Show 2016                                        Rochester, NY

o   Pancake and Booze Art Show 2016                                                                          Philadelphia, PA

o   7th Regional Juried Biennial Exhibition 2016 Rehoboth Artist League                  Rehoboth, DE

o   12th Annual Juried Exhibit 2016 Onyx Fine Arts                                                       Seattle, WA

o   “The Other Art Fair” 2017                                                                                      New York, NY

o   MFA Thesis Show MICA 2017                                                                               Baltimore, MD

o   Creating Community Nasher Museum 2018                                                             Durham, NC

o   66th Annual Juried Exhibition at SunTrust Gallery 2020                                         Durham, NC

o   “Your Seat at the Table” at 311 Gallery 2020                                                           Raleigh, NC

o   “Portraits” at Laguna Gallery 2020                                                                          Laguna Beach, CA

o   “Opulence, Decadence” at Lump Gallery 2020                                                      Raleigh, NC

o   “Luck of the Draw” Artspace Raleigh 2020                                                             Raleigh, NC

o   “Art Against Racism” 2021 New Brunswick, NJ (Online)

o   “These Truths” 2021 Portland, OR

o  “Prototype” 2021 Durham, NC

o “Extended Family” 2022 Durham, NC

o    “We Don’t Care: Reclaiming our environment ” 2023                                            Durham, NC

o    “Works on Paper” 2023                                                                                            Nelsonville, OH

o    “It Ain’t All Black and White” 2024                                                                         Durham, NC

o    “Death Planted a Garden” 2024                                                                         Durham, NC

SOLO EXHIBITIONS (May 2009- Present)             

o    Soap Box Gallery 2011                                                                                           New York, NY

o   Last Drop 2012                                                                                                      Philadelphia, PA

o   Archive Space Crane 2012                                                                                      Philadelphia, PA

o   “Beautiful Disaster” 2021 at Durham Art Guild Gallery                                     Durham, NC

AWARDS AND PUBLICATIONS

Awards and Mertis

o   Robert and Richard Hecht Award in Art 2010

o   Honorable Mention 41st Annual Student Show 2010

o   Segal Education Award 2011

o   Honorarium at Widener University 2017

o   Honorarium at Duke University 2018

o   Honorarium at Duke University 2020

Publications

o   “Volume 17 and 18”. Spring 2012 Edition of Studio Visit Magazine. Open Studio Press.  

o   “December”. Asian Arts Initiative 2011 Calendar (Witness Aids Awareness Group Show).

o   “Meditations on Dark Matter(s) through Afro-surreal and Afro-futuristic Art” The Offing 2015.

o   “Truth B Told in all kinds of ways by regional black artists in Onyx show” Seattle Times 2017.

o   “Nasher Museum Calzine” Fall 2019.

o   “VoyageRaleigh Magazine” 2023