Education:
Bachelor of Fine Art, Corcoran School of Art and Design at GW;
Master of Fine Art, Sculpture, Yale School of Art
Languages:
English (Native) + French (Proficient)
Exhibition History:
2024 The Flow |Group Exhibtion | Fridman Gallery | Bowery, NY
2024 Overtones + Overturns | Fridman Gallery | Bowery, NY
2024 A Thousand Plateaus | Group Exhibtion | SHRINE Gallery | Tribeca, NY
2022 Present States of Becoming | Group Exhibition | The African Center | Harlem,NY (Traveling Independent Curators International)
2023 Queen City | Public Art Commission | Washington D.C.
2022 The Depth of Identity |Group Exhibition|Diaspora Vibes Arts Incubator|Green Space, Miami,FL
2022 Still Motion | Group Exhibition| Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art | Las Vegas, NV
2022 Being/Becoming: The Act of Portraiture | Curator | Washington Project For the Arts | Washington D.C.
2022 Beuys Legacy (Joseph Beuys Centeninial) | Group Exhibition (Virtual) | Goethe-Institut & Hirshhorn Museum
Awards, Accolades, & Residency Participation:
2025 The Norval Sovereign African Art Prize Finalist
2024 Dedalus MFA Fellowship in Painting & Sculpture
2023 Alice Kimball English Traveling Fellowship Award
2022 Diaspora Vibes Arts Incubator International Cultural Exchange Artist Residency (Suriname)
2022 Catalyst Diaspora Vibe Arts Incubator Award
2019 Hamiltonian Gallery Artist Fellowship
Teaching:
2024 Visiting Critic | BFA Junior/Senior Fall semester Final Critiques | Boston University
2024 Teaching Assistant | Intro Documentary Filmmaking | Yale University
2023 Teaching Assistant | Critical & Professional Practices | Yale University
Professional Experience:
2019-Present Art Handler
2022-2024 Ceramics Studio Manager | Yale University (Hopper College + Brandford College)
2022-2024 Metal, Woodworking Shop Monitor | Yale School of Art
2016-2019 Metal, Woodworking, and Ceramics Lab Tech | The Corcoran School of Art and Design
Technical Skill:
Wood shop: Table saw, chop saw, band saw, panel saw, track saw, router, joiner, drum sander, belt sander, milling machine, lathe, all hand tools, and I can swap table saw blades and saw stops
Metal shop: MIG welder, plasma cutter, grinder, metal bandsaw, oxyacetylene, all hand tools; Iron pouring experience
Textiles: Sewing machine, serger (basic), knitting, crochet
Design and Office Software: Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator , InDesign, Audition, Premiere Pro, iMovie, Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint
Talks + Programs
2024 Panelist | Columbia University African Development Group Speaker Series
2023 Panelist | National Performance Network Annual Conference
2022 Moderator |Being/Becoming panel discussion featuring Tsedaye Makonnen, Ayana Evans & Lorraine O’Grady