EDUCATION

Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), Providence, RI

Master of Arts, Art + Design Education (Community-based Art Ed.) | 2010

Brown University | Harriet W. Sheridan Center for Teaching & Learning, Providence, RI

Teaching Certificate I | 2008-2009

 

Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA

Bachelor of Arts, Studio Art | 2007

AWARDS & ACHIEVEMENTS

  • Arts Fund, Bronx Council on the Arts, Bronx, NY | 2019

  • Neighborhood Grant, Citizens Committee for New York City, New York, NY | 2018

  • Community Arts Fund, Brooklyn Arts Council, Brooklyn, NY | 2012, 2013

  • Puffin Foundation Grant, Puffin Foundation, Ltd., Brooklyn, NY | 2011, 2013

  • Raise Your Voice Presidential Civic Engagement Fund, Rhode Island Campus Compact, Providence, RI | 2009

EXHIBITIONS

  • NeON Photography at YEMA, YEMA, New York, NY | 2022

  • NeON Photography Exhibition, Kente Royal Gallery, New York, NY | 2021 + 2022

  • LGBTQIA+ Pride Month Exhibition, Poe Park Visitor Center (Virtual Exhibition), Bronx, NY | 2021

  • Black History Month Exhibition, Poe Park Visitor Center (Virtual Exhibition), Bronx, NY | 2021

  • Plant People Presents, ChaShaMa, New York, NY | 2020

  • CONNECT, CARE, CREATE: Healing Collective Trauma Through Art, presented by The Mayor’s Office to End Domestic and Gender-based Violence & Escape Artists (Virtual Exhibition & Interactive Event), New York, NY | 2020

  • NeON Photography Exhibition, Columbia University, New York, NY | 2020

  • New Visions: Activism Through the Lens, Denise Bibro Fine Art, New York, NY | 2019

  • Artist of the Month Exhibition, Saratoga Library, Brooklyn, NY | 2019

  • Beyond the Bars Exhibition, Columbia University Center of Justice, New York, NY | 2019

  • NeON Photography Exhibition, Hunter East Harlem Gallery, New York, NY | 2019

  • Black History Month Exhibition, Poe Park Visitor Center, Bronx, NY | 2019

  • The Awakening: An Afrofuturism-Inspired Multimedia Art Show, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) SPXCE Intercultural Center, Cambridge, MA | 2018

  • CHANGE: Conversations with the Creator, National Black Theatre, New York, NY | 2018

  • Unnatural Election, NYU Kimmel Gallery, New York, NY | 2017

  • #LOVEFIRST Juried Art Competition, Blick Art Materials, New York, NY | 2017

  • First Fridays of Light, Sweet Water Dance & Yoga, Bronx, NY | 2016

  • Bloom: An Art Exhibition, Billie’s Black, New York, NY | 2015

  • Blick Art Materials Mother’s Day Art Show, Blick Art Materials, New York, NY | 2015

  • RBPMW 2011 Annual Member Show, Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop 20|20 Gallery, New York, NY | 2011

  • What She Longed To Tell, Bamboo Lounge, Brooklyn, NY | 2011

  • Letting Our Story Speak From Its Pages, Center of Integrative Technologies (CIT), RISD, Providence, RI | 2009

  • Our Voices, Yellow House Gallery, RISD, Providence, RI | 2009

  • Reflections: A Celebration of Artistic Vision & Energy, Tamboril Restaurant, Brooklyn, NY | 2008

  • Black Women’s Arts Festival, Kaffa Crossing Café, Philadelphia, PA | 2008

 

PROJECTS

  • Black Lives Matter Mural (Design of Matter) sponsored by the Manhattan Borough President Office and Black Lives Matter of Greater New York, Foley Square, New York, NY | 2020

  • Art in the Parks Pillars Art Installation sponsored by the NYC Parks Department and Marion Street Park Block Association, Marion Hopkinson Playground, Brooklyn, NY | 2019

RESIDENCIES

  • BronxArtSpace Artist Residency, Colonels Row, Governors Island, New York, NY | 2020

SELECTED PRESENTATIONS

  • Black Art Matters, Wellesley College Vitality – Presenter, Virtual | 2020

  • Beyond Bold and Brave Black Lesbian Conference, The Diana Center, Barnard College – Presenter, New York, NY | 2018

  • International Women Artists’ Salon - Salon Lounge, Dixon Place – Presenter, New York, NY | 2016

  • Feminine MISStique: A Magical, Mystical Tour, Word Up Community Bookshop – Featured Artist, New York, NY | 2015

  • Les Histoires d’Lesbian Amour, BAAD! – The Bronx Academy of Arts & Dance – Presenter, Bronx, NY | 2015

  • Kindred Symposium, The Chace Center, RISD – Presenter, Providence, RI | 2015