Residencies
2022
I participated in the Chateau Orquevaux Artist Residency in France for four weeks November, concentrating on photography and drawing. The residency is managed by Ziggy Attias and Beulah van Rensburg.
Selected Art Shows
2024
MoCA CT's Photography Fine Art Fair featuring the entire series of "The Lady and The Chair" in Westport, CT.
2024
“The Perfect View” curated by Bianca Jean-Pierre featuring 3 select artworks from “The Lady and the Chair” series - part 11, 16 and 22 displayed at Harsh Collective in New York City.
2024
Select artworks: "I Am Here," "Understanding," and "Parallel" featured in Saatchi's Art new digital exhibition: " Emerge: Contemporary Narratives of African American Expression," curated by Siting Wang.
2024
"Inner Dialogue" select artworks: "The Replacement of Pain," "Liberation," and "Acceptance" featured in the 5th Chelsea International Photography Competition exhibition at the Agora Gallery in Chelsea, New York.
2022
"Inner Dialogue" Solo Show Preview at the Home Gallery in New York, NY curated by The Honey Pump.
2022
"Healing & Hope” group show at the Kente Royal Gallery in Harlem, NY curated by Dodji Gbedemah.
2021
“Groop Shø” group show for Arts Gowanus in Brooklyn, NY curated by Raina Mehler.
2021
“Juneteenth: A Celebration of Black Art, Identity, and Freedom,” group show in Brooklyn, NY curated by We Roam Freely.
2021
“tHP: Beacon,” group show in Brooklyn, NY curated by The Honey Pump art agency in collaboration with the Satellite Art Club.
2020
"Beyond Beauty: the ideal form," in Norwalk, CT curated by Lewis Derogene.
2020
"Bathing in Blackness," in New York, NY curated by Kamra Hakim.
2020
"LIC Live Art," in Long Island City, NY curated by Furusho von Puttkammer.
2019
"Satellite Art Show," in the Pfizer Building in Brooklyn, NY curated by Brian Whiteley.
2019
“GI Portal,” on Governor’s Island in New York, NY curated by 4 Heads.
2019
"Veiled," in the TBG Gallery in New York, NY curated by Lewis Derogene, Anna Stallone and Soyoung Chang.
2018
“Open Studios,” in the School of Visual Arts in New York, NY curated by the BFA Fine Arts department.
2018
“The Antithesis Project,” (Fridge Art Fair) in the NU Hotel in Brooklyn, NY curated by Eric Ginsburg and Amanda Acosta.
2017
“ARE - WE - MORE,” in the Living Gallery Outpost in New York, NY curated by Lewis Derogene, Steven Drake, Haley Peacock, and Vieno James.
2017
“Salutation Vineyard,” in the Powell State Building, New York, NY curated by Anthony Burton.
2014
“Street Seats,” in Downtown Stamford, CT curated by Stamford Town sponsored by Future 5 of Stamford, CT.
Curatorial Work
2024
Assistant to designers and curators Pamela Hovland and Karen Salsgiver on the “ColleCTomania” exhibit featuring Swiss posters and local designers from June 27 to December 29, 2024.
2024
Assistant curator to Victoria McCraven with museum show “It Will Go On,” a group exhibition with BIPOC artists who incorporate text as use of resistance within their visual art from March 21st to June 16th, 2024.
2024
Curated the 9th annual high school art show at MoCA Westport “Through the Lens of Icons: Revisiting the 1960s, theme created by Teens at MoCA in relations to the Westport Public Art Collections “Sixties MOD” exhibition from January 18th to March 3rd 2024. I championed the Teens at MoCA’s interaction with the participating students for this art show to create short interviews to document and archive, created a printable virtual magazine for all participating students, created and managed all promotional graphics and docent walkthroughs.
2024
Assisted in the curation of the Westport Public Art Collections exhibition "Sixties MOD" at MoCA Westport with the curator, Ive Covaci and the executive director of the museum, Ruth Mannes from January 18th to March 3rd 2024. I handled the loan agreement for the artworks in this exhibition, created the graphics to promote the entire exhibition, filmed and directed a short documentary interview of the exhibition with Kathie Bennewitz, Ive Covaci and Ruth Mannes on the exhibition, promotional graphics, docent training and walkthroughs.
2023
Assisted in the visual curation of the late Purvis Young's solo exhibition "This is The Life I See" at MoCA Westport with the executive director of the museum, Ruth Mannes. The curators of this exhibition are Liz Legget and Ruth Mannes.
2023
Co-curated "Kaleidoscope" with Erika McGhee, a group exhibition at MoCA Westport displaying artworks from MoCA Westport summer camp as well as their MoCA Gives Back partners like STAR (Darien, Norwalk, and New Canaan) and Norwalk Next Step.
2020
Curated a two people art exhibition "Beyond Beauty: the ideal form" at The Mad Lab in Norwalk, CT featuring my own art and the art of Bathscheba Derogene.
2019
Co-curated "Veiled," in the TBG Gallery in New York, NY with Anna Stallone and Soyoung Chang displaying photography, video art, and paintings from all three of us.
2017
Co-curated “ARE - WE - MORE,” in the Living Gallery Outpost in New York, NY with Steven Drake, Haley Peacock, and Vieno James displaying artworks from all of us including our classmates from the School of Visual Arts.