Born 1994, Laurel, MD, USA.
Education
MFA 2019. Fine Art. Nottingham Trent University, UK.
Erasmus 2019. École Supérieure des Beaux-arts. Le Mans, France.
BA 2016. Cinematic Arts. University of Maryland, Baltimore County, USA.
Solo exhibitions
- The christening. New Art Exchange (Nottingham, UK). *Future exhibition*
- Waiting to become: Images from a dream state. Attenborough Arts Center (Leicester, UK).
- 2018. #2 from the cheraphobia series, Baby, Mother, Candy. Penn Station LED Billboard (Baltimore, MD, USA).
Group exhibitions
2020
Madonna alone. Unstretched canvas print. Artshare LA (Los Angeles, USA)
2019
The christening. Installation. Surface Gallery (Nottingham, UK).
MotherTongue. Installation. New Art Exchange (Nottingham, UK).
When I excel. Installation. Left bank Leeds (Leeds, UK).
Save me father for I have lived. Installation. Nottingham Trent University (Nottingham, UK).
7 Prints. Stevenson Galleries (Stevenson, MD, USA).
MotherTongue. Installation. 38 Carrington (Nottingham, UK).
2018
Donottrytounderstand, The third position. Performance. Theatre Paul Scarron (Le Mans, France).
Adiaha. Installation. Primary (Nottingham, UK).
Suppression, Cyclamen. Print. Various spaces (Cape Town, South Africa. Accra, Ghana. Nairobi, Kenya).
MotherTongue. Installation. Nottingham Contemporary (Nottingham, UK).
2015
33 photos. Print. Art All Night DC. (Washington DC, USA).
18 photos. Print. Baltimore Creative Alliance. (Baltimore, MD, USA).
Film screenings
2019
Save me father for I have lived. Film Free and Easy. (Nottingham, UK)
2017
Blackbird. Garnish pop-up Film Festival. (Washington DC, USA).
2016
Blackbird. Rabbit Heart Film Festival. (Worcester, MA USA).
PERSON, Untitled #67. Lightstruck Film Festival. (Baltimore, MD, USA).
Blackbird. Best of Baltimore Film Festival. (Baltimore, MD, USA).
Awards
- Walter and Sondheim Art Prize. Baltimore, USA. Shortlisted*
- New Art Exchange Open. Nottingham, UK. Future Exhibition Prize.
- Left Bank Leeds Art Prize. Leeds, UK. Shortlisted*. Installation. When I excel
- Indie Capital Awards. Washington DC, USA. Best Experimental Film. Blackbird
- UMBC Senior Exit Exhibition. Baltimore, USA. Outstanding Work in Cinematic Arts.
Residencies
2019
East Midlands 2019 Graduate Residency. Surface Gallery (Nottingham, UK)
Collectivism Residency. Haarlem Art Space (Wirksworth, UK)
Artist talks/Workshops
2019
EM19 artist talk. Surface Gallery (Nottingham, UK).
Black futurity and resistance. New Art Exchange (Nottingham, UK).
Self and symbolism workshop. Surface Gallery (Nottingham, UK).
Coopt Arty Party workshop. The West Indian Center (Coventry, UK).
Tarot making workshop. Nottingham Contemporary (Nottingham, UK).
1525 Queer club culture talk. Nottingham Contemporary (Nottingham, UK).
Publications and Features
2020
Artist feature. Art Habens. (Special Edition).
2019
Artist feature. Average Art Magazine. (November issue).
Artist interview. The State of the Arts. (Left Bank Leeds Art Prize).
The religion of self-love. Distinguished diva. (March issue).
2018
You will be back. Self-published. (Poetry collection).
I hurt for no reason at all. The Light Ekphratic. (Issue 29).
Icarus, Remittance, Skin. When we speak. (Volume 1).
2017
A letter to my future daughter. Distinguished diva. (June issue).
When love came for me. Ramona Magazine. (August issue).
