2018
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI.
MFA Printmaking & Digital Media
2016
Goldsmiths University of London, London, UK.
2015
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI.
BFA Sculpture, Concentration in Art History
2012
City College of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA.
A.A. Arts and Humanities.
Solo and Group:
2024
Unruly Navigations, Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD), San Francisco, CA
Softer Landings, Washington Pavilion, Sioux Falls, SD
Black Creativity Lab: Improvisation & Performance, Duke University, Durham, NC
How It Started, How It’s Going, Cade Tompkins Projects, Providence, RI
On Her Terms: Feminine Power Embodied, Fitchburg Museum, Fitchburg, MA
Re(Work) It! Women Artists on Women’s Labor, Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, CT
Entwined: Freedom, Sovereignty and the Sea, Mystic Seaport, Mystic, CT
2023
Freedom Is My Favorite Position, Solo Exhibition, Providence, RI
Paint the Town Red, Solo Exhibition, Cade Tompkins Projects, Providence, RI
Ink: Miami Art Fair, Miami Beach, FL
2022
New England Triennial 2022 Exhibition, deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln, MA
Us, Them We - Race, Ethnicity, Identity, Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA
2021
Textures: The History and Art of Black Hair, Kent State University Museum, Kent, OH
(Re)location, Bristol Art Museum, Bristol, RI
InSights, SPACES, Cleveland, OH
Hair Stories, New Port Art Museum, New Port, RI
Black Lives Matter Mural Project PVD, Providence, RI
New England Now, Shelburne Museum, Shelburne, VT
2020
Artists In Presidents: Fireside Chats for 2020, Los Angeles, CA
Case Rising, Jamestown Art Center, Jamestown, RI
Between the Hawk and the Buzzard, City Hall, Providence, RI
State of Urgency, Brown University Granoff Gallery, Providence, RI
Collisions and Encounters, Aborn Gallery, Providence, RI
Power and Display, Hans Weiss Newspace Gallery, Manchester, CT
Good Morning Revolution, AS220 Mercantile Gallery, Providence, RI
Roots and Roads, Franklin Street Works, Stamford, CT
2019
Atlas of Dreams, Sutton Street Gallery, Providence, RI
Portrait, Axis Gallery, Sacramento, CA
How About The Weather, AS220 Mercantile Gallery, Providence, RI
New Voices, New Visions, St. Botolph Foundation, Boston, MA
Colorism: The Spectrum of Internalized Bias, Root Division, San Francisco, CA
Unbound: Contemporary Rope Art, Falmouth, MA
Amalgam, New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park, New Bedford, MA
Strand, RISD Museum, Providence RI
RISCA Fellowship Exhibition, Warwick Center for the Arts, Warwick, RI
2018
New Contemporaries, RISD Museum Gelman Gallery, Providence, RI
Museum of Broken Windows, New York, NY
RISD Grad Thesis Exhibition, RI Convention Center, Providence, RI
Reimagining Gender: Voices, Power, Action, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI
Adaptations, Duo Show with García Sinclair, Providence, RI
Voices, Power, Action: RI Artists Re-imagining Gender, Hera Gallery, Wakefield, RI
We Thought of You, RISD Museum Gelman Gallery, Providence, RI
One Gun Gone, Knight Campus Gallery, CCRI, Warwick, RI
Sweeter the Juice, RISD Black Artists and Designers, Benson Gallery, Providence, RI
2017
Drawing A Line Under Torture, OXO Tower Wharf, London, UK
Heirlooms, Benson Gallery, Providence RI
Brothers & Sisters of the Eternal Sun, Solo Show, Arts and Literature Laboratory, Madison, WI
Brotha, Curated by Ashley King, Overlook Place, Chicago, IL
Black Women Artists for Black Lives Matter-Project Row Houses, Houston, TX
RISD Museum Dorner Prize 2017, Juried by Eduardo Duarte, Dominic Molon, Deb Clemons, RISD Museum, Providence, RI
Our America: Critical Perspectives on Americana, RISD Museum Gelman Gallery, Providence, RI
Nasty Women, Curated by Yes Ma'am, with AP Art Lab, San Antonio, TX
Mutual Encounters, RISD Museum Gelman Gallery, Providence, RI
2016
Accessory, A Gun Fad Curated by George Perez, RedLine, Denver, CO
Every Five Minutes, Curated by Adam Forrester, Columbus State University ArtLAB & Bay Gallery, Columbus, GA
Vernacular Spectacular, Curated by Drew Litowitz and Cem Eskinazi, RISD, Providence, RI
It Can Happen Here, Curated by the Arts + Literature Laboratory Curatorial Board in collaboration with juror Reggie Baylor. Madison, WI
What Cannot Be Said Will Be Wept, a solo exhibition at Goldsmiths University of London, London, UK
Intimacy^queered, Curated by Yannik Stevens and Leah Aegerter, RISD, Providence, RI
Black Women Artists for Black Lives Matter, Envisioned & Called Forth by Simone Leigh, New Museum, NY
Truth to Power, Curated by Jamila Hooker and Warren Brand, Philadelphia, PA
VIRAL: 25 Years from Rodney King, Curated by Daryl Elaine Wells, Oakland, CA
further still..., Goldsmiths University of London, London, UK
Hysteria, Autograph ABP, London, UK
Videodrome #8, Curated by Francis Almendarez, Goldsmiths University of London, UK
Raid The Database, RISD Museum, Rhode Island School Of Design, Providence, RI
Wade in the Water: A Year of the Movement for Black Lives, Edited by Maya Meredith in connection with Artists Against Police Violence, New York, NY
Artists for Black Lives Matter, N'Namdi Contemporary, Miami, FL
2015
Necessary Force: Art in a Police State, Curated by Karen Fiss and Kym Pinder, UNM Art Museum, Albuquerque, NM
Artists Drawing A Line Under Torture, Freedom From Torture 30th Anniversary Art Auction, London, UK
Justified Art!, Overture Center For The Arts, Madison, WI
Documenting Resistance, AS220, Providence, RI
Rhode Island Art Archive Project: Film Premiere, RISD Museum, Rhode Island School Of Design, Providence, RI
Expanded Field: Traversing The Archeology Of Gender, Gelman Gallery At The RISD Museum, Curated By Nafis White, García Sinclair And Nicholas Fernandez, Rhode Island School Of Design, Providence, RI
Queering Kawara, An art intervention: Silence, On Kawara Retrospective, Curated By Jeffrey Weiss Of The Guggenheim Museum. “One Million Years” Is Organized As A Continuous Live Reading Of The Artist’s Work, The Steady Recitation Of Numbers From A Vast Ledger, Which Will Be Performed On The Ground Floor Of The Museum’s Rotunda, NY
Drawing From The Fragments Of Absence, with García Sinclair, Metcalf Gallery, Rhode Island School Of Design, Providence, RI
Mile High, Red Hot, Duo Show With García Sinclair - Yellow Peril Gallery, Providence, RI
Glitterbomb, National Queer Arts Festival, San Francisco, CA
1st Annual RISD Special Collections Artists Book Contest, RISD, Providence, RI
RISD Senior Group Show, Curated By Mark Moscone, Woods Gerry Gallery Space, Rhode Island School Of Design, Providence, RI
Reflections On Freedom: Harvard Black Arts Festival, Arts@ 29 Garden, Curated By Paige Woods, Cambridge, MA
By Appointment Only, Yellow Peril Gallery, Providence, RI
Artists Against Police Violence, EMW Bookstore Curated By Jess X. Chen, Kyla Cheung, and Sam Sainthil, Cambridge, MA
Not So Simple, Red Eye Gallery, Curated By Ian Foulk And Mary Ellen Hawkins, Rhode Island School Of Design, Providence, RI
Respond!, Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, NY
2014
Art | Basel Miami Beach, Yellow Peril Gallery, Miami Beach, FL
Kindred, Gelman Gallery At The RISD Museum, Curated By Kelly Walters And Tia Blassingame, Rhode Island School Of Design, Providence, RI. (Dec 5, 2014 - Feb 1, 2015)
Pale Firework, Gelman Gallery at the RISD Museum, Curated By Mo Kong, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Southern New England Tiny Print Encounter, Curated by Ian Cozzens, AS220, Providence, RI
Ubiquity - Cutlog Artfair, Yellow Peril Gallery, NY
The Reading Room, Gelman Gallery at the RISD Museum, Curated By Wangui Maina and Seojung Min, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
The Jenks Society for Lost Museums, Led by Mark Dion, Brown University, Providence, RI
Sitings 2014: RISD Museum, Juried By Brian Chippendale, Rhode Island School Of Design, Providence, RI
Revolve, Oakland Pride Creative Arts & Film Festival, Curated by Monica Anderson, Oakland, CA
Please Wait, Generating..., Taylor Baldwin Studio, Providence, RI
More Permanent Than Now, Metcalf Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Passage and Place, National Queer Arts Festival, San Francisco, CA
Museum Takeover, RISD Museum, Juried by the RISD Programming Board, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
The Beloved Community, Exposé Gallery, Co-Curated with García Sinclair, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
2013
More Beautiful For Having Been Broken, List Gallery, Brown University, Curated by Jennifer Avery, Providence, RI
RISDiversity; A Community Narratives Project, RISD Campus Wide Installation, Concept and Photography by Adam Mastoon, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
It Doesn't Show Signs of Stopping, AS220 Project Space, Co-Curated with García Sinclair, Providence, RI
Under the Influence, Gelman Gallery at the RISD Museum, Curated by Janet Shih and Chihao Yo, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Sitings 2013: RISD Museum, Juried By Alejandro Díaz, Rhode Island School Of Design, Providence, RI
Ransom, Wayfarers Gallery, Curated by George Ferrandi, Brooklyn, NY
Cream of the Crop, Cherry on Top, Exposé Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
This Placement, Roots Cultural Center, Curated by RISD's Black Artists And Designers, Providence, RI
2012
White Tie Show, Exposé Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Matter!, The de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA
Decoration: Indulgence & Iniquity, Live Worms Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Student Exhibition, City College Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA
The 37th Annual Holiday Exhibition, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA
Awards, Fellowships & Scholarships:
2023
MacColl Johnson Fellowship (25k awarded once every three years.)
RISD Serves Award for outstanding Community Activism in Providence and greater RI
Joan Mitchell Award Finalist
Rapport Prize Nominee
2022
Yaddo Residency (Saratoga Springs, NY)
Black Space Residency (San Francisco, CA)
Loophole of Retreat at the Venice Biennale (Venice, Italy)
Rapport Prize Nominee
2020
The Iris Project Residency - (slated for 4/2020 but rescheduled to 4/2021 due to Covid)
Brown Arts Initiative - Protest Art Micro Grant, Brown University
Interlace COVID Relief Grant - Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts
2019
MASS MoCA Studios, Artist in Residency, North Adams, MA - Fall 2019
St. Botolph Club Foundation Emerging Artist Grant - Summer 2019
Art New England Emerging Artist Award - Spring 2019
RISCA (Rhode Island State Council on the Arts) Fellowship - New Genres
PVD Fest - Finalist for site specific installation in downtown Providence
New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park - Artist in Residence
Boston Society of Arts and Craft - Artist in Residence
Vermont Studio Center - Artist in Residence
2018
RISD Fellowship - Graduate Studies
RISD Campus Mentorship Award with García Sinclair
Warren Family Social Engagement Award - Finalist
RISD Scholarship - Academic Excellence
2017
RISD Fellowship - Graduate Studies
RISD Scholarship - Academic Excellence
2015-2016
Goldsmiths University of London - Merit Scholarship for Academic Excellence
J Stahl Webber Scholarship - Academic Excellence
RISD Scholarship - Academic Excellence
G. H. & A. D. Simpson Scholarship - Academic Excellence
Steven T. Mendelson Award - Finalist
2014
RISD Martin Luther King Jr. Summer Fellowship, Children's Defense Fund and Mrs. Marian Wright Edelman. Clinton, TN.
RISD Staff Council Student Award Scholarship - Academic Excellence
J Stahl Webber Scholarship - Academic Excellence
RISD Scholarship - Academic Excellence
2013
J Stahl Webber Scholarship - Academic Excellence
RISD Scholarship - Academic Excellence
2012
Council on Black American Affairs Scholarship
Jack Kent Cooke Scholarship - Semi-Finalist
RISD Scholarship - Academic Excellence
2011
Bernard and Babro Osher Scholarship
Ralph and Doris Hillsman Scholarship
Associated Students Scholarship
Council on Black American Affairs Scholarship
Bertha Vee Chinn Hunnicutt and Ethel Sadie Tutt Chinn Memorial Scholarship
2010
Council on Black American Affairs Scholarship
Martha and Vincent Constantino Endowment
Barbara Rosenthal Scholarship
Melvia Toler Scholarship