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EDUCATION2022 Master of Fine Arts in Studio Art, University of New Orleans, LA
2018 Bachelor of Fine Arts in Interdisciplinary Studio Art (Honors), Marylhurst University, Marylhurst,OR
2013 Bachelor of Science in Management Studies, University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica
EXHIBITIONS
2025 2025 Cohort Member, Brackish Collective, The Water Collaborative, New Orleans, LA
2024 Group Exhibition, How You Doin’ New Orleans, Merchant House, New Orleans, LA
2024 Online Exhibition, watabodies.me, soilsoul, New Orleans, LA
2024 Group Exhibition, Le sanctuaire , UNO St. Claude Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2024 Group Exhibition, wata ways, Alabama Contemporary Art Center, Mobile, AL
2022 Solo Exhibition, Rituals of Belonging, UNO ST Claude Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2022 Solo Exhibition, Rituals of Belonging, The Artists’s Place of Residence, New Orleans, LA
2022 Solo Exhibition, KOULYE A: Moving Still, 2021, New Orleans, LA
2021 Group Exhibition, Uptown Laundry/Prospect 5 Opening Exhibition (Satellite), New Orleans, LA
2021 Group Exhibition, The Body is the First Mother, Black Discourse, London, UK
2021 Group Exhibition, Soil Tongue: a southern language, Roots Weekend Virtual Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2019 Graduate Group Exhibition, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA
2019 Two-Person Exhibition, Magma Chamber, (co-curated by Trécha Dacres) Portland, OR
2018 Group Exhibition, Ferguson Uprising, (curated by Teressa Raiford), Woodlawn MIC Portland, OR
2018 Group Exhibition, Recent Graduates Exhibition, Blackfish Gallery, Portland, OR
2018 BFA Thesis Group Exhibition, The Art Gym, Marylhurst, OR
2017 Group Exhibition (Spring), The Art Gym (Marylhurst University), Marylhurst, OR
2017 Group Exhibition, The Confabulation (curated by Derek Franklin), Mayer Gallery (Marylhurst University), Marylhurst, OR
SCREENINGS & COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS
2025 2025 Cohort Member, Brackish Collective, The Water Collaborative,, New Orleans, LA
2024 Digital Archivist, Website Editor, Photographer & Video Editor, soilsoul, New Orleans, LA
2023 2023-24 Cohort Member, Water Leaders Institute, Water Collaborators, New Orleans, LA
2023 Graphic Designer, Queering Blackness, MLK Jr. Teach-In, Portland, Or
2023 Researcher & Digital Archivist, modjeskamodjeskamodjeska, New Orleans, LA
2022 Videographer, modjeskamodjeskamodjeska, Los Angeles, CA
2021 Curator and Artist, Black Brown Biennale Black History/Futures Instagram Takeover, New Orleans, LA
2019 Performer, Dread Scott’s Slavery Rebellion Reenenactment, New Orleans, LA
2017 Printer, Community Printmaking Action, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR (in collaboration with Don't Shoot PDX)
RESIDENCIES2021 Artist-in-Residence Soul Trip, Sakumono Estates, Tema, Ghana
EXPERIENCE
2024 Website Design, watabodies.me, New Orleans, LA
2024 Gallery Assistant, What’s Matter Here, Small Center, New Orleans, LA
2023 Installation Manager,modjeskamodjeskamodjeska, theshoreco, New Orleans, LA
2021 Instructor, Art Appreciation, University of New Orleans, LA
2019-21 Gallery Assistant, UNO St Claude Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2020 Exhibition Assistant to Juliana Kasumu MFA Exhibition, Carol Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2018 Studio Assistant to Derek Franklin, Portland, OR
2017 Don't Shoot PDX Community Printmaking Action, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR
AWARDS AND GRANTS
2024 Finalist, City of New Orleans Percent for Art Collection, New Orleans, LA
2023 Platforms Fund Project Implementation Grant, soilsoul, New Orleans, LA
2023 Alternate Roots Artistic Assistance Professional Development Awardee, New Orleans, LA
LECTURES, PRESENTATIONS AND WORKSHOPS2024 Artist Talk, Le sanctuaire , UNO St. Claude Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2022 Artist Talk, Rituals of Belonging Closing Reception, UNO St, Claude Gallery New Orleans, LA
2018 Discussant: Proper Care & Feeding of Young Artists, Portland, OR
INTERVIEWS, PODCASTS 2022 Shoutout LA, Interview, Los Angeles, CA, May 26, 2022
2019 Glen Henry, Interview, Build it and They Will Play, Episode 6, Portland, OR, June 16, 2019
ONLINE PERIODICALS
2024 Burnaway Magazine, A Barrel Baby’s Call Log, by Yashi Davlos, December 4, 2024
2021 Back to Black, Zine Issue 2 August 2021
2017 Sam Stites, Peace, Love and an open mic; June 22, 2017. https://pamplinmedia.com/lor/48-news/363897- 243834-peace-love-and-an-open-mic.COLLECTIONS2018 Decolonizing as Cathartic Practice(Sculpture), Dismantle and Change Building Center, Portland, OR