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EDUCATION

2022   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

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

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)

RESIDENCIES

2021   Artist-in-Residence Soul Trip, Sakumono Estates, Tema, Ghana


EXPERIENCE

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        Platforms Fund Project Implementation Awardee, soil x soul, New Orleans, LA
2023        Alternate Roots Artistic Assistance Professional Development Awardee, New Orleans, LA

LECTURES, PRESENTATIONS AND WORKSHOPS

2022      Artist Talk, Rituals of Belonging Closing Reception, 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

2021      Back to Black, Zine  Issue 2 August 20212017  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. 

COLLECTIONS

Dismantle and Change Building Center, Portland, OR