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EDUCATION
2013
M.F.A. in sculpture; Savannah College of Art and Design; Atlanta, GA
1994
B.A. Studio Art, Morehouse College, Atlanta, GA
TEACHING & RELATED EXPERIENCE
Artist in Residence, the Galloway School, spring of 2024
Visiting Artist and Lecturer–Emory University, 2021-22’
Lecturer: Spelman College, Department of Fine Art, 2019.
Instructor: Georgia State University, Welch School of Art and Design, 2018-19’.
Art instructor: MOCA GA; led classes on a variety of art making practices for the Chris180 Program for at-risk homeless kids. Annette Cone-Skelton: President/CEO/Founder MOCA GA. ph. (404)367-8700; coneskelton@mocaga.org
SCAD Alumni Mentor: Savannah College of Art and Design Atlanta campus, Dept. of Sculpture, 2017. Facilitated student critiques, graduate studio visits, and lectured on my studio practice. Susan Krause: Department Chair; ph. (404)457-9632; skrause@scad.edu
Art instructor: The Creatives Project Atlanta, GA., 2017. Worked with elementary school children on a photo based project focused on capturing the lives of young people. Neda Abghari: Director of TCP; ph. (404)518-9238; neda@thecreativesproject.org
EXHIBITIONS
2024
De La Biennale De L’art Afircain Contemporain, Dekar, Senegal
2023
A Haunting at Five Points: Screening and Artist talk, Atlanta Center for Photography, Atlanta, GA.
Southern Voices/Global Visions, Lake City, SC
The Alchemists, Johnson Lowe Gallery, Atlanta, GA.
Lines; MOCA GA, Atlanta, GA.
2022
Dream Life of the Indigo Children, Emory University Visual Arts Gallery, Atlanta, GA.
2020
Translocation & Transfiguration, Solo Exhibition, Hammonds House Museum; Atlanta, GA.
2019
Masud Olufani: Memory and Meaning, The Albany Museum of Art; Albany, GA.
2018
Southern Sampler; Tower Fine Arts Gallery; College at Brockport; Brockport, N.Y.
Trip Wire; Dodd Galleries; the University of Georgia Lamar Dodd School of Art.
2017
Lines of Influence: The Jacob Lawrence Symposium; SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah, GA.
2016
Imprint: Past as Prologue; Solo Exhibition; SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah, GA; summer 2016.
Poetics of the Disembodied; Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia; summer, 2016.
Personal Politics; The Hudgens Center of Art; Atlanta, GA.
2015
Portalism; Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia; Atlanta, GA.
Frequencies; Beep Beep Gallery; Atlanta, GA.
Echoes; Lineage of the Spirit; Lilian Blades & Masud Olufani; The Art Place; Marietta, GA.
2014
Project Lift Artist Salon, Atlanta, GA.
Continuim; The Goat Farm Arts Center; Atlanta, GA.
2012
Talent Loves Company, The Barbara Archer Gallery. Atlanta, GA.
Tony Blair Foundation World Malaria Day Art Auction, Atlanta, GA.
Hambidge Center for the Arts, Art Auction, The Goat Farm Arts Center, Atlanta, GA.
2011
MAO: Residue. Mason Muer Fine Art, Atlanta, GA
Action Mapping. Whitespec Gallery. Atlanta, GA
MAO: Threading Through Memory. Archetype Gallery. Atlanta, GA
2010
Open Studio; Savannah College of Art and Design. Atlanta, GA
The New Pan-African Ideal; Archetype Gallery. Atlanta, GA
Facing Out & Looking In; Underground Atlanta. Atlanta, GA
2009
Open Studio; Savannah College of Art and Design. Atlanta, GA
AWARDS & RECOGNITION
2023
Oasis, The High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA. In conversation with Carlton Mackey
Voices of Our Nation writing fellowship, Miami, FL., summer 2023
Heart of the Arts Residency Fellow; Atlanta, GA.
2021
ARTADIA Award recipient—Atlanta
2018
Jacob and Gwendolyn Lawrence Lecture; The Jepson Center; Savannah, GA. Fall 2018.
Artist in Residence: 100W Corsicana; Corsicana, Texas.
Finalist: National Black Arts Festival Artist of the Year Award
Idea Capital Grant; Atlanta, GA.
Key West Literary Seminar; finalist Marianne Russo Award novel in progress
2017
National Race Advisory Committee Board Member: The Bahai Teachings.Org
Board member: The Creatives Project; Atlanta, GA.
Finalist: ARTADIA Award (Atlanta).
Southern Arts Prize Fellowship; Georgia.
2016
Finalist: ATL Arts Luminary Award
Artist in Residence; the Vermont Studio Center; Winter 2016.
2015
SCAD Alumni Atelier Award recipient; Savannah, GA; winter 2015.
MOCA GA Working Artist Project Grant; 2015-16.
Southwest Airlines Art and Social Engagement grant in conjunction with Emory University Center for Ethics; Atlanta, GA.
Idea Capital Grant recipient; Atlanta, GA.
2009-14
WonderRoot CSA Art Advisory Board; Atlanta, GA. 2015-present.
The Walthall Fellowship; Atlanta, GA. 2014-2015.
Creative Currents Artist in Residence; Portobello, Panama Summer 2013.
The Creatives Project Artist in Residence; Atlanta, GA. 2013-15.
Shortlisted for the MOCA GA Working Artist Grant, 2012.
Artist in Residence, Hambidge Center for the Arts and Sciences, Rabun, Ga; 2012.
Residency Fellowship, Fulton County Arts Council, Atlanta, GA. 2012