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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
2024
Assistant professor of Art and visiting artist; Morehouse College; Atlanta, GA.
Art history professor at the Federal Prison in Atlanta, GA.
2017-22’
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’.
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
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025
A Sorcery of Sustenance, 701 Contemporary, Columbia, S.C.
2024
A Sorcery of Sustenance, The Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, GA. 2022
2020
Dream Life of the Indigo Children, Emory University Visual Arts Gallery, Atlanta, GA.
Translocation & Transfiguration, Solo Exhibition, Hammonds House Museum; Atlanta, GA.
Down yonder, I heard Somebody Callin’ My Name, Rosa Parks Museum; Montgomery AL.
2019
Masud Olufani: Memory and Meaning, The Albany Museum of Art; Albany, GA.
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.
2011
MAO: Residue. Mason Muer Fine Art, Atlanta, GA
2010
The New Pan-African Ideal; Archetype Gallery. Atlanta, GA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025
Fragments and Facades, The Aiken Rhett House, Charleston, S.C.
2024
Call & Response (curatorial lead), Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University, Atlanta, GA.
Dakar Biennale, Dakar, Senegal.
Invisible Forces, Johnson Lowe Gallery
2023
Southern Voices, Global Visions, Lake City, SC.
The Alchemists, Johnson Lowe Gallery (Atlanta, GA.)
Lines: 45 Artists from the MOCA GA Permanent Collection (Atlanta, 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.
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.
AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS
2026
Artist in Residence, Black Rock Senegal, 2026.
NXTHVN Studio Fellow, New Haven, CT., 2025-26’.
2025
Artist in Residence, Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
Artist in Residence, The Hambidge Center for the Creative Arts and the Sciences, Rabun Gap, GA.
2024
Artist in residence, the Galloway School, Atlanta, GA.
Artist in Residence, 701 Contemporary, Columbia, S.C.
2023
Artist in residence, Midtown Alliance, Atlanta, GA.
Voices of Our Nation Writing Workshop, Miami, FL.
Heart of the Arts Residency Fellow (Atlanta, GA.)
2021
Artadia Award, Atlanta.
2018
Jacob and Gwendolyn Lawrence Lecture; The Jepson Center; Savannah, GA. Fall 2018.
Artist in Residence: 100W Corsicana; Corsicana, Texas.
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.
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
Published Articles
Jerry Cullum, “Review: ‘Call and Response’ at the Carlos — gorgeous, profound,” Arts Atl, posted March 17th, 2025. https://www.artsatl.org/review-call-and-response-at-the-carlos-gorgeous-profound/
Masud Olufani, “Artist Steve Locke’s Plans for a Memorial to the Slave Trade in Boston Have Been Derailed After Opposition From Activists”, posted July 18th, 2019. https://news.artnet.com/art-world/steve-locke-memorial-derailed-1604050?fbclid=IwAR3OS72Q5Pp7V9omxUel4_ucOq_bXs7nAi_BD-GEiJiRilzoEeOu-BKCaqI#.XTCP4W2QzGs.facebook
