EDUCATION

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2017    

State University College at Buffalo

Masters in Multidisciplinary, Fine Arts Studies    

                

2014    

Post baccalaureate Certification Program in Art Education    

            

2012    

Bachelor of Science in Art            

 

SELECTED GRANTS/ RECOGNITION/ WORKSHOP LEADERSHIP/ SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

    

2022    

SUNY Buffalo State Young Alumnus Of The Year   -    Buffalo, NY    

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2021    

Albright Knox Northland Artist-In-Residence   -    Buffalo, NY

New York Academy of Art, scholarship recipient resident    -    New York, NY

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2020    

Chautauqua Institute Keynote Speaker    -    Chautauqua, NY

Burchfield Penney Live 2nd Friday Artist Talk    -    Buffalo, NY

Buffalo Collegiate Charter, Trimain Center Her Wisdom Muralist   -    Buffalo, NY

Hallwalls Midsummer Drawing Rally showcase artist   -    Buffalo, NY

Beau Fleuve Music and Arts Festival Panelist   -    Buffalo, NY

Chautauqua Institute Critique Artist/ Studio Reviewer   -    Buffalo, NY

Still We Rise Organization Panelist    -    Buffalo, NY

Villa Maria College - Adjunct Professor    -    Buffalo, NY

Medaille College - Adjunct Professor    -    Buffalo, NY

Buffalo Arts Studio Workshop Instructor    -    Buffalo, NY

    

2019    

ASI Spark Awards Artist of the Year, finalist    -    Buffalo, NY    

ASI Professional Development Conference Speaker   -    Buffalo, NY

Buffalo Arts Studio Workshop Leader    -    Buffalo, NY

Villa Maria College - Adjunct Professor   -    Buffalo, NY

Medaille College - Adjunct Professor   -    Buffalo, NY

Buffalo Arts Studio Workshop Instructor    -    Buffalo, NY

 

2018    

Keynote Speaker for the 2018 New York State Art Teachers Association Conference  -    Buffalo, NY

Work (Jaimie, 2017) Featured on HBO’s television series Insecure  -    Los Angeles, CA

Featured Cover Story: No Boundaries Magazine  -    Buffalo, NY

Albright Knox Curriculum-Structuring Workshop for Educators Instructor  -  Buffalo, NY    

Creative Mornings Featured Speaker                    -    Buffalo, NY

Crystal People Stokes Annual Women In The Arts Ceremony: Keynote Speaker  -   Buffalo, NY

    Buffalo Seminary Annual Colby Oishei Artist and Keynote Speaker  -  Buffalo, NY

    Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center Drawing Rally Artist   -    Buffalo, NY

    Open Buffalo Emerging Leaders Informational : Keynote Speaker  -    Buffalo, NY

    Albright Knox - We Wanted A Revolution: Sunday Insights Speaker  -    Buffalo, NY

Albright Knox - We Wanted A Revolution: Radical Women In The Arts, Panelist  -    Buffalo, NY

The Sarah G. Metzger Human Rights Award  -   Buffalo, NY

Afro-American Historical Association Of The Niagara Frontier:  -    Buffalo, NY

William Wells Brown Award  -    Buffalo, NY

Featured Centerfold Artist for The Public  -    Buffalo, NY    

Featured Artist in The Freedom Wall Documentary  -    Buffalo, NY

2017     First Annual Open Buffalo Sponsored Emerging Artist  -    Buffalo, NY

Elected to the Board of Directors at Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center   -    Buffalo, NY

Local Small Business Owner Of Buffalo Brush   -    Buffalo, NY

BAS Jumpstart Program Workshop Instructor   -    Buffalo, NY

Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center Drawing Rally Artist   -    Buffalo, NY

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2016    

Afropunk Media - Three Time Monthly Featured Artist/ Article Contributor   -   New York, NY    

Buffalo State College GSA Fine Art Grant Recipient    -   Buffalo, NY

Featured Cover Artist for The Public    -   Buffalo, NY

Buffalo City Summer  School for the Arts Instructor   -   Buffalo, NY

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2015  

 Elab Creative Conversation Panel Discussion on Race, Art and Accessibility  -   Buffalo, NY

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2014    

BUATA & BATC (Buffalo Arts Teachers Collaborative) Workshop Leader  -    Buffalo, NY

 

2013  

James Lombardo, Sr. Award for Excellence in the Visual Arts   -  Buffalo, NY

BATC (Buffalo Arts Teachers Collaborative) Workshop Leader/ Reference Artist   -    Buffalo, NY

 

2012    

Irene Hulicker Special Research Grant 

“Econo-me: Visual Exploration on the Impact of Economic Crisis on Persona”  -  Buffalo, NY

 

2011    

Buffalo State Undergraduate Research Grant 

“Faces on the Tree: Utilizing Portraiture as a means of documenting lineage”  -  Buffalo, NY

 

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS/ SPECIAL PROJECTS

 

2024    

Exhibition  Before and After, Again Exhibition at The Buffalo AKG Art Museum

 

2023    

Exhibition  A Light Under The Bushel Exhibition at Burchfield Penney Art Center         -    Buffalo, NY

Artist in project partnership with the United States Postal Service            -    Nationwide

Hertel Alley Muralist                        -     Buffalo, NY

 

2023    Official Artist For The Shirley Chisholm Memorial Sculpture                -    Buffalo, NY

    Artist in project partnership with the United States Postal Service            -    Nationwide

 

2022    In These Truths - Albright Knox Northland                    -    Buffalo, NY

    Commissioned artist for design work for the estate of The Artist Formerly Known As Prince          -     Minneapolis,  MN

Artist in project partnership with the United States Postal Service            -    Nationwide                

 

2022    Solo Show Microcosm - Exhibition at Buffalo Art Movement    -    Buffalo, NY

 

2021    Solo Show Because We Should - Exhibition at Buffalo Arts Studio   -    Buffalo, NY

Solo Show HER  - Exhibition at Buffalo Box Gallery    -    Buffalo, NY

Cecily Brown Visiting Artist mural assistant (Project mentioned in Forbes)     -    Buffalo, NY

 

2020    Albright Knox Works From Home Muralist   -   Buffalo, NY

    Gigi’s Down Syndrome Achievement Center Muralist    -    Buffalo, NY

    The Forge on Broadway, Muralist                    -    Buffalo, NY

    Buffalo Powerhouse, Lee Street Mural                    -    Buffalo, NY

    Buffalo Collegiate Charter/ The Trimain Center Muralist   -    Buffalo, NY

2019    Mamie Smith Legacy Mural in Cincinnati Ohio    -    Buffalo, NY

    Artworks Cincinnati - Visiting Artist/ Lecturer   -    Buffalo, NY

2018    Solo Mural Artist for The East Delavan Library Project, Title: Our Stories   -    Buffalo NY

Cover Artist for No Boundaries Magazine   -    Buffalo NY 

ArtWorks Cincinnati Mural Project:

Mamie Smith Commemorative  Mural ArtWorks Summer Mural Program   -     Cincinnati, OH

The Gerald Mead Collection Exhibition  -    Roz Steiner Art Gallery, Batavia

The Corridors Gallery Resource Art Exhibition  -    Corridors Gallery at Hotel Henry

Albright Knox Installation Assisting Artist for the following projects:

    Flowers For Buffalo by Louise Jones

    We Are Here by White Bicycle Design Studio    

    Tanglewood by Shane Dark

Commissioned Artist for the Albright Knox Radical Women’s Panel, Commemorative Mary Talbert Portrait

        -    Buffalo NY 

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2017        

“The Freedom Wall” - In partnership with                 -    Buffalo, NY 

The AKG and NFTA Metro

Solo Exhibition - Tinted: A Visual Statement on Color             -    Buffalo, NY

Identity, and Representation

CollectX25: An Art Affair and Auction for All                -    Buffalo, NY

 

2016      

NASAD Exhibition (Juried)                    -    Czurles-Nelson Gallery 

 

2014        

Familiar - Solo Exhibit                    -    Tonawanda, NY

        Select Fall Showcase                    -    Studio Velazquez 

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