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Education:

2022  MSc in Marine Estuary Environmental Science, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD                        

  completed 19 of 30 credits

2020 BS in Environmental Chemistry, minor in Biology, Towson University, Towson, MD

Solo Exhibitions: 

2024                ÀṢẸ, Mezzanine Gallery, Bromo Seltzer Arts Tower, Baltimore, MD (October) *      

  SELECT A COWRIE, Studio 402, Bromo Seltzer Arts Tower, Baltimore, MD                                          

2022            BUSH BOY!, Chesapeake Arts Center, Brooklyn Park, MD

Selected Group Exhibitions:

2024 Illuminating the Unseen, Accelerator Space, Baltimore, MD *

  Heritage & Harmony: Black Artists Shaping Futures, SGK Virtual Gallery Space

  Baltimore Art Auction to Benefit Love & Cornbread, Accelerator Space, Baltimore, MD  

  Sou(l): Mostra de Arte Afro-Diaspórica, Artspace Vigidal, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

  Unveiling Equity, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 

  Just Among Us, Waller Gallery, Baltimore, MD

  Creative Freedom: Celebrating Black History Month, Chesapeake Arts Center, Brooklyn Park, MD

  AFROFUTURISM: 100 years after the Harlem Renaissance, Papermill Playhouse, Millburn, NJ

  MOLASSES, THE ROUSE COMPANY FOUNDATION GALLERY at Howard Community College, Columbia, MD

  TRUCE | The war in the world | The war within, Motor House, Baltimore, MD

2023 Holiday on Holliday: Baltimore’s Mosaic of Holiday Hope & Harmony, Baltimore City Hall, Baltimore, MD

  The Awakening, Max Gallery, Baltimore, MD

            BLAQ SHEEP, Superchief Gallery LA, Los Angeles, CA    

            We Create By Being, Gallery 410, Baltimore, MD    

2022            Embodying Empowerment, OCA MOCHA, Baltimore, MD                                                       

            Learning to Love As I Do, Motor House, Baltimore, MD     

Press and Publications:

2024 VILLAGER’s Art Ignites an Expansive Vision of African Identity, NUNAR, by Jamilah Scott

  Afrofuturism exhibit at Paper Mill Playhouse is also concerned with the past, NjArts.net by Tris McCALL

2023            Nat Bono, “Perception of self”, Actuality, by Nat Bono                                                                       

2022            Featured in 7: the magazine by Ethan Velez                                                                                                       

Talks and Panel Discussions:

2024 Facilitator, CONVERSATIONS IN CANVAS featuring BlissArmyKnife, Mezzanine Gallery, Bromo Seltzer Arts Tower, Baltimore, MD

  Facilitator, CONVERSATIONS IN CANVAS featuring Adewale Alli, Baltimore, MD

2023            Holiday on Holliday Exhibition Artist Talk, Baltimore City Hall, Baltimore, MD

2022            BUSH BOY!, in conversation with Ainsley Burrows, Chesapeake Arts Center, Brooklyn Park, MD

Community Engagement:

2024 Facilitator for CONVERSATIONS IN CANVAS, THE VILLAGE! STUDIO, Baltimore, MD

2023 Co-founder, THE VILLAGE! STUDIO, Baltimore, MD

2022            Volunteer, Nomu Nomu, Baltimore, MD                                               

            Mural Painter- Contract Position, Project Backboard, Patterson Park Basketball Courts                                                        Community Art, Paint, and Talk Facilitator, Filbert Street Garden, Brooklyn Park, MD

Workshops:

2023 Lead Facilitator: Cyanotype Workshop by Black Artist Research Space, Nomu Nomu, Baltimore, MD

* denotes upcoming status