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EDUCATION
Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
Master of Fine Art in Documentary and Experimental Arts
May 2020
South Carolina State University, Orangeburg, South Carolina
Bachelor of Arts, Digital Media
May 2018
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022 For Colored Girls, BLACK BRIGHT, Durham, NC
2022 A Fall From Grace, Hampton Friends of the Arts, Hampton, SC
2022 A Fall From Grace, Central Piedmont Community College, Charlotte, NC
2021 A Fall From Grace, Rubenstein Arts Center, Durham, NC
2021 Hood Disciples, Broadhead Center Gallery, Durham, NC
2019 Mary did you know?, Brown Gallery, Durham NC
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 Encounters, The N.C Zeitgeist Foundation, Transatlantic Exhibition of the South,
Schloss Plüschow, Plüschow, Germany
2023 Novilla, Int. Center for Arts, Creativity and Exchange, Berlin, Germany
2023 A Specific Sheen, Charlotte Art League, Charlotte, NC February 2023
2022 Faculty Show, Wake Forest University, Winston Salem, NC
2022 Homeland, The N.C Zeitgeist Foundation, Transatlantic Exhibition of the South, Charlotte NC
2022 Homeland, The N.C Zeitgeist Foundation, Transatlantic Exhibition of the South, Charleston, SC
2022 Alumni Exhibition, FAB Gallery, Orangeburg, SC
2022 Prototype, Popbox Art Gallery, Raleigh, NC
2022 Honey Coated, Melanin Bloom, VAE Self Portraiture, Raleigh, NC
2022 Portrait Mode, Hood Disciples, Popbox Art Gallery, Raleigh, NC
2021 Pass Me Not, Click! Photography Festival, Durham, NC
2021 Visualizing Care, Durham, NC
2020 Big Backyard, Supergraphic Warehouse, Durham NC
2020 Here & Now Work from the MFA|EDA Class of 2020, PowerPlant Gallery, Durham, NC
2019 Telling Realism, Power Plant Gallery, Durham, NC
2018 Fieldwork,Duke University Sculpture Studio, Durham, NC
2018 B.A Senior Thesis Exhibition, An Identity Enslaved: Past and Present, FAB Gallery, Orangeburg, SC
2017 Let Freedom Ring, Solar Eclipse, I.P Stanback Museum and Planetarium, Orangeburg, SC
JURIED EXHIBITIONS
2021 Ebony, Durham Arts Guild SunTrust Art Gallery, Durham, NC
2021 Hood Disciples, SouthEnd ARTS, Charlotte NC
2021 Essence & Diamond, MOJA Arts Festival 2021, City Gallery at Waterfront Park, Charleston, SC
2021 Church Mothers, ArtFields, Lake City, SC
2020 A Seat at the Table, 311 Gallery, Durham NC
2019 Eclipse, ArtFields, Lake City, SC
2018 The Innocent Pieta, ArtsField, Lake City, SC
2017 Iya Iseda, MOJA Arts Festival 2017, City Gallery at Waterfront Park, Charleston, SC
2017 Let Freedom Ring, Solar Eclipse, I.P Stanback Museum and Planetarium, Orangeburg, SC
CURATED EXIBITIONS
2022 Unveil, SouthEnd ARTS/West Charlotte High School, Charlotte NC
2022 No Boundaries, SouthEnd ARTS/ Central Community College, Charlotte NC
2022 Botched, SouthEnd ARTS/ Central Community College, Charlotte NC
2022 Outer Limits, SouthEnd ARTS/ Central Community College, Charlotte NC
2022 Defined Identity, Duke University, Durham NC
2022 Limitations, Duke University, Durham NC
2021 Student End of Semester Exhibition, Duke University, Durham NC
2020 Student End of Semester Exhibition, Duke University, Durham NC
PERFORMANCES
2023 Visual Support for Caritas’ Acapella’s Performance of the Last Seven Words of the Unarmed
AWARDS/RESIDENCIES
2021 Immersive Van Goh Residency
2020 Working Towards Racial Justice
2020 Abele Honors— Graduate Student of the Year, The Mary Lou Williams Center, Duke University
2018-2019 Studio Duke, Duke University
2014–2018 Honors College General Scholarship, South Carolina State University
2015–2018 Visual Arts Merit Scholarship, South Carolina State University
2015–2017 Awards Convocation, South Carolina State University
ARTIST TALKS & LECUTRES
2022 Artist Talk —Sacraments of Baptism, Wake Forest University, Winston Salem, NC
2022 Artist Talk —A Fall From Grace, Hampton Friends of the Arts, Hampton, SC
2022 Invited Talk—Contemporary Portraiture, Popbox Gallery and Durham Arts Guild Durham, NC
2022 Artist Talk —A Fall From Grace, Central Piedmont Community College, Charlotte, NC
2022 Artist Talk —A Fall From Grace, Liberal Studies Program, Duke University, Durham, NC
2023 Artist Talk —Family Ties, Liberal Studies Program, Duke University, Durham, NC
2023 Artist Talk —Family Tree, Liberal Studies Program, Duke University, Durham, NC
2021 Artist Talk — A Fall From Grace, Liberal Studies Program, Duke University, Durham, NC
2021 Guest Respondent— MFA|EDA Critique, Duke University,Durham, NC
2021 Lecture— National Women’s Museums: Summer Educators Institute: Exploring History Past, Present, and Future through Art
2021 Invited Talk—duARTS Arts Fest: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Panel Discussion,Durham, NC
2021 Guest Respondent—The I.P. Stanback Museum and Planetarium: On Being a Citizen Museum and Public Education, Orangrburg,SC
2021 Just Space Week—Black Art as Resistance: Downtown Durham’s Public Art Following the Murder of George Floyd in the Summer of 2020, hosted by Duke’s Division of Student Affairs
2020 Guest Respondent—Advanced Visual Practice Critique, Duke University, Durham NC
2020 Featured Article—The Hundred- Seven: Featured in 20 Top HBCU Art Programs
2020 Artist Talk—A Fall From Grace, Duke Arts
2020 Guest Respondent—MFA|EDA Critique, Duke University
2020 Artist Talk—Cultural Metamorphosis, DOCST 101
2019 Artist Talk— Cultural Metamorphosis Reimagined, Studio Duke
PUBLICATION HISTORY
2021 Featured Article—Queen City Nerve: “On the Gogh Local Artist Build off each other in Van Gogh residency program”, August 2021
2021 Featured Article—New Art Examiner: Telling Their Stories “Artfields”. June 2021
2021 Interview—Working@Duke; Working Towards Racial Justice. January 2021
2020 Interview—“Stunning work of Racial Justice Art Submitted for Duke University Contest”. December 2020
2020 Featured Article—“Desire for Change Drive Professor Zaire McPhearson’s Work in Racial Justice Art Contest”. November 2020
2020 Interview—"Desire for Change Drives Racial Justice Art Contest Winner”. November 2020
2020 Featured Article—"The Hundred- Seven: Featured in 20 Top HBCU Art Programs” October 2020
2020 Interview— A Fall From Grace MFA|EDA ’20 A Fall From Grace. April 2020
2020 Guest Respondent—MFA|EDA Critique, Duke University. September 2020
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated
Kappa Pi International Art Honor Society
Sigma Alpha Pi - National Society of Leadership and Success