awards & residencies
Arts and Humanities Fellowship Program Grant, DC Commission on Arts & Humanities, 2021 & 2023
Wherewithal Research Grant, Washington Project for the Arts, 2020
EMERGENYC Hemispheric Institute of Performance and Politics, New York University, 2019
Institut Français Artist Lauréate, 2018
École Nationale Supérieure d'Arts de Paris Cergy Fellowship, 2017
Lari Pittman Grant, 2015
Palos Verdes Art Center Director’s Special Recognition Award, 2014
The Hearst Foundation Grant, 2014
Otis College of Art & Design Named Grant, 2014
Susan G. Komen Foundation & Beats for Boobs Featured Artist, 2012
Int’l Photography Awards, Honorable Mention, 2010
RAWartist Artist of the Year Nominee, 2009
solo exhibitions
collective finds of inanimacy, Art of Noize, Washington, DC, 2019
who cares about black girls where white shadows fall?, Bolsky Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, 2016
Faces: An intimate portrait of Black folks in America, Altadena Public Library Gallery, Altadena, CA, 2010
group exhibitions
Labor of Fire, DC Arts Center, Washington, DC, 2024
Dynamism, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont, 2023-2024
Ritual & Habitual, The Floating Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, 2023
Dakar Biennale, Marché international de l’Art africain, Dakar, Senegal, 2022
Hairtage, Cypress College Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, 2021-2022
MFA Biennial, City of Brea Gallery, Brea, CA, 2015
Blk Grrrl Book Fair, Cielo Studios, Los Angeles, CA, 2015
photoLA, L.A. Mart, Los Angeles, CA, 2015
Now Trending, Palos Verdes Art Center, Palos Verdes, CA, 2014
Variations of a Whole, Otis College of Art & Design, Los Angeles, CA, 2014
Interstice, Otis College of Art & Design, Los Angeles, CA, 2014
photoLA, L.A. Mart, Los Angeles, CA, 2014
Davis Feminist Film Festival, Consortium for Research of Women, Davis, CA, 2013
LA Rebellion: Revisited, Mayme Clayton Museum, Culver City, CA, 2013
Beats for Boobs: a breast cancer fund, The Avalon, Hollywood, CA, 2012
Honoring Women’s Rights, National Steinbeck Center, Salinas, CA, 2012
Davis Feminist Film Festival, Consortium for Research of Women, Davis, CA, 2012
Revolutionary Visions, Jean Deleage Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, 2012
Bunker Hill, Bunker Hill Magazine, Los Angeles, CA, 2011
Mujeres de Maiz, Los Angeles, CA, 2009-2011
The Craft, RAWartists, Los Angeles, CA, 2010
public collections
BAILA Getty Boxes at The Getty, Getty Museum Photography Department, Los Angeles, CA
artist talks & speaking engagements
Artist Thrive Summit, 2023
Cypress College, Cypress, CA, 2021 & 2022
Weave, Aspen Institute, Washington, DC, 2021
Art of Noize, Washington, DC 2019
Capitol Hill Days, Population Connection Action Fund, Washington, DC, 2019
Girls, Inc., Washington, DC, 2019
Feminist Magazine, KPFK 90.7, Los Angeles, CA, 2018 & 2022
Ecole Supérieur de Journalisme, Paris, France, 2017
performances
Signage, WhimWham Theatre, Washington, DC, 2020
Amendment: Knell of a Nation, Evolution Revolution LLC, Washington, DC, 2020
Compliment Sandwich, Evolution Revolution LLC, New York, NY, 2019
G.E.T., Bocar Freeman Films, Paris, France, 2018
FLUX CONTROL, Evolution Revolution LLC, Paris, France, 2018
The Milky Way, Precious Metals Creative, USA, 2008-2017
Cheek by Jowl, Renee Petropoulos at Hauser Wirth & Schimmel, Los Angeles, CA, 2016
Ritual Portals at the Mezzanine, Project Space 2920, Los Angeles, CA, 2016
In Dreams: The Living Museum – Margaret Washington’s Accidental Acceptance of Action
Brea Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, 2016
Pretty Little Girl, LA Louver Gallery, Venice, CA, 2015
Jamaica T. Jones, Nzinga Kadalie Kemp/LifeBoheme Productions, Los Angeles, CA, 2014
Stop Cheating On Me, VV Productions, Los Angeles, CA, 2012
Women Are From Venus, The Cirelle Group, Los Angeles, CA, 2011
Collaboratory VIII: Order To Go, Japanese American Museum, Los Angeles, CA, 2010
One Night Only, Playhouse Theaters, Los Angeles, CA, 2009
Collaboratory VIII: Order To Go, Baldwin Hills Overlook, Los Angeles, CA, 2009
press & television appearances
Doin’ it For The People, DFTP Podcast, London, England, 2021
Mujeres de Maiz, MdM Online, Los Angeles, CA, 2021
LA Weekly - Hairtage, Culture Pick, LA Weekly Newspaper, Los Angeles, CA, 2021
Justice By Any Means, Black Coalition Fighting Back Serial Murders, TV One, Silver Spring, MD, 2016
BAILA Zine – The Code Issue, BAILA, Los Angeles, CA, 2016
Pretty.Period, Yaba Blay, Blackprint Media, Philadelphia, PA, 2014-2015
Black History Cultural Guide, L.A. Dept. of Cultural Affairs, Los Angeles, CA, 2010-16
CNN – Black in America, Soledad O’Brien, CNN New York, 2013
(1)ne Drop, Yaba Blay, Blackprint Media, Philadelphia, PA, 2013 & 2021
Black Cotton, Black Cotton Publishing, Los Angeles, CA, 2013
teaching
School of Art, George Mason University, Adjunct Professor, 2021-present
fluidity, Art-centered Educational Program, 2017-present
Sankofa City Summer School, University of Chicago, 2017
Film and Video Teacher Assistant, Otis College of Art & Design, 2014-2015
affiliations
W.A.G.E. Working Artist and the Greater Economy
Black Coalition Fighting Back Serial Murders
Weavers, Aspen Institute
KAOS Network
host
RFC, Re-flect Re-calibrate Podcast on the Genealogy of Artivism
education
Master of Fine Arts, Otis College of Art & Design, Los Angeles
Bachelor of Science, St. John’s University, New York
Business and Spanish Diploma, Universidad de Alicante, Spain
Life, Ongoing, Everywhere