CV
Professional Experience/Residencies
2021
Guttenberg Arts, Artist in Residence/Space and Time Residency, Guttenberg, NJ
Print Center New York (Formerly IPCNY), Mapping Narratives Exhibition, Juror
2018 - Present
Fruishun Press Studio, Founder and Printmaker, Newark, NJ
2019
Guest Printmaker, Luther Print Shop/Powerhouse Arts, Brooklyn, NY
Project for Empty Space Risograph Summer Program, Newark NJ
2015
Newark Print Shop, Artist in Residence III, Newark, NJ
Professional Affiliations/Memberships
2023 - 2024
Florida Printmakers Society Member, Miami, FL
2022 - Present
Board Member and Secretary, Frontline Arts, Branchburg, NJ
2021 - Present
Speedball Artist Network Member
2019 - 2021
Black Women of Print Founding Member
Mentorship/Teaching Experience
2024
Peter’s Valley School of Craft Printmaking Instructor, Layton NJ
Newark Youth Screen Printing and Research Scholarship, Newark NJ
Parson’s School of Design / AIGA NY / Rememory Directory Workshop, NY
2022
Project for Empty Space, Teaching/Mentorship Class, Newark, NJ
2018
My Personal Culture/Narrative on Fabric (Textile Screen Printing), Frontline Arts, Branchburg, NJ
Textile Screen Printing Workshop, EFA Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, NY
2017
Artreach Mentorship Program, City Without Walls, Newark, NJ
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2024
Rooted in Spirit, Sarasota Art Center, Sarasota, FL
New Growth, The Center for Contemporary Art, Bedminster, NJ
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024
Visibility: Seeing and Being Seen, Curated by Delita Martin, Southern Graphics Council International (SGCI), Virtual
2023
Boston Printmakers North American Biennial, 808 Gallery, Boston University
Studio 18 Gallery, Florida Printmakers Society, Pembroke Pines, FL
Gallery 121, Belmont University, Nashville TN
The Contemporary Print, Austin TX
The Center of Contemporary Art, Bedminster, NJ
Feature Wall Exhibition, Open Studio Contemporary Printmaking Center,
Toronto, ON
The Power of Portraiture, Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
2022
Women’s Printmaking Invitational (WPI), Kent State University at Stark, North Canton, OH
2020
Black Histories, Black Futures, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
The Dream Deferred Exhibition, Samford University Art Gallery, Birmingham, AL
Jacksonville State University Art Gallery, Jackson, AL
Blanc Gallery, Chicago, IL
Gadsden Museum of Art, Gadsen, AL
Macalester College, Minneapolis, MN
University of Tennessee Knoxville University, Knoxville TN
Chicago State University, Chicago IL
Elmhurst University, Elmhurst, IL
Stephen Smith Art Gallery, Fairfield, AL
Women X Women: Selections from the Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African American Art,
Ronald K. DeLong Gallery, Penn State Univ. State College, PA
2019
Flash Collective: Women of Print, Noise Gallery, Bloomington, IN
Print Austin, Austin TX
Link & Pin Gallery, Austin, TX
Frontline Arts, Branchburg, NJ
Newark Print Shop, Artist in Residence III Group Exhibition
2018
East Orange is the New Black Group Exhibition, Manufacturers Village, East Orange, NJ
Publications
Pressing Matters, Issue 6
8 inches for Planned Parenthood
Womb of Violet: An Anthology
Getty Museum Spring 2022 Article
The Hand Magazine Issue 39
Pressing Matters, Issue 28
Public Collections
Du-Good in Unity Series, Woodhull Medical, NY
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Petrucci Family Foundation of African American Art, Asbury, NJ
Newark Public Library, Newark, NJ
Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, MA
Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, CA
Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI
Womb of Violet: An Anthology acquired: Newark Public Library, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University, Library of Congress, and Thomas J. Watson Library at The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Public Art
Community Mural, Miller Street Pathways to Housing Center, Newark NJ
Visiting Artist/Lectures/ Interviews
2024
Reimagining My Community - Speaker, Borough of Manhattan Community College
2021
MoMa Teens Spam Program Artist Talk
Reflections on Color Interview with Laura Berman
Black Women of Print Speaker Series, Manhattan Graphics Center, NY
Power of Print, Visible Figures: Black Womanhood in Printmaking, Black Women of Print Remote Symposium panelist, Kent State University School of Art, Kent, OH
On Creating Work in Your Own Voice, The Creative Independent
2019
Womb of Violet: An Anthology: Martha’s Vineyard Symposium
Viscosity: Women of Print Reception & Artist Talk, Frontline Arts, Branchburg, NJ
2015
Black Art with Angela Pilgrim, Philaprint
Grants and Awards
2024
Mid Atlantic Arts Finalist, NJ Arts Council
Newark Artist Accelerator Grant, Project for Empty Space/Andy Warhol Foundation Regranting Program
Creative Catalyst Grant, City of Newark, NJ
2023
Newark Arts Community Grant
Peters Valley School of Craft on behalf of The New Jersey Arts and Culture, Renewal Fund of the Princeton Area Community Foundation
Mixed Media // Crossed Purposes Scholarship, EFA Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop
Creative Catalyst Grant, Newark Arts, Newark, NJ
2022
Rauschenberg Grant, NY
Artist Fellowship, Newark Arts, NJ
2021
Creative Catalyst Grant, Newark Arts, Newark, NJ
Newark Artist Accelerator Grant, Project for Empty Space, Newark, NJ
2020
Allies in Arts Grant, Los Angeles, CA