Education
2021 MFA Painting Art Academy University, CA
1987 BFA Advertising Columbus College of Art and Design, OH
Awards
2023 MN State Fair, Fine Arts Purchase Award - MN Museum of American Art
2022 Pollock Krasner Foundation Creative Support Grant
2021 Foundation for Contemporary Arts, Inc. Creative Support Grant
2021 Minnesota State Arts Board, Creative Support Grant
2020 Andy Warhol Foundation, Creative Support Grant
2019 Elizabeth Murray Foundation, NY Artist Residency
2018 Global Artist Project, Senegal, Africa, Artist Residency
2018 NEA Fund/Soo Visual Artists Center, Collaborative Artists Grant
2018 Metropolitan Regional Arts Council (MRAC) Next Step Grant
2017 Jerome Foundation with Nemeth Arts Center General Support Grant
2009 Jerome Foundation Blacklock Artist Residency Grant
2006 Minnesota State Arts Board Community Cultural Partnership Grant
Solo Exhibitions
2025 Donation Fundraiser & Auction, Ojai Foundation Ojai, CA
2025 When Your In The Mirror, MN Museum of American Art St. Paul, MN
2024 Seeking for the Lost, Weisman art Museum, St. Paul, MN
2023 Black Bounds, Hennepin Theatre Trust, Minneapolis MN
2022 Migration Series: Then and Now, Duluth Art Institute, Duluth, MN
2021 Home and Far Away, Juxtaposition Arts, Minneapolis, MN
2020 Black Bounds, Ridgewater College, Willmar, MN
2018 Monster Anthology, Soo Visual Artists Center, Minneapolis, MN
2017 MonsterLands, Nemeth Art Center, Park Rapids, MN
2013 Self Titled, Capri Theater – 2013 Minneapolis, MN
2012 Self Titled, Northpoint Health and Wellness Center, Minneapolis, MN
2010 Self Titled, Emerge, Minneapolis, MN
2006 Self Titled, Art In The Mayor’s Office, Minneapolis, MN
2005 Self Titled, Tyler Street Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2004 Self Titled, Obsidian Arts, Minneapolis, MN
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023 Never Change, Night Club Gallery, St. Paul, MN
2022 Art Miami Week, The Fearless Artist, Miami, FL
2022 Letter To America, Traffic Zone, Minneapolis MN
2021 Arrowhead Biennial, Duluth Art Institute, Duluth, MN
2021 CFW, Gamut Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2021 Spring Show, Bockley Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2020 Opening Event, Galeria Do Beija Flor, Minneapolis, MN
2020 CFW, Gamut Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2019 Wintertide Biennial, Public Functionary/NEEMA, Minneapolis, MN
2019 SOM, Univ. of Pennsylvania, Abington, Abington, PA
2019 GAP, Galerie Sobo Bade, Dakar, Senegal, Africa
2018 Atelophobia 3”: The Phobia of Imperfection, Gamut Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2018 Poor Farm Artist Residency, What a Life, Manawa, WI
2018 Sweep Regional Art Show, Joesph Nease Gallery, Duluth, MN
2018 Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Empathy, Milwaukee, WI
2017 Essential Art, Visual Arts Minnesota, St. Cloud, MN
2016 Self/Identity, MCAD Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2015 Open Door, Rosalux Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2014 Formations, Sediments, Cover-ups and Remnants, Banfill Locke Ctr. For The Arts, Fridley, MN
2015 Respond!, Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, NY
2014 Untitled 11, SooVac Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
2009 ArtCenter/S.Florida, Freedom Fighters: An American Legend Re-imagined,
Miami, FL
2008 Soul On Ice, Soap Factory, Minneapolis, MN
2007 The Good, The Bad & The Ugly, Walker Point Center of the Arts, Milwaukee, WI
2007 Race and Identity, Hamline University, St. Paul, MN
2007 Race and Identity, Minneapolis Foundation, Minneapolis, MN
2005 Afrofuturism National Art Exhibition, Soap Factory, Minneapolis, MN
2004 Group Exhibition, The Lennox Gallery, London, England
Commissions
City of Woodbury, Hasenback Stormwater Park sculptures
Chase Bank,“Reaching For The Stars” sculpture
MN National Wildlife Nature Center, Nature Play Area
MN African American Heritage Museum, BLM Mural
City of Minneapolis, Elements Sculpture, Aqurbane Sculpture, Seed Project Mural
Curatorial Experience
Fresh Eye Gallery – “skin” Exhibit 2024 Minneapolis, MN
Hennepin County Library – "Our Souls Shine Bright” Exhibit 2023 Minneapolis, MN
Artistry/Bloomington Center for The Arts – “Unfurled” Exhibit 2021 Bloomington, MN
Minnesota Museum of American Art – “We The People” Exhibit 2017 St. Paul, MN
Collections
Minnesota Musuem of American Art, St, Paul, MN
Mary Ceruti, Executive Director, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
Ta-Coumba Aiken, St. Paul, MN
Jim Rustad, St. Paul, MN
Givens Collection – University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Boston Scientific, Maple Grove, MN
Bandjoun Station Cultural Center, Bandijoun, Cameroon
Coloplast Manufacturing, Minneapolis, MN
Public Art Commissions
City of Woodbury MN Hasenback Stormwater Park, Gears Sculpture
City of Minneapolis, MN Elements Sculpture, Aqurbane Sculpture, Seed Project Mural
University of MN Physicians Clinic Alive and Well Mural
MN National Wildlife Nature Center, Nature Play Area
City of Minneapolis, Elements Sculpture, Aqurbane Sculpture, Seed Project Mural
Publications:
New American Paintings: Midwest Edition - 2017
Gallery Affiliation:
Veronique Wantz Gallery, 2024
Professional Experience
Adjunct Lecturer, Drawing and Painting,- University of Minnesota, Mpls, MN 2022 - Current
Adjunct Professor, Continuing Education, - MCAD, Mpls, MN 2021 - Current
Instructor, Drawing, TREC Program, Lino Lakes Correctional Facility, Lino Lakes, MN 2024 - Current