LISTEN TO MY EPISODE ON STUDIO NOIZE

LISTEN TO MY EPISODE ON STUDIO NOIZE

NEWS + EVENTS

  • STUDIO NOIZE: BLACK ART PODCAST

    After a whirlwind first half or 2024, experiencing my first solo gallery show and a feature in the international printmaking magazine Pressing Matters, I am so excited to announce that I got to join my favorite art podcast, Studio Noize for an interview with Jamaal Barber. Click the link below to listen!!

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  • PRESSING MATTERS FEATURE

    I am so excited to announce that my work is featured in the 26th edition of Pressing Matters Magazine! Pressing Matters is an international publication made for printmakers and by printmakers. Special thanks to Nitashia Johnson for the photography and John Coe for this opportunity.

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  • INNERVISIONS

    MARCH 2ND-MARCH 30TH

    My debut show, “INNERVISIONS” will be on view at Pencil on Paper Gallery in partnership with Msanii HOUS until March 30th. My artist talk is on Saturday, March 23rd at 12pm.

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  • GLASSTIRE TOP 5

    MARCH 21ST-MARCH 30TH

    My solo show, “INNERVISIONS” was selected as a Top 5 Art Event of the Week by Glasstire, a statewide online art magazine. Honored to be recognized by such a notable outlet!

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  • THRILLIST ARTICLE FEATURE

    Want to learn more about the Black art scene in Dallas? Thrillist details Black-owned galleries in Dallas as well as my show “INNERVISIONS” which will be on view at Pencil on Paper Gallery!!

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  • PRESSING MATTERS INSERT CHALLENGE

    I was selected for the January Printing Matters Issue 25 print challenge using black+pink. I had so much fun working on my submission. Can you find which one is mine?

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PAST EVENTS

  • HOLDING SPACE

    SUMMER 2021

    500X is proud to announce “Holding Space”, an inaugural juried exhibition for all artists over the age of 18 living in Texas that identify as Black, Indigenous, and People of Color.

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  • ART UNINTERRUPTED

    WINTER 2022

    The annual Black History Month exhibition presented by Irving Black Arts Council features work by artists Nikki Delk, Vanessa Meshack, Kumiko Johnson, Alijah Thomas, and Lloyd Mays along with selections of traditional African art and jewelry from the Pan African Connection Bookstore.

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  • RESPITE II

    Spring 2022

    Pencil on Paper Gallery presents “RESPITE II”, an exhibition of artworks by 16 local artists curated by Nickolas Gaines. This is about the unearthing strength in our Blackness and the resilience and power in our DNA.

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  • self unfixed: picturing identity

    SPRING 2023

    The Bath House Cultural Center presents “self unfixed: picturing identity”, an exhibition of artworks by thirty-eight local and regional artists examining the varied and often fluid terrain of the self. Family and cultural traditions, geographic and social influences, race and sexuality are represented in a variety of media.

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