Curriculum Vitae ....a.k.a... "What I've been up to"
Education
2012 George Washington University, Studio Arts, MFA
2001 Syracuse University, Painting, BFA
2000 Participant in Division of International Study Abroad Program, Florence, Italy
Fellowships
2010 – 2012 Morris Louis Fellowship from The George Washington University
Select Exhibitions
2018 Faculty, group exhibition, Rush Arts Gallery, New York, NY
2017 Black Man in a Black World, group exhibition, Galerie Myrtis, Baltimore,MD
Spiral, Recoil, group exhibition, The Delaware Contemporary,Wilmington, DE
Summer ’17, group exhibition, C. Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore, MD
The Prophet’s Library, solo exhibition, Tinney Contemporary, Nashville,TN
‘Merica, group exhibition, School 33 Arts Center, Baltimore, MD
2016 Lest We Forget, group exhibition, Galerie Myrtis, Baltimore, MD
It Takes A Nation: Art for Social Justice, group exhibition, American University, Washington, DC
SILOS, group exhibition, American University, Washington, DC
To Be Black in White America, group exhibition, Galerie Myrtis, Baltimore, MD
2015 Topography, group exhibition, Tinney Contemporary, Nashville, TN
Power, Protest, & Resistance: The Art of Revolution, group exhibition, Skylight Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
How We Lost DC, group exhibition, Honfleur Gallery, Washington, DC
My Big Black America, group exhibition, Corridor Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2014 Prizm Art Fair, group exhibition, Miami FL
ManMade, group exhibition, Gallery Plan B, Washington, DC
Emergence 2014: International Artists to Watch, group exhibition, Galerie Myrtis, Baltimore, MD
General Public, group exhibition, Gallery Plan B, Washington, DC
2013 Living and Working, group exhibition, Civilian Art Projects, Washington, DC
Human Ecology, group exhibition, The Gallery @ Community College Baltimore County, Catonsville, MD
Crowns, group exhibition, The Fridge, Washington, DC
Sondheim Artscape Prize Semi-Finalist Exhibition, group exhibition, Meyerhoff Gallery (MICA), Baltimore, MD
Targets & Goals, solo exhibition, Civilian Art Projects, Washington, DC
Homage to Harriet, group exhibition, Reginald F. Lewis Museum, Baltimore, MD
No Strings Attached, group exhibition, 39th Street Gallery, Brentwood, MD
2012 Fresh Perspectives, group exhibition, Hillyer Art Space, Washington, DC
Academy, group exhibition, Conner Contemporary, Washington, DC
Constructs: Thesis Exhibition, solo exhibition, George Washington University, Washington, DC
2011 Biennial Maryland Regional Juried Art Exhibit, group exhibition, University of Maryland University College, College Park, MD
Sacred Reflections, group exhibition, David C. Driskell Center, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
2010 Solo Exhibition, Blueberry Art Gallery, Alexandria, Virginia
2009 SU in DC, group exhibition, International Visions Gallery, Washington, DC
Mixed Messages, group exhibition, International Visions Gallery, Washington, DC
May Day / Global Politics, group exhibition, Art Whino Gallery, Ft. Washington, MD
Just Responding to the Spirit, group exhibition, Gallery Guichard, Chicago, IL
Stars and Stripes: Pride and Hope Reinterpreted, group exhibition, The Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery, Washington, DC
2008 Stars and Stripes: Pride or Despair, group exhibition, Galerie Myrtis, Baltimore, MD
The Funk Aesthetic: Chocolate Coated Freaky & Habit Forming, group exhibition, H&F Fine Arts Gallery, Mount Rainier, MD
Solo Exhibition, Blueberry Art Gallery, Alexandria, VA
Location Baltimore: Giving Birth to Dreams, group exhibition, Baltimore, MD
2007 Civil Rights - Civil Wrongs, group exhibition, Just Lookin’ Gallery, Hagerstown, MD
Art of the Emerging, group exhibition, Galerie Myrtis, Washington, DC
East of the River, group exhibition, Honfleur Gallery, Washington DC
2006 A City View, solo exhibition, Jennings Gallery, Washington DC
2005 MX80 Exhibition & Auction – a fine art contemplation of the life and legacy of Malcolm X, The Brecht Forum Gallery, Chelsea, NY
2004 Ancient Traditions Contemporary Forms, Group Exhibit, The Embassy of the Republic of Ghana, Washington, DC
Coming Home, Solo Exhibit, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library, Washington, DC
Publications
2017 The Baltimore Sun, July 3, 2017, “A hot summer exhibit at C. Grimaldis Gallery” - Tim Smith
The Baltimore Sun, Sept. 1, 2017, “Galerie Myrtis exhibit focuses on 'Black Man in a Black World’ - Tim Smith
Nashville Arts Magazine, June 2017, pages 42-46
2016 BmoreArt.com Oct. 13, “Lest We Forget”
BmoreArt.com Sept. 16, “Black Power in Art: Black Panthers to Black
Lives Matter”
Washington Post Sept. 9, “In the Galleries”
Washington Post Sept. 8, “Looking for art free of politics? Don’t look here.”
BmoreArt.com June 28, “Field Trip: Baltimore Gallery Visits”
BmoreArt.com June 27, “Seeing Through the Lens of Black America"
The American Alliance of Museums
2015 Nashville Arts Magazine, October 2015, pages 67-69
Washington City Paper Sept. 11
2012 Fine Arts and Art History 2012 Summer Newsletter, pages 2, 5, & 6
2011 The GW Hachet, video interview http://vimeo.com/32429377
Luxe Immo Magazine, no.14, Aug. 2011, pages 30-33
1st Place George Washington University’s Annual Award Show
2009 Chicago Reader, vol. 38 no. 19, Jan. 29 page 58
Washington Post Express, Jan. 08 page E20
2008 Washington Informer, vol44 no.13, Jan. 31-Feb. 6 page30
Visiting Artist Lectures
2011 Guest Lecturer at the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington DC for their Under the Influence event.
2008 Guest Lecturer at Just Lookin’ Art Gallery, Hagerstown MD
Lead Artist with Raising Expectations for their youth summer mural program
2004 Guest Speaker at Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Breakfast - hosted by Alpha Phi Alpha Inc., Silver Spring, Maryland
2003 Keynote Speaker at Community Academy’s Achievement Program