Education & Residencies: 2003: Skowhegan School of Drawing and Painting, Skowhegan, MN 2002: Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT 2001: New York Academy of Art: New York, NY, Master’s of Fine Arts - Cum Laude 1999: School of the Art Institute of Chicago: Chicago, Illinois, Bachelor’s of Fine Arts
Solo Exhibitions: 2007: Celebrating Black History Month: Oregon Health & Science University – Portland, OR 2005: Flyiana 2005: Opsis Architecture – Portland, OR
Group Exhibitions: 2007: DO NO HARM vs Step Up: New American Art Union – Portland, OR 2005: Modern Masters – Small Works: Alla Prima Fine Art Gallery – St. Petersburg, FL 2005: BlackPride 2005, 4th Annual Black Pride Celebration: Hip Chicks Do Wine– Portland, OR 2005: 2nd Anniversary Show: Backspace Art Gallery – Portland, OR 2005: Moticos: p:ear gallery– Portland, OR 2004: Art For Life 2004: Cascade Aids Project Annual Auction & Exhibition, Montgomery Park– Portland, OR 2002: Black Romantic: Studio Museum in Harlem – New York, NY 2002: Seventy Fourth Grand National Exhibition: Salmagundi Club – New York, NY 2002: Take Home A Nude: Sotheby’s – New York, NY 2001: Realism III: Period Gallery – Omaha, NE 2001: Will’s Creek Survey 2001 Exhibition: Allegheny Art’s Council – Cumberland, MD 2001: Paint The Town Red: Rene Lezard – New York, NY 2000: Take Home A Nude: New York Academy of Art – New York, NY 2000: Bi-Annual MFA Art Exhibition: Hunter College – New York, NY 1997: Around The Coyote: Flat Iron District – Chicago, IL
Professional Experience: Visiting Artist Lecturer: Artist’s Voice in Conjunction with Black Romantic Exhibition Moderator: Leronn Brooks - June 4, 2002 , Studio Museum of Harlem New York, NY
Publications: December, 2005: New American Paintings, The Open Studios Press, Vol. No. 61. June, 2005: Amauba Tests New Waters Helen Silvis, The Portland Skanner. June, 2002: From the Mayor’s Doorstep Piri Halasz, Issue No. 41. Art Past. May 10, 2002: Do High Hopes Make for Low Art? Aiada Mashaka Croal, Africana.com, Daily Articles. Review of Black Romantic, Studio Museum of Harlem.
Awards: Institute for Civil Society Scholarship – Vermont Studio Center Partial Fellowship – Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture Merit Scholarship – New York Academy of Art
Collections Multnomah County Portable Works Collection - Oregon Private Collections in Oregon, Illinois, New York & London |