Résumé

EDUCATION

BFA, 1999
University of Cincinnati, College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning, Cincinnati, OH
*Concentration in Painting and Drawing

Exchange Fellowship, 1998
Glasgow School of Art, Scotland
* Concentration in painting

AWARDS

Top  Distinction Award
* Five Star Community award for Service to Community Beautification 2016

Magic Johnson Bridgescape Academy, Cincinnati, OH
* Award for artistic Excellence and Encouraging Arts Awareness 2015

Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, OH
* Yeck Artist in Residence 2015

Fresh Art Exhibition, Behringer-Crawford Museum, Covington, KY
* 2nd place, 2015

Chicago Museum of Science and Industry Juried Competition, Chicago, IL
* Outstanding Recognition in Painting 2014

* Ohio Department of Education Outstanding Instructor 2014

Chicago Museum of Science and Industry Juried Competition, Chicago, IL
* Outstanding Recognition in Painting 2013

Art Comes Alive 2012, Art Design Consultants, Cincinnati, OH
* Emerging Artist of the Year 2012

Chicago Museum of Science and Industry Juried Competition, Chicago, IL
* 2nd place, 2012

Black Art in America Juried Exhibition, The Harlem fine Art Show, New York, NY
* Top 3 out of 100 applicants, 2012

Reaching for the Stars, Leaders of the Future Award, Cincinnati, OH
* Congressional Award for Entrepreneurship

Fresh Art Exhibition, Behringer-Crawford Museum, Covington, KY
* 3rd place, 2009

City of Cincinnati Individual Artist Grant, 2009

14th Annual African American Art Exhibition, Actors Theater of Louisville, KY
* Artistic Excellence Award, 2008

Dayton Cultural Festival Art Show, Montgomery Fairgrounds, Dayton, OH
* 1st place, 2002

Arts Consortium Annual Artists Invitational, Arts Consortium, Cincinnati, OH
* 3rd place 2002

Glasgow School of Art Exchange Fellowship, Scotland, 1998

SOLO EXHIBITION

2022

*Emgerence at Framed Gallery, Cleveland, OH

2021

*Living’ Abstractions at Black Art in America Gallery, Columbus GA

2021

*Mindful Joy, at Baker Hunt Arts and Cultural Center

2020

*Vivid Voice, at Caza Sikes Gallery, Cincinnati, OH

2020
*Sky, Earth, Magic at James Ratliff Gallery, Sedona AZ

2019
*Recent Paintings and Drawings, Miami University Middletown, Middletown, OH

2019
*A Collection of Paintings” OTOT Studio Gallery, Cincinnati, OH

2019
*Resonance, Dana L. Wiley Gallery, Dayton, OH

2018
* Chromatic Curves, Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park and Museum, Hamilton, OH

2017
* Clavilux, Cincinnati Art Underground, Cincinnati, OH

2017
* Color and Rhythm, Taft Museum of Art, Cincinnati, OH

2016
*Chorus and Refrain, Pop Art Revolution, Cincinnati, OH

2015
* Talking Blues, Clifton Cultural Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH

2014
* Architectonic Lyricism, Northern Kentucky University Covington, KY

2013
* Polyphonic Playground, Five Myles Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2012
* Siegfried’s Sonata, PAC Gallery, Cincinnati, OH

2010
* Ascending Horizons, Aronoff Center for the Arts, Cincinnati, OH
* Urban Rapture, Carnegie Visual and Performing Arts Center, Covington, KY

2009
* Soul within Structure, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH

SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2022

*The teacher Lounge at The Kennedy Heights Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH

*Tuned into Now, at Art Beyond Boundaries, Cincinnati, OH

*Black Life as Subject Matter at The Riffle Gallery, Columbus, OH

2021

*Black Life as Subject Matter, at The Springfield art Museum, Yellow Springs, OH

*Unconscious Bias, at The A.R.T. Gallery, Cincinnati, OH

*Black Fine arts Fair, Columbus, OH

*DAAP Made 2 at Indian Hill gallery, Cincinnati OH

* Holding the Line at The Evandale Cultural Arts Center, Cincinnati. OH

*One Nation Under Art at Caza Sikes gallery, Cincinnati, OH

* Undermining Silence: The Language of Change at The Kennedy Heights Arts Center,Cincinnati, OH

* Clifton Cultural Arts Center exhibition At Clifton Cultural arts Center Cincinnati, OH

*Harlem Renaissance Exhibition at Kennedy Heights Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH

2019

*Fine Art Bazaar Wash Park Art, Cincinnati, OH
*The Best Of For A Better World Exhibition, Xavier University Gallery Cincinnati, OH
*Banz Studio Anniversary Exhibition, Cincinnati, OH
*Do You See What I See, at Gallery Guichard, Chicago, Il
*Elevation 21CMuseum Hotel Cincinnati, OH
*Rise and Shine at Wash Park Art Cincinnati, OH
*See The Music, at Off Ludlow Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
*Step In, at Indian Hill Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
*What’s Your Story at Greg Storer Gallery, Loveland, OH
*Mind Gardens at Casa Sikes, Cincinnati, OH
*Sublime: Romantic Landscapes. Cincinnati Art galleries, Cincinnati OH
*Cultural Compositions, Caza Sikes, Cincinnati, OH

2018

The Soul of art Folk,
*Channeling Picasso, Caza Sikes, Cincinnati, OH
*Virtuosity, Wash Park Art Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
*Moving Forward, Clifton Cultural arts Center, Cincinnati OH
*Lindner Gallery at the Kennedy Heights Arts Center
*Black Creativity at the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago. IL
*Return to Eden at Cincinnati Art Galleries, Cincinnati OH
*Interlude at the Ledge Gallery, Cincinnati OH

2017
* Art 360, Springfield Museum of Art, Springfield, OH
* On the Clock, Visionaries and Voices gallery, Cincinnati, OH
* Masters of Loyalty, Thunder-Sky Gallery Cincinnati OH
* Cocktails and Contemporaries, Greenwich House Galleries, Cincinnati,OH
* RE-Opening,Thinking,Making, Wash Park Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
* Banz Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
* Wooden Hill Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
* 124 West Pike Gallery, Covington, KY
* Contemporary paintings from across Ohio, Columbus Cultural Arts Center, Columbus, OH
* Art 360,The Parkersburg Art Center, Parkesburg, WV
* Art 360, Massillon Museum of Art, Massillon, OH
* For a Better world 2014,Kennedy Heights Art Center Linder Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
* Resolutions:1. More Art, Wash Park Gallery, Cincinnati, OH

2016
* 17th Annual Williamsburg Art and Historical Center Salon, Williamsburg
Arts and Historical Center Brooklyn, NY
*  Art 360, Massillon Museum of Art, Massillon, OH
* Art 360,Southern Ohio Museum & Cultural Center, Portsmouth, OH
*  The Beautiful Ones , Thunder Sky Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
* Art 360,Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus,OH
* Whispers of Heaven and Earth: the Divine and the Devilish, Greenwich Gallery
Cincinnati, OH

2015
* Arcilesi | Homberg Fine Art, Manhattan, NY
* 16th Annual WAH Salon, Williamsburg Arts and Historical Center Brooklyn, NY
* Eye Teaser at the Dayton Art Institute, Dayton OH
* Flats Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
* Marta Hewett Gallery works on paper, Cincinnati OH
* Spherical perspectives at the Eva G. Farris gallery at Thomas More College, Crestview Hills, KY
* For a Better World Exhibition, Upstairs at the Greenwich Gallery Cincinnati, OH

2014
* Arcilesi | Homberg Fine Art, Brooklyn, NY
* 15th Annual WAH Salon, Williamsburg Arts and Historical Center Brooklyn, NY
* I Kan Do That, Skylight Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
* Black Creativity, Chicago Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, IL
* Common Surprise, at Gallery Salveo, Cincinnati, OH
* Trifecta, at Covington Arts, Covington, KY
* Inspiration, at The Kennedy Heights arts Center Cincinnati, OH

2013
* Black Creativity, Chicago Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, IL
* This is Contemporary Art, Martta Hewett Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
* Fresh Art, at Behringer-Crawford Museum, Covington, KY
* Ambidextrous, at Art Beyond boundaries Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
* Artist as Activist Exhibition, at University of Northern Kentucky, Highland Heights, KY

2012
* Images 2012 at Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
* National Arts League Juried Exhibition at the National Arts League Douglaston, NY
* Williamsburg Arts and Historical Juried Exhibition at the WAH Center Brooklyn, NY
* Phoenix Gallery group exhibition at the Phoenix Gallery, Chicago, IL
* Harlem Fine Arts Show at The River Side Church, New York, NY
* Made In American at Evolve the Gallery, Sacramento, CA
* Black Creativity at the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, IL

2011
* Encore, Memorial Hall, Cincinnati, OH
* Masterworks, ArtWorks Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
* Transformation: Interpretation of Space and Place, Solway Building, Cincinnati, OH
* Artist as Activist, Artisan Enterprise Center, Covington, KY
* Exhibit of Recent Works, Thomas J. Funke Fired Arts Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
* 2 + 2 = 5 Collaborations, Thunder-Sky Inc., Cincinnati, OH
* 25th Anniversary Exhibition, Nicole Gallery, Chicago, IL
* Angles of the Swarm, Gallery Swarm, Chicago, OH

2010
* Exposed, ArtWorks Gallery, Cincinnati OH
* Dada Rafiki, Cincinnati Museum Center, Cincinnati, OH
* 246 Raw Walls, JBar Studios, Cincinnati, OH
* Group Exhibition, C4 Yourself Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
* Black and White Exhibition, Visionaries and Voices, Cincinnati, OH

2009
* Hyper Gallery Hop, Encore Gallery, Covington, KY
* Fresh Art, Behringer-Crawford Museum, Covington, KY
* American Spirit, Cincinnati Art Galleries, Cincinnati, OH
* Scapes: By Land or Sea, Red Tree Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
* Cleansing Spirit: Benefit for Kwame Clay, New American Art Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
* Maison Rouge Gallery Showcase of Artists, Maison Rouge Gallery, Chicago, IL
* Prelude 2009: The Human Spirit Revealed, Kennedy Heights Art Center, Cincinnati, OH

2008
* Maison Rouge Gallery Holiday Exhibition, Maison Rouge Gallery, Chicago, IL
* Two of a Mind, Art Beyond Boundaries Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
* Engine 22 Holiday Exhibition, Engine 22 Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
* River Scape, Pendleton Heritage Community Center, Cincinnati, OH
* Fresh Art, Behringer-Crawford Museum, Covington, KY
* An Exhibition for Tom Shaw, Art Beyond Boundaries Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
* A Mad Tea {Towel} Party!, Nicholas Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
* Shine the Light on Brighton, Synthetica Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
* No Nonsense but Greensense, Nicholas Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
* OK, Engine 22 Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
* Brothers From Cincinnati, William Thomas Gallery, Columbus, OH
* 14th Annual African American Art Exhibition, Actors Theatre of Louisville, KY

2007
* Urban Obsession, Nicholas Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
* Artistic Transformations, Outside the Box, Kings Art Complex, Columbus, OH

2006
* Twenty Men and a Table, Taft Museum of Art, Cincinnati, OH

2005
* Album of the Year, Upstairs at the Greenwich Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
* Visual Conversations, Jim Amann Gallery, Covington, KY

2004
* Holiday Extravaganza, Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH
* Rock Out, group exhibition sponsored by Red Bull Energy Drink, Cincinnati, OH
* Exhibition of Recent Works, Design Smith Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
* Duets, The Greater Cincinnati Foundation, Cincinnati, OH

2003
* Tha Blast Invitational, SS Nova, Cincinnati, OH
* Group Exhibition, The Greater Cincinnati Foundation, Cincinnati, OH
* Gallery Salvo, The Health Foundation, Cincinnati, OH

2002
* Dayton Black Cultural Festival Art Show, Montgomery Fairgrounds, Dayton, OH
* The Arts Consortium Annual Artists Invitational, The Arts Consortium, Cincinnati, OH

2001
* Mystic Rhythms & Patterns, Modern Design Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
* An Exhibition of Local and Regional Artists, The Union Institute, Cincinnati, OH

2000
* Raw Art New Year Exhibition, Raw Art, Cincinnati, OH

SELECT PRIVATE & CORPORATE COLLECTIONS

Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Critical Care Building,Cincinnati,OH
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center T Building, Cincinnati,OH
Cincinnati Museum Center, Cincinnati OH
Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber, Cincinnati,OH
City Hall Mayors Office, Cincinnati,OH
City Hall Vice Mayors Office, Cincinnati,OH
First Valley Office Complex, Cincinnati, OH
Great American Insurance, Cincinnati, OH

Harmon Museum Lebanon Ohio
Kennedy Heights Arts Center Cincinnati, OH
Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease Law Firm, Cincinnati, OH