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Education:

2021-2022  MS in Marine Estuary Environmental Science, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD                        

  completed 19 of 30 credits

2020 BS in Environmental Chemistry, minor in Biology, Towson University, Towson, MD

Solo Exhibitions: 

2024                ÀṢẸ: Embodying the Divine, Mezzanine Gallery, Bromo Seltzer Arts Tower, Baltimore, MD   

  SELECT A COWRIE, Studio 402, Bromo Seltzer Arts Tower, Baltimore, MD                                          

2022            BUSH BOY!, Chesapeake Arts Center, Brooklyn Park, MD

Selected Group Exhibitions:

2024 HARD TO NAIL- a three-person exhibition with q3dar, BlissArmyKnife, and VILLAGER, Atrium Artspace, Baltimore, MD

  B24 (Best of Baltimore 2024) Artscape, Riggs Gallery & Leidy Gallery at Fred Lazarus Building (MICA), Baltimore, MD

  Sou(l): Mostra de Arte Afro-Diaspórica, Artspace Vigidal, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

  AFROFUTURISM: 100 years after the Harlem Renaissance, Papermill Playhouse, Millburn, NJ

  Heritage & Harmony: Black Artists Shaping Futures, SGK Virtual Gallery Space, Baltimore, MD

  Illuminating the Unseen, Alchemy of Art, Baltimore, MD

  Category is Red, Motor House, Baltimore, MD

  Baltimore Art Auction to Benefit Love & Cornbread, Accelerator Space, Baltimore, MD  

  Unveiling Equity, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 

  Just Among Us, Waller Gallery, Baltimore, MD

  Creative Freedom: Celebrating Black History Month, Chesapeake Arts Center, Brooklyn Park, MD

  MOLASSES, THE ROUSE COMPANY FOUNDATION GALLERY at Howard Community College, Columbia, MD

  TRUCE | The war in the world | The war within, Motor House, Baltimore, MD

2023 Holiday on Holliday: Baltimore’s Mosaic of Holiday Hope & Harmony, Baltimore City Hall, Baltimore, MD

  The Awakening, Max Gallery, Baltimore, MD

            BLAQ SHEEP, Superchief Gallery LA, Los Angeles, CA    

            We Create By Being, Gallery 410, Baltimore, MD    

2022            Embodying Empowerment, OCA MOCHA, Baltimore, MD                                                       

            Learning to Love As I Do, Motor House, Baltimore, MD     

Selected Performances:

2024 All the words I haven't said, Keyboard and Voice Accompaniment for FAITH McCorkle, Creative Alliance, Baltimore, MD

  THE POWER OF CHOICE, Baker Artists Award Portfolio, The Peale Museum, Baltimore, MD

  Pheonix in the Portal with Hope and Faith McCorkle, Bromo Seltzer Arts Tower, Baltimore, MD

  Bahia Meets Baltimore: A GENTE Fundraiser, Creative Alliance, Baltimore, MD

  Spiritual Ginger, Invisible Architectures | Social Contracts, Maryland Art Place

  THANKS THANKS THANKS, THE ROUSE COMPANY FOUNDATION GALLERY at Howard Community College, Columbia,

  MD          

Curatorial Projects:

2024 Guest Curator, HARD TO NAIL, Atrium Artspace, Baltimore, MD

  Curator, ÀṢẸ: Embodying the Divine, Mezzanine Gallery, Bromo Seltzer Arts Tower, Baltimore, MD

  Co-Curator, A SUM OF ME- solo exhibition by Kehinde Applewhite, Gallery 410, Baltimore, MD

Community Engagement + Facilitation:

2024 Stage Hand for dancing with my shadows: a journey to self-discovery by HOPE, Creative Alliance, Baltimore, MD  

  Guest Juror, MORGANNALE STUDENT WORK EXHIBITION, Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD

  Creative Consultant for ARCH 305: Design and Human Behavior, Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD

  Facilitator for CONVERSATIONS IN CANVAS, THE VILLAGE! STUDIO, Baltimore, MD

2023 Co-founder, THE VILLAGE! STUDIO, Baltimore, MD

  Exhibition Installation Asst, Heaven is in Baltimore- solo exhibition by Mark West Jr, Eubie Blake Center, Baltimore, MD

2022            Volunteer, Nomu Nomu, Baltimore, MD                                               

            Mural Painter- Contract Position, Project Backboard, Patterson Park Basketball Courts 

  Community Art, Paint, and Talk Facilitator, Filbert Street Garden, Brooklyn Park, MD    

Talks and Panel Discussions:

2024 HAVE FAITH- Artist Talk in conversation with HOPE McCorkle and FAITH McCorkle, Creative Alliance, Baltimore, MD

  Rituals of Remembrance and Reverence- Artist Talk Presentation at MICA, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, 

  MD

  OHUN ÀṢẸ, in conversation with Kirk Shannon-Butts, Bromo Seltzer Arts Tower, Baltimore, MD   

  Panelist, Kreative Keynotes, Vinyl and Pages, Baltimore, MD

  Facilitator, CONVERSATIONS IN CANVAS with Kehinde Applewhite, Gallery 410, Baltimore, MD

  Facilitator, CONVERSATIONS IN CANVAS with BlissArmyKnife, Mezzanine Gallery, Bromo Seltzer Tower,

  Baltimore, MD

  Facilitator, CONVERSATIONS IN CANVAS with Adewale Alli, Baltimore, MD

2023            Holiday on Holliday Exhibition Artist Talk, Baltimore City Hall, Baltimore, MD

2022            BUSH BOY!, in conversation with Ainsley Burrows, Chesapeake Arts Center, Brooklyn Park, MD

Workshops:

2024 Lead Facilitator: RHYTHMS AND RECONNECTION: sound-guided painting workshop, Moonlight Center of Art, Baltimore, 

MD

  Lead Facilitator: RHYTHMS AND RECONNECTION: sound-guided painting workshop, Bromo Tower, Baltimore, MD

  Guest Speaker and Facilitator: Investing in Your Context, Architecture, Urbanism, and Built Environments PhD 

  Dissertation Circle, Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD

2023 Lead Facilitator: Cyanotype Workshop by Black Artist Research Space, Nomu Nomu, Baltimore, MD

Press and Publications:

2024 The artist VILLAGER creates rituals of remembrance with ‘AfroAbstracture’ in BOPA exhibit, Baltimore Banner, by

Angela N. Carroll

BmoreArt News: Annie Howe, VILLAGER, Maryland State Archives, Bmore Art News and Opinion Column

  ÀṢẸ: Embodying the Divine” – solo exhibition by VILLAGER, BmoreArt Calendar

  Artscape, B 24 Exhibition - Best of Baltimore 2024, Baltimore Office of Promotion and Arts

  VILLAGER’s Art Ignites an Expansive Vision of African Identity, NUNAR, by Jamilah Scott

  Artists exchange between Baltimore and Brazil highlights Black culture, Baltimore Banner, by John-John Williams IV

  Afrofuturism exhibit at Paper Mill Playhouse is also concerned with the past, NjArts.net by Tris McCALL

2023            Perception of self, Actuality, by Nat Bono                                                                       

2022            Featured in 7: the magazine by Ethan Velez          

Auctions:

2024 Calabar Gallery NIGERIAN ART AUCTION in collaboration with TAAG Gallery, Nike Art Gallery, USA, Lagos Art Shows, NYC

Awards:

2025 Baltimore Mayor's Office Individual Artist Award

2024 Free Fall Baltimore Grant 

  Maryland State Arts Council Grants for Artists Award

            Black Arts District Community Sponsorship Grant

* denotes upcoming status