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EDUCATION
2023 MAUMAUS INDEPENDENT STUDY PROGRAM Lisbon, Portugal
2018    BARD COLLEGE Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, B.A. in Art History

RESIDENCIES + WORKSHOPS
2022        SILVER SUN FOUNDATION | Woodstock, NY | Artist in Residence
2021        EUREKA RESIDENCY | Kingston, NY | Artist in Residence
2020        SIGHTSEEING FOR COMPOSITION: SCORING VISUALS + MOVING IMAGE | Brooklyn, NY | Workshop Facilitator

GROUP EXHIBITIONS, SCREENINGS, PERFORMANCES
2022        24 HOUR LIVESTREAM @ Automata LA | Group Screening | Los Angeles, CA | Participating Artist
2019        KNOCK OFF @ On Canal Gallery | Group Exhibition | New York, NY | Participating Artist
2019        PANGEA @ H0L0 | Group Performance | Brooklyn, NY | Participating Artist + Organizer
2019        SUMMER SAPLINS @ The Living Gallery | Group Exhibition | Brooklyn, NY | Participating Artist
2018        THE OUTER SPACE WITHIN US @ Allouche Gallery | Group Exhibition | New York, NY | Participating Artist
2018        HARMONIC DISCOURSE/RICHARD KENNEDY | Sound + Movement Performance | Annandale-on-Hudson, NY | Performer
2017        MAKING SPEECHES ELSEWHERE | Video Compilation | Participating Artist

CURATORIAL
2022 Cave Show, Widow Jane Mine, Rosendale, NY | Curator
2020        SEEING SOUND | Independent Curators International (ICI) Touring Exhibition | Exhibition Coordinator
2019-20 SOUNDINGS: AN EXHIBITION IN FIVE PARTS | ICI Touring Exhibition | Exhibition Coordinator
2019-20 NEVER SPOKEN AGAIN | ICI Touring Exhibition | Exhibition Coordinator
2019        ELLIPSIS | Film Program | Brooklyn, NY | Founder + Curator
2017-18 ALTERNATIVE SYNTAX | Film Program | Annandale-on-Hudson, NY | Founder + Curator
2019        NEW MEDIA INTIMACIES | ICI Public Programs | New York, NY | Curator
2018        JULIUS EASTMAN’S SYMPHONY No. II RESTORED | Music Performance | New York, NY | Coordinator
2018 TANGLED UP AND MORE: KALUP LINZY | Music Performance | Annandale-on-Hudson, NY | Curator
2017 HANNAH BLACK | Artist Talk | Annandale-on-Hudson, NY | Coordinator
2017 JAMES KIENITZ WILKINS | Artist Talk + Screening | Annandale-on-Hudson, NY | Coordinator
2017 COUPLES THERAPY: MY RELATIONSHIP TO BLACKNESS | Performance | Annandale-on-Hudson, NY | Coordinator

PUBLISHED WRITING
2020    CORRIENT.ES | “Black Beach/Horse/Camp/The Dead/Forces” by Beatriz Santiago Muñoz”
2020    VoCA BLOG | “Video/Art: The First Fifty Years: An Evening with Barbara London”
2019    BOMB MAGAZINE | “A Dream Deferred: Isaac Julien’s Looking for Langston”
2019    SCREENSLATE DAILY | “Ellipsis | Refractions”

FILM + SOUND PRODUCTION
2022 Powwow People dir. Sky Hopinka | ≤ Associate Producer |
2022 What is Perverse is Liquid dir. A.K. Burns | Assistant Camera
2022    PVC BATHWATER (comp. Bassel Al Rahim) | Video Producer + Editor
2022        POW WOW PEOPLE (dir. Sky Hopinka) | Associate Producer
2022    NIGHTMARE/DREAM (dir. Martine Syms) | Editor + Sound Designer
2021    THE NON HERO (dir. Martine Syms) | Editor + Sound Designer
2021        LOVESTOPS (dir. Jordan Strafer) | Assistant Director
2021        THE AFRICAN DESPERATE (dir. Martine Syms) | Art Department Coordinator
2020        MAŁNI - TOWARDS THE OCEAN, TOWARDS THE SHORE Vinyl Soundtrack | Mixing Engineer
2020    MAŁNI - TOWARDS THE OCEAN, TOWARDS THE SHORE (dir. Sky Hopinka) | Associate Producer
2019        THE INHERITANCE (dir. Ephraim Asili) | Production Assistant
2019 SALACIA + MARY OF ILL FAME (dir. by Tourmaline) | Art Department Coordinator
2018    TO MY MOTHER (dir. Mariana Sanchez Bueno) | Composer

AWARDS AND GRANTS
2021        E.M.P.A.C. RESEARCH + DEVELOPMENT GRANT | Troy, NY
2021        FCA COVID-19 BRIDGE FUND | New York, NY
2020        HEART HUDSON AWARD | Hudson, NY
2020        FREE TO CREATE GRANT | Catskill, NY
2017        JEAN FRENCH RESEARCH AWARD | Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
2017        COMMUNITY ACTION AWARD | Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
2015        COMMUNITY ACTION AWARD | Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
2015        FUND FOR VISUAL LEARNING | Annandale-on-Hudson, NY

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