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EDUCATION
2012
B. F. A., Studio Painting; Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ
SELECTED INSTITUTIONAL PROGRAMS
2026 Teaching Artist & Cultural Research Fellow – “For the People: Exploring Living Traditions for Engaged Learning” Smithsonian Center for Folklife & Cultural Heritage, Washington, DC
2024 Guest Professor – St. Elizabeth University, Morristown, NJ
2024 Workshop Facilitator – “Spark Night” Zimmerli Museum, New Brunswick, NJ
EXHIBITIONS
2025 “Sugar Hill to Sugar Hill” Newark Symphony Hall - Newark, NJ “Good Company” Kew Gardens, Queens, NY “Men, Masculinity, & Love” Camden Fireworks Gallery - Camden, NJ
2023 “Evanescence” Ducret School of the Arts - Plainfield, NJ
2020 “Glimpse” Gallery Aferro, Newark, NJ
2019 “Affordable Art Sale” Gallery Aferro, Newark, NJ 49th Annual BRAG Gala, New York, NY “Zones” Brooklyn Brush Gallery, Brooklyn, NY “Dulce” Equal Space Gallery, Newark, NJ Warburton Gallery Group Exhibition, Yonkers, WATT Hotel, Rahway, NJ
2018 “With Your Permission” Soho, New York, NY, “Between Us” Perth Amboy Art Gallery, Perth Amboy, NJ “Red 6” Perth Amboy Art Gallery, Perth Amboy, NJ “Miracle Art Show” East Rutherford, NJ
PUBLIC ART
2025 NYC Housing Authority Community Day Asphalt Mural – Brooklyn, NYC
2023 Middlesex County Arts Institute Community Mural – New Brunswick, NJ
2022 First Responders Day Community Mural – New Brunswick, NJ Juneteenth Community Asphalt Mural – New Brunswick, NJ Bombas Giving Partner Mural - Bronx, NY Bloomberg Philanthropies Asphalt Art Mural - New Brunswick, NJ Tequila House Commercial Mural - New Brunswick, NJ
2021 Rutgers University “We R Back” campaign Mural - New Brunswick, NJ NBC’s George to the Rescue Boys & Girls Club Mural - Newark, NJ Juneteenth Community Asphalt Mural – New Brunswick, NJ Bombas Giving Partner Mural - Brooklyn, NY
2020 Black Lives Matter Community Mural – City of New Brunswick, New Brunswick, NJ Seedburger Commercial Mural - New Brunswick, NJ
2019 AARP’s Intergenerational Living Mural - Perth Amboy, NJ Art Basel – Miami, FL Mural – Zagreb, Croatia Escadaria Selaron Mural - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
DISTINCTIONS
• 2025 NJ Congressional Arts Competition, The Office of Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman – Panel Judge, New Brunswick Department of Human & Community Services - Workshop Facilitator
• 2024 Arts Institute Middlesex County – Culture & Community - Keynote Speaker, Calabar Gallery / CoLab Arts - Artist in Residence, The Great Craft Gathering, Peters Valley - Artist Residency
• 2023 Bronx Brewery “Y- Series” Collaboration,TD Bank Hispanic Heritage Month Panelist, Tap Into NJ - New Brunswick’s “Artist to watch in 2023”
• 2021 Bloomberg Philanthropies Asphalt Art Mural - Lead Artist, 2021 NBC’s “George to the Rescue” Feature segment, New Jersey Individual Artist Recovery Grant
• 2020 Juneteenth Community Mural - ABC 7 Feature, Juneteenth Community Mural - NBC 4 Feature, Juneteenth Community Mural - News 12 NJ Feature, Newark Artist Accelerator Grant (Courtesy of the Andy Warhol Foundation)
• 2018 NY Times Best Seller “Crushing It!” by Gary Vaynerchuk - Feature