CONTACT

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RESIDENCIES | FELLOWSHIPS | ACCOLADES

2025 Vermont Studio Center Artist in Residence Marshall Frankel Fellowship

2024 KODA Artist in Residence Mental Health Residency on Governors Island NY

2024 MacDowell Fellow Artist in Residence   

2023-2024 Baltimore School for the Arts Artist in Residence   

2022-2024 Johns Hopkins University Winston Tabb Special Collections Research Center Fellow

2023 BmoreArt Magazine Artist Feature

2023 Baltimore Museum of Art Joshua Johnson Council Artist in Residence at MICA

2023 Hamiltonian Artist Fellowship Finalist

2022-2023 National Aquarium Artist in Residence

2022 MAP Fund Grantee

2022 Cosmic Sister Ancestor Award for pre-colonial Panamanian-American Black Latin ancestry research 

2022 Tribeca Film Festival artwork presented as an award for Artist Award Program presented by CHANEL

2022 Vogue Magazine Artist Feature

2022 The Phillips Collection performance collaboration with artist Sanford Biggers

2021-2022 Smithsonian commission in collaboration with Hirshhorn Museum presented “Revel Arte”

2021 Pratt>FORWARD Resident Artist inaugural artist mentorship program selected by artist Mickalene Thomas

2020-2021 McGovern College of the Arts & Project Row Houses Fellow in Houston Texas

2019 LTYC Community Arts Leadership Award Winner  

2019 SciArt Initiative Resident Artist

2019 Walters Art Museum Artist in Residence

2018 Robert W. Deutsch Foundation Ruby Artist Grantee 

2018 BmoreArt Magazine Artist featured on cover

2018 Kennedy Center Citizen Artist Fellow Finalist 

PERFORMANCES

2024 I Only Want Love That Feels Like Rest KODA House, Governors Island New York

2023 BE(LONGING) Johns Hopkins University The George Peabody Library, Baltimore Maryland

2023 Neutral Buoyancy National Aquarium, Baltimore Maryland

2022 Revel Arte Hirshhorn Museum, Washington DC

2022 Moon Medicin The Phillips Collection, Washington DC

2019 Bañera de Flora (Floral Bath) Walters Art Museum, Baltimore Maryland

2019 Bathed in Light (Bañada en Luz) Brilliant Baltimore Festival, Baltimore Maryland

2019 Bathed in Light (Bañada en Luz) Maryland Art Place Gallery, Baltimore Maryland

2019 Earth Mother The Smithsonian, Washington DC

2018 Earth Mother Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore MD

2018 Te Amo, Te Amo Tambien Y:ART Gallery, Baltimore Maryland

2017 Womb Rebirth MICA Place Gallery, Baltimore Maryland

2017 Convocation Ritual Eubie Blake Gallery, Baltimore Maryland

2017 BirthMother of a Nation Light City Festival, Baltimore Maryland

2016 Negrita Doctress Spacecamp Gallery, Baltimore Maryland

2016 Negrita Doctress Area 405, Baltimore Maryland

2015 Yo Vengo de Panama Creative Alliance, Baltimore Maryland

2014 Yo Vengo de Panama ARTSCAPE, Baltimore Maryland

EXHIBITIONS

2024 I Only Want Love That Feels Like Rest KODA House, Governors Island New York

2023 BE(LONGING) Johns Hopkins University The George Peabody Library, Baltimore Maryland

2023 Connected Diaspora Usdan Gallery, Bennington College, Bennington, Vermont

2020 Screening Room Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore Maryland

2019-2021 A Moment’s Pleasure Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore Maryland

2019 Reverb IA&A at Hillyer Gallery, Washington DC

2019 Bañera de Flora (Floral Bath) Walters Art Museum, Baltimore Maryland

2019 Intention/Resolution Cardinal Gallery, Baltimore Maryland

2018 Faculty Exhibition Baltimore School for the Arts, Baltimore Maryland

2016 Alumni & Tribute Exhibition Baltimore School for the Arts, Baltimore Maryland

2014 The Feminist Art Project Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore Maryland

2013 Postcard Project Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore Maryland

EDUCATION

2021 Spiritual Healing in Modern Healthcare | Synchronous Virtual | Sacred Plant Medicine Course

2017- 2018 Holistic Massage Training Institute | Baltimore Maryland | Therapeutic Touch, Healing Modality

2013-2016 Maryland Institute College of Art | Baltimore Maryland | Interdisciplinary Sculpture, Film/Video

1999 -2000 School of Visual Arts | New York, New York | Film/Animation

1996-1999 Baltimore School for the Arts | Baltimore Maryland | Visual Arts