EXHIBITIONS
Exhibitions are where my work enters into conversation with people, place, history, and community. They create opportunities for paintings, language, performance, and shared experience to exist beyond the studio and take on new meaning in public. These selected exhibitions reflect both the evolution of my practice and my commitment to creating spaces for reflection, dialogue, connection, and a deeper recognition of our shared humanity.
ART IS MY WEAPON
2017 - 2026 + Minneapolis, Minnesota
Las Vegas: Vol. 57
2020
Art is My Weapon is a recurring Minneapolis exhibition initiative that uses art as a catalyst for dialogue, healing, and social change around gun violence. Emerging from a 2016 Twin Cities gun buyback, decommissioned firearms were placed in the hands of Minnesota artists and transformed into works confronting the human impact of violence while imagining safer, more peaceful communities. Through exhibitions, public conversations, and multiple artistic disciplines, the project turns instruments of harm into vehicles for reflection, advocacy, resilience, and hope.
Peter Williams: Homegoing – A Call and Response
2025 Minneapolis, Minnesota
Peter Williams: Homegoing - A Call and Response honored the life and legacy of artist and MCAD alumnus Peter Williams (1952–2021). Featuring Williams’ work alongside that of fellow Black artists, the exhibition functioned as both memorial and dialogue, drawing on the Black cultural tradition of homegoing to reflect on history, liberation, identity, and the lived realities of Black America.
MINNESOTA STATE FAIR FINE ARTS EXHIBITION
2025 St. Paul, Minnesota
Selected for the 2025 Minnesota State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, She Broke My Heart So I Decided to Paint received the Minnesota Museum of American Art Award. The work was subsequently acquired for the museum's permanent collection, marking an important intersection between public exhibition, recognition, and institutional collection.
BLAK GRIT™
2024 NKB Gallery 332
The Blak Grit exhibition brought together seven African-American male artists from Minneapolis to showcase not only their individual talents, but also to emphasize collaboration and unity among Black men in the arts. The exhibition served as a double entendre - highlighting both the resilient grit that Black Americans must possess to navigate life in America and the strength found in working together. Through this collective display, the show not only celebrated artistic expression but also sparked reflection on persistence, identity, and community in the face of adversity.
