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  • 2022 MFA Ceramics, Tyler School of Art & Architecture, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 

    1996 Bachelor of Fine Art (BFA), Summa Cum Laude, Textile Surface Design, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY 

    1994 Associate in Applied Science, AAS, Fashion Illustration, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY 

  • 2024 Nellie Mae Rowe Distinguished Fellowship

    2024 Helen Zucker Seeman Curatorial Fellowship Grant

    2022-23 Fulbright Jamaica, Visiting Artist, Edna Manley College of Visual and Performing Arts 

    2022 CAA Honorable Mention 

    2021 Zenobia Award, Watershed Ceramics 

    2020 NCECA Graduate Fellowship 

    2020 Future Faculty Fellowship, Temple University 

    2019 Designer of the Year, Interiors+Sources Magazine 

    2019 Design Changemaker-Apartment Therapy 

    2019 RADD (Real Estate, Art, Design & Development)Award, Brownstoner Magazine 

    2019 NCECA Multicultural Fellowship 

  • 2024 Hambidge Center for Creative Arts, Rabun Gap, GA

    2024 Oya Studio, Rabun Gap, GA

    2022 Haystack Mountain School of Craft, Deer Isle, ME

    2021 Watershed Ceramics, Newcastle, ME 

    2021 Judson Studios, Los Angeles, CA 

    2021 Anderson Ranch, SnowMass Village, CO 

    2019 Africa Crafts Travel, Ghana, West Africa hosted by NCECA Honorary member Winnie Owens Hart 

    2018 Greenwich House Pottery, New York, NY 

    2018 Sculpt Italy, Pietrasanta, Italy 

  • 2024 Kingston Biennial, National Gallery of Jamaica, Kinsgston, Jamaica

    2024 Smithsonian Design Triennial, Cooper Hewitt, New York, NY

    2024 Liberatory Living: Protective Interiors & Radical Black Joy, Museum of the African Diaspora, San Francisco

    2024 Structural Play, SugarHill Storytelling Museum, New York, NY

    2023 Design Miami, Miami, FL

    2023 Neo-Custondians: Woven Narratives of Heritage, Culture Memory and Belonging, Bemis Center, Omaha, NE

    2023 Note to Self, Christie’s London, London, England

    2022 What’s Left Behind, Clay Studio Philadelphia, PA

    2022 Saratoga Clay Center, Saratoga, NY

    2022 We Called Her Mom, Temple Contemporary, Philadelphia, PA

    2022 Clever Was A Snare, Philadelphia, PA

    2022 Universe Within, Mindy Solomon Gallery, Miami, FL 

    2021 Baltimore Clay Works, Baltimore, MD 

    2021 NCECA Multicultural Fellowship Exhibition, DAAP Galleries, Cincinnati, OH (Juried) 

    2021 Small Favors, Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA 

    2021 Temple Contemporary, Philadelphia, PA 

    2021 Crafted Identities, Cullis Wade Depot Art Gallery, Mississippi State, MS 

    2020 Design Miami, Miami, Florida 

    2020 Black Creativity -Museum of Science + Industry, Chicago, Illinois (Juried) 

    2020 Ceramics Now, Jane Hartsook Gallery, New York, New York 

    2020 Biennale, Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA 

    2019 Deeper Than Text, 1st Dibs, New York, NY 

    2019 Beyond the Mask, Plant Seven, High Point, North Carolina 

    2019 Texas Contemporary, George Brown Convention Center, Houston, Texas 

    2019 Crafting A Legacy, Neuehouse, New York, New York 

    2017 Handmade Week, Dongdoeman Design Plaza, Seoul, South Korea 

    2013-15 Boutique Design, Jacob Javits Center, New York, New York 

    2010-15 International Contemporary Furniture Fair, Jacob Javits Center, New York, New York  

  • 2024 Clay Roots: Ceramics from the African diaspora, Podcast Host

    2024 NCECA “Clay in the Caribbean”, Richmond, VA

    2023 Edna Manley School of Visual And Performing Arts, Guest Speaker, Kingston, Jamaica

    2022 Museum of Design Atlanta, “The Black Experience in Design”

    2021 American Craft Council “ The Future of the Creative Economy”

    2021 The African Center “Remembering Our Past in Our Present”

    2021 Rhode Island School of Design 

    2021 National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA)- Artist Lecture “ Grounded & Free”, Cincinnati, OH 

    2020 Greenwich House Pottery, Artist Lecture “Connecting with the Ancestors”, New York, New York 

    2019 Art Africa Miami, Panel Discussion “Beyond Representation: Trailblazing A Creative Path”, Miami, Florida 

    2019 Affordable Art Fair, Panel Discussion, “Defining Culture & Process”, New York, New York 

    2019 Neuehouse, Panel Discussion, “ Crafting a Legacy”, New York, New York 

    2019 New York School of Interior Design, Moderator, “More than a Pretty Space”, New York, New York 

    2019 Richmond Craft + Design, Featured Speaker “Craft the Forgotten Art”, Richmond, VA 

    2019 Kitchen & Bath Industry Show (KBIS), Panel Discussion, “ Women in Design”, Las Vegas, Nevada 

    2019 92nd ST Y, Panel Discussion, ” Entrepreneurial Spirit of Design”, New York, New York 

    2018 92nd ST Y, Panel Discussion, ”Women in Design”, New York, New York 

    2018 Society of Illustrators, Moderator, “How to turn your idea into a Product”, New York, New York 

    2018 International Contemporary Furniture Fair, Panel Discussion, “The Impact of the Internet on the Interior Design Profession”, New York, New York 

    2017 United Nations, Panel Discussion, “Leveling the Playing Field for Women” , New York, New York 

    2017 Caribbean Start Up Summit, Keynote Speaker, “ The Power of Social Media, Bridgetown, Barbados 

    2017 International Interior Design Association (IIDA), Panel Discussion, “ How to shatter the Glass Ceiling in the Design Industry”, New York, NY 

    2015 Texas A&M University, “Diversity & Inclusion”, New York, New York 

    2012 Goldman Sachs 10K SB/Tory Burch Foundation, Panel Discussion, “Women in Business”, New York, New York 

    2011 University of the West Indies, Artist Lecture, Keynote, St. Augustine, Trinidad & Tobago 

    2011 Design Caribbean, Artist Lecture, “The Business of Design”, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 

    2011 Wood Tobe Coburn Fashion School, Instructor, New York, New York 

    2010 TEDX Talk, “Trusting my Gut”, Stamford, Connecticut 

  • 2024 Crafted Kinship, Author, Artisan Books

    2022 Black Experience in Design

    2018 Hygge & West Home-Design for Cozy Living, Aimee Lagos, Christiana Coop 

    2016 In The Company of Women, Grace Bonney 

    2013 Remix, Jeanine & Bryan Hays 

    2010 Global Africa Project, Museum of Art & Design 

  • 2024 Ruggable

    2021 Lulu & Georgia, Licensed Wallpaper, Worldwide 

    2021 Samsung Frame TV Campaign 

    2017 Kravet Inc, Licensed carpet collections, Worldwide 

    2017 Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Campaign for Brooklyn Community Service, Brooklyn, New York 

    2017 Swell Bottle, Brooklyn Design Studio Tour, Spring Catalog, Worldwide 

    2015 Surya, Licensed rug collection, Worldwide

  • 2027 Windsor Chavis Nocho Community Complex, City of Greater Greensboro (forthcoming)

    2027 Brookdale Hospital, Brooklyn, NY, (forthcoming)tion