SELECTED ARTWORK
Art has always been part of how I understand the world.
My studio practice explores identity, race, colorism, beauty, hair, and the experiences of Black women. While education is now at the center of my professional practice, making art remains an important part of how I research, question, reflect, and teach.
IDENTITY + REPRESENTATION
Exploring visibility, self-perception, identity, and the ways we see ourselves and one another.
A curated selection of work examining identity, representation, and the experiences that shape how we understand ourselves and how others perceive us.
Our Color Theory #2
Oil and acrylic paint on canvas, 18 × 24 in.
2017
Young, Gifted and Black
Charcoal pencil, graphite pencil, chalk, gold metallic marker, acrylic paint, and collage paper peices, on Arches paper, 22 × 30 in.
2021
Our Color Theory #1
Oil and acrylic on wood panels, 16 × 20 in.
2017
The Challenge
Oil and acrylic paint on wood panels, 27 × 40 in.
2022
HAIR + BLACK WOMANHOOD
Exploring hair, beauty, culture, identity, and the experiences of Black women.
Hair has long been present in my work as more than a visual element. It can carry stories about culture, beauty, identity, expectations, resistance, and belonging.
These selected works reflect my continued interest in the ways Black women see themselves, define themselves, and navigate the ways they are seen by others.
In the Beginning
Charcoal pencil, graphite pencil, chalk, gold metallic marker, and gold acrylic paint on Arches paper, 22 × 30 in.
2019
Untamed Gaze #1
Acrylic paint on oval canvas, 14 × 11 in.
2022
Change to Fit In
Charcoal pencil, graphite pencil, and chalk on Arches paper, 22 × 30 in.
2017
Eye of the Beholder #4
Charcoal pencil, graphite pencil, chalk, gold metallic marker, gold acrylic paint, collage paper, magazine clippings, and craft paper flowers, butterflies, and leaves on butcher paper, 18 × 24 in.
2020
COLOR + PERCEPTION
Investigating colorism, skin tone, beauty, and the ways color can shape perception.
Color has become both a visual language and a subject of inquiry throughout my studio practice. These works examine the complicated relationships between skin tone, identity, representation, beauty, and belonging.
This exploration eventually became the foundation for my ongoing research and signature body of work, The Colorism Project.
You Labeled Me #1
Acrylic paint and letter stamping on wood panels, 11 × 14 in.
2017
Black in Two Worlds
Charcoal and graphite pencil on paper, 23 × 35 in.
2016
Read Me
Acrylic paint on wood panel, 12 × 12 in.
2016
The Passing and Failing of Being a Brown Woman
Mixed media: brown paper bags, charcoal and colored chalk pastel drawings, vintage beauty and newspaper advertisements, and Twitter comments on wood panels.
2016
ART + RESEARCH
My studio practice continues to inform how I approach education, curriculum, research, and conversations about identity and belonging.
Explore my ongoing research-based work examining colorism and representation.