Education
2022 - MFA, Photography, The Newschool, Parsons School of Design, New York, NY
2000 - MBA with Distinction, Marketing, Long Island University, Brooklyn, NY
1994 - BA, English, Talladega College, Talladega, AL
Additional Course Work
2024 - The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY - Art & Inquiry Teaching Strategies For Your Classroom
2024 - The University of California, Irvine - Project Management Principles and Practices Specialization
2024 - University of Colorado Boulder - Project Management Principles Specialization
2024 - Fundamentals of Project Planning and Management
2024 - International Center for Photography, New York, NY - Decolonizing Photography: Exploring the Impact of Eurocentrism on Archive
2023 - The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY - Film, Images, & Historical Interpretation in 20th Century: The Camera Never Lies
2023 - The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY - What is Contemporary Art
2023 - The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY - Modern Art & Ideas
2023 - Institute of Contemporary Art - Knight Foundation Art + Research Center, Miami, FL - Global Conceptual Art
2022 - Institute of Contemporary Art - Knight Foundation Art + Research Center, Miami, FL - Blackness and Borderscapes
Certificates
2024 - Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, Principles of Photo Composition and Digital Image Post-Production
2024 - Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, Photography Techniques, Light, Content, and Sharing
2024 - University of Virginia, Fundamentals of Project Planning and Management
2024 - The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY - Modern and Contemporary Art and Design Specialization
2024 - The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY - Reimagining Blackness and Architecture
2024 - Digital Marketing Institute - Online - Social Media and Digital Marketing Fundamentals
2024 - Instituto de Empresa University, School of Architecture and Design, Madrid, Spain - Making Architecture
2024 - The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia - Innovation Through Design: Think, Make, Break, Repeat
2024 - Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN - GPT Vision: Generative AI Automation Specialization
2024 - Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN - Prompt Engineering for Teachers
2024 - Universita Bocconi (Online), Milano, Italy - Management of Fashion and Luxury Companies
2024 - University of Penn, Wharton Online, Pennsylvania - Viral Marketing and How to Craft Contagious Content
2024 - The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY - Specialization in Modern and Contemporary Art and Design
2024 - Instituto de Empresa (IE - Online) University, Madrid, Spain - From Brand to Image: Creating High Impact Campaigns That Tell Brand Stories
2024 - Instituto de Empresa (IE - Online) University, Madrid, Spain - Integrated Marketing Communications: Advertising, PR, Digital Marketing
2024 - Copenhagen Business School, An Introduction to Consumer Neuroscience & Neuromarketing.
2024 - The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY - Seeing Through Photographs
2023 - Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York - Exhibition Design
2023 - NODE Center for Curatorial Studies, Berlin, Germany - Expanding Exhibitions: Innovative Approaches to Curating
2023 - NODE Center for Curatorial Studies, Berlin, Germany - Interactive Exhibition Design: New Technologies and Multi-sensory Experiences
2023 - NODE Center for Curatorial Studies, Berlin, Germany - A Guide to Making Art Publications
2022 - NODE Centre for Curatorial Studies, Berlin, Germany - Exhibition Design
2022 - New York University, Tisch School of the Arts, New York, NY - Pro Cinematography Fundamentals Certificate
2021 - Guggenheim Teachers, Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY - Getting Comfortable with Contemporary Art Photography
2019 - New York Institute of Art + Design - Graphic Design, New York, NY
2018 - New York Institute of Photography - Professional Photography, New York, NY
2018 - New York Institute of Photography - Portrait Photography, New York, NY
Teaching Experience
2023 - Teaching Support - Harlem Link Charter School, New York, NY
2019 - 2023 - Art and various subjects’ teacher, School Professionals, New York, NY
2021 -2020 - Teaching Assistant and Researcher, Parsons School of Design, New York, NY (Core Studio: Photo Context and Photo Practices)
2018-2000 - Program Facilitator/Mentor, I WILL GRADUATE Youth Development Program, Brooklyn, NY (Art Programming)
2004-2015 - Academic Advisor/Mentor, Art Institute of New York City, New York, NY (Academic Advising and Art Programming)
Awards/Grants
2021 - Photography Programmatic Scholarship Award, Parson School of Design, New York, NY
2021 - Graduate Student Research Award Fund Recipient, Parson School of Design, New York, NY
2020 - Facebook Inc., Small Business Grant – COUTUREBOY Project
2019-21 - Dean’s Merit Scholarship, Parson School of Design, New York, NY
Solo Exhibitions/Installations
2024—Harlem Link Chater School, After All, a Black History Month student photography installation in Harlem, NY.
2023 - Talladega College Gold Class of 1973 Tornados of Time - Image Installation, Talladega College, Talladega, AL.
2021 - Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. - The Alpha Beta Archives - 100 Years of Black American History, Talladega College, Talladega, AL.
Group Exhibitions
2021 - No Space Know Space 2021, MFA Exhibition, Parsons School of Design, Sheila C. Johnson Design Center, New York, NY
2021 - The Makeable Mind, Noorderlicht International Photography Festival 2021, Groningen, Netherlands
2021 - Photoville NYC Festival, New York, NY
2021 - Pingyao International Photography Festival, Pingyao, China
2019 - Pingyao International Photography Festival, Pingyao, China
2019 - INFLUX, MFA Photo Exhibition, Parson School of Design, New York, NY
Commissions
2020 - The Council of Fashion Designers of America, Inc. (CFDA) IMPACT Committee Portraits
2022 - Talladega College Class of 1973 Archives
Lectures/Presentations/Critiques/Workshops
2022 - “Is There a Refusal to See Black Male Beauty?” Artist Talk, Adodi Southern Region, April 9.
2021 - BFA Photography Seniors Final Critiques, Parsons, School of Design, New York, NY, March 9.
2020 - Lighting Workshop, MFA 2nd year students, Parsons, School of Design, New York, NY, June 19.
2019 - Parson School of Design MFA Photo in Pingyao, China, September 19-25.
2019 - BFA Undergraduate Senior Critique Day, Parsons, School of Design, New York, NY, December 12.
Memberships and Affiliations
Professional Photographers of America