THE WORK IN PROGRESS.
“THE HEART OF WAR.”
A series of mixed media artworks excavating the buried memory of the Harlem Hell fighters. Guided by the autobiographical memoirs and war reportage artworks of Corporal Horace Pippin.
PALO GALLERY, NEW YORK 2023
“CHRYSALIS.”
AN EXHIBITION OF MULTIMEDIA WORKS ON PAPER EXPLORING CONCEPTS OF COSMOLOGICAL ORIGIN, CAUSE AND EFFECT, HUMAN RESPONSE TO CHAOS. MARLBOROUGH GALLERY, LONDON 2022.
“THE BLKBOX.”
A SERIES OF MURALS EVOKING A COLLECTIVE MEMORY SPACE THAT STORES SUPPRESSED VISIONS FROM THE PAST. BLKBRD COLLECTIVE, SHANGRI LA, GLASTONBURY. 2022.
“UNDER THE INFLUENCE - SHADOW AND LIGHT.”
EXPERIMENTAL VISUAL ARTS PROGRAMME AT UAL CAMBERWELL AND THE ROYAL DRAWING SCHO0L. 2022.
“THE ROADS OF EMPIRE”.
LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY EXHIBITION, BLKBRD COLLECTIVE AND DANA OLARESCU. 2O21.
“TEMPERED CARBON”.
SIR DENIS MAHON AWARD EXHIBITION, AT THE ROYAL DRAWING SCHOOL.
2021.
“CHAMPION SOUND”.
CREATION SPIRITS DANCE ON THE SOUNDWAVES OF TIME, PROPELLED BY THE VIBRATIONS OF BRIXTON'S RELENTLESS MUSICAL ENERGY.
INDOOR MURAL, PIANOHOSE, BRIXTON. 2021.
2021.
“LIQUID CARBON”.
A DIGITISED COLLAGE PRINTED ON MIRRORED ALUMINIUM. COMMISSIONED BY THE NATIONAL MARITIME MUSEUM. THE COMPOSITE ARTWORK BUILDS UPON MOTIFS OF BLOOD, CULTURE AND MEMORY TO RE-HISTORIFY INCIDENTS OF RESISTANCE IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN’S MIDDLE PASSAGE. LIQUID CARBON CONTEMPLATES HOW THE RIPPLES OF HISTORY RETURN TO MEET US IN THE FUTURE.
2021.
“GREENWICH PARKS TAKEOVER”.
AN ARTS LEAD TAKEOVER OF ROYAL MUSEUM GREENWICH’S OUTDOOR SPACE IN COLLABORATION WITH ACTION FOR REFUGEES LEWISHAM, GREENWICH INCLUSION GROUP AND BARNET REFUGEE SERVICE TO CREATE 24 UNIQUE BANNER ARTWORKS COMMISSIONED BY ROYAL MUSEUM GREENWICH.
2020.
“GHOST MERIDIAN”.
BLKBRD COLLECTIVE RESIDENCY AND PUBLIC INSTALLATION AT THE NATIONAL MARITIME MUSEUM.
2020.
“FALL OF THE SPECTRE”.
MURAL COMMISSION AT THE ROYAL DRAWING SCHOOL HOMAGING EAST LONDON COMMUNITIES IN THEIR RESILIENCE TO SOCIAL ADVERSITY REVEALED BY COVID-19.
2020.
“THE STAY STRONG ROUTE”.
A SERIES OF MURALS ACROSS A DEPRESSED AND BOARDED-UP LONDON DESIGNED TO TRANSMIT MESSAGES OF RESILIENCE FOR MARGINALISED WORKERS..
2020.
“DANCING DIASPORA”.
A COLLABORATIVE INSTALLATION SERIES CREATED WITH INVICTA AND MULGRAVE PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN SOUTH LONDON. STUDENTS CO-DESIGNED MASCOTS TO REPRESENT THEIR SCHOOLS WHICH WERE REMIXED BY BLKKBRD COLLECTIVE AND INSTALLED ON SCHOOL SITES.
2020.
“RELAY”.
PANDEMIC ERA STUDIO RESIDENCY, INVESTIGATING INDIVIDUAL AND COLLABORATIVE PROCESSES IN RESPONSE TO ONGOING SOCIAL DISRUPTION. RESIDENCY AND EXHIBITION AT HARTSLANE GALLERY.
2020.
“BLOOM!”.
A VITRINE WALL COMMISSION BY NEW COVENT GARDEN MARKET, HAILING THE COMMUNITY AND ECONOMY OF FRESH PRODUCE IN SOUTH LONDON.
2020.
“VISUALISING VIOLENCE”.
CREATIVE ARTS WORKSHOPS FOR STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY GROUPS DEALING WITH VIOLENCE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES AT THE TUTORIAL FOUNDATION.
2020.
“DRAWING YEAR ANNUAL EXHIBITION”.
END OF YEAR GROUP SHOW FOR THE DRAWING YEAR, AT THE DRAWING SCHOOL AND CHRISTIES’ .
2019.
“TUSCAN OIL”.
DRAWING YEAR OIL PAINTING RESIDENCY AND EXHIBITION IN BORGO PIGNANO, TUSCANY.
2019.
‘TIME CAPSULE’.
MURAL BACKDROP FOR DECOLONISE THE ARCHIVE'S PERFORMANCE OF ‘WINDRUSH TIME CAPSULE’ PLAY. RESIDENCY AND EXHIBITION AT LEWISHAM ARTHOUSE.
2019.
‘LEAVING THE WOMB’.
SOLO EXHIBITION AT SOMETHING GALLERY, HONOR OAK, SOUTH EAST LONDON.
2018.
“A GREAT BRITISH SCANDAL”.
PUBLIC MURAL IN LEWISHAM BY DEANIO X AND NATHAN BOWEN. ARTWORK REFERENCES THE UK GOVERNMENT’S BETRAYAL OF FORMERLY COLONISED/COMMONWEALTH COMMUNITIES, WHO DESPITE SUSTAINED CONTRIBUTIONS TO BRITISH CULTURE AND ECONOMY, FACE UNDUE DISCRIMINATORY ACTIONS FROM THE HOME OFFICE, INCLUDING ILLEGAL DEPORTATION. ACQUIRED BY THE NATIONAL MARITIME MUSEUM.
2018.