Education
2020 California State University, Northridge, Northridge, CA
M.F.A. with Distinction, Drawing
2007 Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, MD
M.A., Community Arts
2004 Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
B.F.A, Painting
Exhibitions
Solo & Two-Person Exhibitions:
2025 NEGUS WEIGHTING ON A MIRACLE, McDonough Museum of Art, Youngstown State Univ., Youngstown, OH
2025 THE ARTIST IS IN WINTER ARTIST RESIDENCY, Firelands Association for the Visual Arts (FAVA), Oberlin, OH
2024 WORTH A NEGUS WAIT IN GOLD, Akron Soul Train, Akron, OH
2016 THE MANY FACES OF MESSIAH JONES, Rialto Center for the Arts, Georgia State Univ., Atlanta, GA
2014 THE LOST YEARS OF MESSIAH JONES, Ages 13 to 33, Auburn Avenue Research Library, Atlanta, GA
2012 REFLECTION & IDENTITY, Community Folk Art Center, Syracuse, NY
Group Exhibitions:
2025 Outlined in Black, Akron Soul Train, Akron, OH
2025 Medium Rare, Richard D. Baron Gallery, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH
2025 Bare my Soul, Norwest Gallery, Detroit, MI
2025 The Nature of Healing, Cleveland Botanical Garden, Cleveland, OH
2024 Outlined in Black, Akron Soul Train, Akron, OH
2024 Roll Call, Richard D. Baron Gallery, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH
2024 Heavy Melanin, Norwest Gallery, Detroit, MI
2024 Bare my Soul, Deep Roots Experience, Cleveland, OH
2024 The Body, The Host: HIV/AIDS and Christianity, Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH
2023 Assembly, Richard D. Baron Gallery, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH
2023 Outlined in Black, Bierce Library Galleries, The University of Akron, Akron, OH
2022 Labor & Learning, Richard D. Baron Gallery, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH
2021 In On and Around, California State University Northridge Art Galleries, Los Angeles, CA
2020 Black Heritage and the Brotherhood of Man, Steffen Thomas Museum of Art, Buckhead, GA
2019 Made in California, City of Brea Gallery, Brea, CA
2019 Greater Los Angeles MFA, Cal State Long Beach, Long Beach, CA
2018 Prizm Art Fair, Alfred I. DuPont Building, Miami, FL
2018 Art Without Borders, Cal State Florence, Florence, Italy
2018 CAA MFA Exhibition, Cal State LA Fine Arts Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2018 4th MFA Biennial, City of Brea Gallery, Brea, CA
2017 (Re)Composition: A Call and Response between Artists and Writers, CSUN West Gallery, Northridge, CA
2016 ART CRUSH: Burnaway Annual Fundraiser and Auction, Mason Fine Art, Atlanta, GA
2015 FOR THE LOVE OF DANCE: National Black Arts Festival Annual Gala, Atlanta, GA
2015 GATHERED: Georgia Artists Selecting Georgia Artists, Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, Atlanta, GA
2015 ENOUGH IS ENOUGH, Part 2, City of Ink Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2014 THE ART OF RE-MEMORY: Alumni Artists 1965 – 2014, Community Folk Art Center, Syracuse, NY
2014 REMEMBERING TRAYVON: A Community Collective Exhibition, Hammonds House Museum, Atlanta, GA
2012 RUINS & REBIRTH, Burnaway Annual Fundraiser, The Granite Room, Atlanta, GA
2009 THE POWER OF WOMEN, The Bench, Atlanta, GA
2007 COMMUNITY RESPONSES, At Freedom’s Door: Challenging Slavery in MD, Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture, Baltimore, MD
2006 TWENTY-THREE RESOLUTIONS, Fox 3 Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2004 AIDS AWARENESS FUNDRAISER, Embassy of Ethiopia, Washington, DC
2004 5 ARTISTS, 5 WAYS, Community Folk Art Center, Syracuse, NY
Conferences/Presentations
2025 Bare my Soul: Art as Non-Violent Resistance, Another World is Possible Summit, Coretta Scott King Center at Antioch College, Yellow Springs, OH
2018 Re/Defining Black Masculinity: The Question Bridge Project, KU History of Art Graduate Symposium, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS