U / SURRENDER WHAT SUBDUES (2021)

Cover art for the Summer 2021 anniversary issue of the Black Poetry Review. Commissioned in collaboration with the Center for Afrofuturist Studies and the African American Studies department at the University of Iowa.

materials: voile, linen, gold-painted plastic beads, black and gold thread, window, gold nails.

Edmonia Lewis and I Weather the Storm (2020)

A broadside design for a poem by Xandria Phillips, commissioned by already felt, a NYC-based project centering queer and trans Black poets & poets of color. already felt features an intergenerational chapbook & broadside fundraiser supporting Black queer & trans organizations. This broadside is available for sale on a sliding scale.

materials: homemade paper, india ink, sharpie, and watercolor pen on cold press watercolor paper.

Better Be Divine (2020)

Part narrative, recalling a perverse exchange of erotic and material power. Part incantation, evoking the transcendent possibilities of possession and submission. Premiered February 2020, as part of the group show “Controlling Time” at Langer over Dickie Gallery, Chicago, IL.

“Loose Tracks” and “Intricate Intimacies” (2019)

Two pieces commissioned by The Center for Afrofuturist Studies in collaboration with PromptPress, in response to artwork by Brandon Drew Holmes. Both pieces were published in a limited-edition artist book designed by WORK/PLAY.

Loose Tracks. Two-tone straight kanekalon, gold-painted plastic cowries, gold nails.

Intricate Intimacies. Black wavy kanekalon, burnt and bound by black thread, poster paper.