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EDUCATION

Masters of Social Work with Honors, McGill University - Montreal, Quebec

BFA with Distinction, Painting and Drawing,  California College of Arts - San Francisco, California

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EXHIBITIONS

Solo and Two Person Exhibitions:

2025 - Carved and Ingrained - Ellephant Gallery, Montreal, QC

2023 - SANA(A) - Pyramid Atlantic Art Center, Hyattsville, MD

2020 - We Are Wary, We Are Weary - La Centrale Gallerie Powerhouse, Montreal QC

2019 - Shanna Strauss: Selected Works - TOHU, Montreal, QC 

2017 - Jiggen Yuy Soppi: Changemakers - Galerie Ethiopiques, Saint Louis, Senegal

2016 - Howl Arts Festival - Cajibi, Montreal, QC

2015 - Remembering: A sister Project - Destiny Arts Center, Oakland, CA

2015 - The Floating Homeland - Maison Parent-Roback, Montreal, QC

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Selected Group Exhibitions:

2026 - Black Interiors - Minnesota Street Project Atrium, San Francisco, CA 

2026 - The Living Hand - Chung 24 Gallery, San Francisco, CA 

2026 - Beyond the surface: Exploring visibility in Print - Gallery Myrtis, Baltimore, MD

2026 - Brooklyn Fine Art Print Fair - Brooklyn, NY

2026 - Diaspora Stories - LH Horton Gallery, Stockton, CA 

2026 - Melbourne Art Print Fair, Melbourne, Australia

2025 - Sydney Contemporary Art Fair - Sydney, Australia  

2025 - Bonds of Kinship - Emma Darnell Aviation Center, Atlanta, GA

2024 - 10x10 Invitational - Pyramid Atlantic Art Center, Hyattsville, MD

2024 - Reimagining Icons: Counter-Narratives and Histories Enriched - Claire Oliver Gallery, New York, NY

2023 - Art Toronto: Contemporary Art Fair - Toronto, ON

2023 - Honouring Canada’s Black Artists - Senate of Canada, Ottawa, ON

2023 - The de Young Open - de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA

2023 - En(gendered) Agency - LH Horton Gallery, Stockton, CA 

2023 - Making and Community - Cobalt Gallery, Fort Bragg, CA 

2023 - Print Austin: The Contemporary Print -  Austin, TX

2022 - Art Toronto: Contemporary Art Fair - Toronto, ON

2022 - 35 by 35 - Arts Benicia Gallery - Benicia, CA

2022 - Papier Contemporary Art Fair - Montreal, QC 

2022 - Sculptures and Small Objects - TONE Gallery, Memphis, TN

2022 - West Coast Print Fair - Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA

2021 - Sea of Fertility - Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA

2021 - Relations: Diaspora and Painting - Esker Foundation, Calgary, AB

2021 - Résurgences: Reclaiming my space - Centre D’Exposition LethBridge, Saint-Laurent, QC

2021 - Communal Attachments: Creating in the Absence of Each Other - Place des Arts, Montreal

2020 - Relations: Diaspora and Painting - Phi Foundation for Contemporary Art, Montreal, QC 

2020 - Women Pathmakers - Euphrat Museum of Art, Cupertino, CA

2019 - Emboldened, Embodied - Thacher Gallery, San Francisco, CA 

2019 - Reclaiming My Space - Warren G. Flowers Gallery, Montreal, QC 

2019 - Multiples - Atelier Circulaire, Montreal, QC 

2018 - Here We Are Here: Black Canadian Contemporary Art - Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, QC

2018 - When She Rises - SPARC Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 

2018 - Obvious Magic: This Womanist Imaginary, Ashara Ekundayo Gallery, Oakland, CA

2017 - The Black Woman is God: Divine Revolution, SOMArts Gallery, San Francisco, CA

 

PUBLIC ART

2022 - Free our Mamas! public installation. Philadelphia, PA 

2022 - Our Legacy city utility box. El Cerrito, CA 

2021 - Où en sont les femmes outdoor installation. St Roch Recreation Center,  Quebec City, QC 

2019 - Difference is Power mural, collaboration with Jessica Sabogal. University of California, San Francisco, CA

2018 - Public art piano. Montreal, QC 

2018 - Protect our Trans Daughters: Mural honoring Chyna Gibson, collaboration with Jessica Sabogal. 

Sacramento, CA

2017 - Honoring Ellen Gabriel and Mary Two Axe Earley mural. Unceded Voices: Anti-Colonial Street 

Artists Convergence, Montreal, QC

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PUBLIC COLLECTIONS 

2026 - Kanga I, II, III. McGill University, Montreal, QC

2025 - The Defender. The Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 

2025 - Four works acquired. Mission Neighborhood Health Center, San Francisco, CA

2024 - Ajabu na Nyuki. Senate of Canada, Ottawa, ON 

2024 - Beekeeper. North Dakota Museum of Art 

2024 - Serpiente de las Estrellas. San Francisco International Airport, CA 

2020 - Uplift her sacredness. Euphrat Museum of Art, Cupertino, CA 

2019 - Memory keepers. Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, QC 

 

AWARDS, GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS

2026 - Culture Keepers Grant, Toa Rising Foundation

2024 - Arts Abroad Grant, Canada Arts Council 

2021 - Arts Abroad Grant, Canada Arts Council

2021 - Printmaking Fellowship Award, Kala Art Institute, Oakland, CA

2020 - Prix Powerhouse, La Centrale Galerie Powerhouse, Montreal, QC 

2019 - Forward Together Grant, Oakland, CA

2015 - The Beloved Community Grant, Akonadi Foundation, Oakland, CA

 

COMMISSIONS

2022 - Free Our Mothers Poster design. People’s Paper Co-Op, Philadelphia, PA

2022-  Utility Box Art Project. El Cerrito Arts Commission, El Cerrito, CA

2019 - Uplift her Sacredness, mixed media artwork. De Anza College, Cupertino, CA

2019 - Difference is Power Mural. School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco 2018 - Public art piano. City of Montreal, Montreal, QC 

2018 - Indoor mural for The Women's Resource Center. The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

2018 - Mural honoring Chyna Gibson. The California Endowment, Sacramento, CA

2017 - Artwork for Frames for Life, Liberation and Belonging Booklet. Haas Institute for a Fair and 

Inclusive Society at UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA

 

RESIDENCIES 

2025 - Black (Space) Residency, San Francisco, CA

2025 - Megalo Print Studio, Canberra, Australia

2025 - Penland School of Craft, Bakersfield, NC

2024 - Women’s Studio Workshop, Rosendale, NY

2023 - In Cahoots, Petaluma, CA

2023 - Pyramid Atlantic Art Center, Invitational Publishing Residency, Hyattsville, MD

2021 - Crosstown Arts Memphis, TN

2021 - Place des Arts, Montreal, QC

2020 - La Centrale, Montreal, QC

2020 - Teaching artist residency with InPath, Mistissini, Cree Nation, QC

2019 - Teaching artist residency with Nwe Jinan, Waswanipi, Cree Nation, QC

2018 - Teaching Artist Residency with Mikʷ Chiyâm, Waskaganish, Cree Nation, QC

2017 - Waaw - Studio residency, Saint Louis, Senegal

 

ARTIST TALKS

2025 - Artist talk. Megalo Print Studio, Canberra, Australia

2022 - Artist talk. University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB

2022 - Artist talk - California College of Art - San Francisco, Califonia

2021 - Artist talk - Crosstown Arts -Memphis, Tennessee

2020 - Artist talk - Relations: Diaspora and Painting - Phi Foundation - Montreal, Quebec 

2020 - Panelist - Neither here nor there, or how to rethink the notion of home - Montreal Museum of 

Fine Arts - Montreal, Quebec 

2019 - Panelist - Emboldened, Embodied - University of San Francisco - San Francisco, California 

2019 - Guest Speaker - MA in Museum Studies Curatorial Practicum class - University of San Francisco, 

San Francisco, California 

2018 - Panelist - Unceded Voices - University of Arizona - Tucson, Arizona 

2017 - Panelist - While No One Was Looking - Mainline Gallery, Montreal, Quebec 

2017 - Panelist - Change Agents of East Africa - Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec 

2016 - Panelist - 21st Century Learning: Critical Thinking, Collaboration and Creativity. Art and Social 

Justice - Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec ​

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