EDUCATIONAL
2020 MSL, Summa Cum Laude: Roger Williams University School of Law, Bristol, RI
2015: Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME
2014 BFA: Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
PROFESSIONAL
Co-Director | The US Department of Arts and Culture, 2020 — Present
Director of Public Policy and Advocacy | The Nonviolence Institute, Providence RI, 2016 — 2020
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2022
But Mostly We Waited for Spring, When There Could Be Gardens | Steven Zevitas Gallery, Boston, MA (solo)
Conference Call | Skowhegan Exhibition Space, New York, NY, (two-person)
To See is to Forget | Dowling Walsh Gallery, Rockland, ME (solo)
Portales: Reimagining the Future | Waterfire Arts Center, Providence, RI
2021
The Current of American Water | Dowling Walsh Gallery, Rockland, ME (solo)
In Cages with Lions | Herreshoff Museum, Bristol, RI
Speaking Out | University of Rhode Island Providence Gallery, Providence, RI
Ali Youseffi Project Exhibition | Verge Center for the Arts, Sacramento, CA
TINY SHOWCASE: A Show of Small Prints | World's Fair Gallery, Providence, RI
Tacit, Facet...Small and Mighty | Brookline Arts Center, Brookline, MA
2020
State of the Art II | Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR
In the Clear | Sistered Gallery, Portland, ME (two-person)
All Dressed Up with Nowhere to Go | Steven Zevitas Gallery, Boston, MA
2019
We Speak Upon the Ashes | Steven Zevitas Gallery, Boston, MA (solo)
2019 New England Biennial | deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln, MA
SOM | Abington Gallery, Penn State, Abington, PA
Black Light/Black Heat | Steam Gallery, Lincoln School, Providence, RI (solo)
A Blacker Landscape | University of Rhode Island, Providence Gallery, Providence, RI (solo)
2018
The Phantom of Liberty: Contemporary Works in the RISD Museum Collection | RISD Museum, Providence, RI
Coded. | Boston Center for the Arts; Mills Gallery, Boston, MA
NAVA | Napoleon Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Cosmic Traffic Jam | Zevitas Marcus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
The Art of Reconciliation | Center for Reconciliation, Providence, RI
Cultural Tapestry | University of Rhode Island, Providence, RI
2017
Alumni Exhibition 2017 | Marwen Art Foundation, Chicago, IL
Arts for Education | Latina Leadership Institute, Providence, RI
2016
Mojoscape: A Meditation on Black Lives Matter | Brown University, Providence, RI
States of Incarceration | University of Rhode Island, Providence, RI
2015
Inside/Outside: Works from the Skowhegan Archives | Waterville Art Center, Waterville, ME
Sounding the Alarm on Mass Incarceration | Roger Williams University, Bristol, RI
Awards | Fellowships
Artist-in-Residence, The Corporation of Yaddo, Saratoga Springs NY, 2022
Artist-in-Residence, Verge Center for the Arts, Sacramento CA, 2021
Community Leader Fellow, Roger Williams University School of Law, 2018-2020
Grant Recipient, Rhode Island State Council on the Arts, 2020
Graduate Student Mentor, Lesley University Graduate School of Painting, 2019-2021
Visiting Faculty, New Hampshire Art Institute, 2019
Fellowship Recipient, Art Matters Foundation, 2019
Fellowship Recipient, Rhode Island Foundation Maccoll Johnson Arts Fellowship, 2017
10 to Watch in 2017, Providence Monthly Magazine, 2017
Citizen Citation, City of Providence, 2017
Community Service Award, NAACP Providence Branch, 2016
Community Service Citation, City of Providence, 2016
Community Service Citation, Office of the Governor of Rhode Island, 2016
Community and Justice Award, Rhode Island for Community and Justice, 2015
Award for Excellence in Community Service, RI Office of the Attorney General, 2015
Community Service Award, RI State Treasurer’s Office, 2015
Grant Recipient, Rhode Island State Council of the Arts, 2014
Born, Chicago / Lives, Providence