education 2012 Master of Fine Art, Yale School of Art 2007 ZIVA (Zimbabwe Institute of Vigital Arts), Diploma in Graphic Design and New Media awards, fellowships, residencies 2015 Emerging Artist Grant, Joan Mitchell Foundation, New York Keyholder Residency, Centre for Book Arts, New York, January 2014 – January 2016 Analog Residency, Recess, New York, July 2015 – August 2016 2014 Recess Session, residency, New York, June – August 2013 The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation’s Knight Arts Challenge, for Zimbabwe Cultural Centre Detroit 2012 Alice Kimball English Travelling Fellowship, Yale School of Art, New Haven, Connecticut Fellow, Create Change Program, Laundromat Project, New York 2011 Stavros Niarchos Foundation Scholarship, Yale School of Art, New Haven, Connecticut 2007 Highest Achievement, Zimbabwe Institute of Vigital Arts, Harare, Zimbabwe teaching experience 2014 – present Assistant Professor, School of Film and Media Studies, Purchase College, State University of New York 2013 – 2014 Visiting Assistant Professor, School of Film and Media Studies, Purchase College, State University of New York 2012 – 2013 Adjunct, School of Film and Media Studies, Purchase College, State University of New York 2012 Teaching Assistant, Senior Seminar, Yale School of Art, New Haven, Connecticut 2011 Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Graphic Design, Yale School of Art, New Haven, Connecticut 2009 Instructor, Art and Design, Dominican Convent, Harare, Zimbabwe 2008 – 2009 Lecturer, History of Graphic Design, Zimbabwe Institute of Vigital Arts, Harare, Zimbabwe 2005 – 2008 Instructor, Art and Design, Chisipite Senior School, Harare, Zimbabwe 2003 – 2004 Instructor, Art and Design, Arundel School, Harare, Zimbabwe 2001 – 2002 Instructor, Art and Design, Dominican Convent Senior and Primary, Harare, Zimbabwe Workshops 2016 Facilitator, Asiko 2016, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Visiting Critic, Columbia University, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation. New York 2015 Facilitator, Asiko 2015, Maputo, Mozambique 2014 Visiting Critic, Yale School of Art, New Haven, Connecticut 2013 Visiting Critic, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey 2012 Visiting Artist Lecture, University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, Michigan Visiting Artist Lecture series, College of Creative Studies, Detroit, Michigan Visiting Critic, College of Creative Studies, Detroit, Michigan Lecture, A New Work, A Now Work, A Non Work, Yale African Students Association, New Haven, Connecticut Lecture, Textile printmaking in Africa, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut Workshop facilitator, Block Printing, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 2011 Visiting Critic, Zimbabwe Institute of Vigital Arts, Harare, Zimbabwe Visiting Artist Lecture, Harare Polytechnic College, Harare, Zimbabwe Visiting Artist Lecture, Chisipite Senior School, Harare, Zimbabwe solo exhibitions 2012 Hair Show, Saloon/Salon, Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, Detroit, Michigan T(H)READ, 2739 Edwin, Hamtramck, Michigan group exhibitions Upcoming PopRally, Museum of Modern Art, New York Negotiated Realities, Macy Gallery, Columbia University, New York Detroit Art Book Fair, Detroit, Michigan 2016 Keyholder Residents Exhibition, Centre for Book Arts, New York Bronx:Africa, Longwood Art GallerY, Hostos Community College, New York 2015 Irressistable Resistence, Made in NY Media Center, New York, Pan African Space Station, Performa 15, New York Detroit Art Book Fair, Detroit, Michigan Salon Style, The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York After Afropolitain, Weeksville Heritage Centre, New York Brooklyn Art Story Month, New Negress Film Society presents: “I Cried, Power!” On the Limits & Possibilities of Black Life, New York Auto Body, Miami Auto Body, Faena Art Center, Buenos Aires, Argentina 2014 Funkgodjazzmedicine, Free People’s Medical Clinic, Creative Time, New York 01b: Community Association, Exchange Rates: Bushwick Expo, New York Zimbabwe/Detroit Cultural Centre, Gallery Delta, Harare, Zimbabwe 2013 Zimbabwe/Detroit Cultural Centre, Public Pool, Detroit, Michigan 2013 Give/ Take, Community Folk Art Center, Department of African American Studies at Syracuse University, Syracuse A Celebration of Colour, Gallery North, Setauket, New York Armory Show, New York 2012 Remitting Default: Sonic Diagrams, Recess Activities, New York YGDMFA 2012, Yale School of Art, New Haven, Connecticut 2011 First Year Show Fall 2011, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 2007 Women’s Day Exhibition, Zimbabwe German Society, Harare, Zimbabwe 2006 Women of Standards Exhibition, National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe 2005 Women of Passion Exhibition, National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe 2002 Young Artists Exhibition, Gallery Delta, Harare, Zimbabwe productions and curatorial 2015 Visual Director, The Dawn of the Rooster, Mist, Harlem, New York 2014 Zimbabwe/Detroit Cultural Centre, Gallery Delta, Harare, Zimbabwe 2013 Zimbabwe/Detroit Cultural Centre, Public Pool, Detroit, Michigan 2012 YGDMFA aka Thesis Show, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut Scenic Design, The Shipment, Yale Drama Coalition, New Haven, Connecticut Scenic Design and Multimedia, Osama Play, Yale Drama Coalition, New Haven, Connecticut 2009 Scenic Design and Costume Design, Easter Ballet, National Ballet of Zimbabwe and Dance Trust of Zimbabwe 2007 Scenic Design and Costume Design, Kalanga (Dance Production) Harare International Festival of the Arts Scenic Design and Costume Design, The Bridge, Reps Theatre, Harare, Zimbabwe 2006 Curator, Women of Standards Exhibition, International Images Film Festival for Women, National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe Assistant Curator; Women of Passion Exhibition, International Images Film Festival for Women, National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe artist talks and panels 2016 The Socially Responsive Museum sympiosium, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York Entanglements, Creative Process in Arts and Sciences, State University of New York, Purchase College, New York The Future or Art Education in Africa, Asiko 2016, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 2015 Artist talk, Studio X, Columbia University, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation , Johannesburg, South Africa Panelist, The Artist’s Voice, Salon Style, Studio Museum in Harlem, New York Hair as Community, Panelist, Museum of Art and Design, New York 2014 Harare Conversations, Public Practices, National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe 2012 Workshop, Embellished Portraits, Studio Museum, Harlem, New York Workshop facilitator, Textile printmaking in Africa, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 2010 Typography Workshop, Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School, New Haven, Connecticut professional experience 2016 Coordinator, Design Justice Network Gathering, Allied Media Conference, Detroit 2015 Selection panel, Recess Session residency program, New York Selection panel, Centre for Urban Pedagogy, 2010 – 2012 Technical Assistant, Videography, Digital Technology Office, Yale School of Art, New Haven, Connecticut 2011– 2012 Curatorial Assistant, Department of African Art, Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut 2010 Graphic Illustrator, Sterling Memorial Library, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 2009 Curator of Education, National Art Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe Graphic Design Commissions 2016 Simone Leigh: The Waiting Room, New Museum, New York Asiko Reader, CCA Lagos, Nigeria 2015 Muse, Mikalene Thomas, Apeture Foundation, New York 2014 Waiting Room Magazine, Free People’s Medical Clinic, funkgodjazzmedicine, collaboration with Simone Leigh 2013-2014 Re-design, website and collateral Laundromat Project, New York, re-design, website and collateral, collaboration with Julia Novitch 2013 Voter Eligibility Project, Centre of Urban Pedagogy, New York Journal cover design, African Presidential Center Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 2012 Identity, Windsor Suites, Modus Hotels, Washington DC Promotional Video, Laundromat Project, New York 2012 Album Cover, Comrade Fatso and Chabvondoka, Harare, Zimbabwe 2008 Kalanga Proverb Book, Kellogg Foundation and HIFA 2009 Album Cover, Outspoken and the Essence Graphic Identity, Spread the Word Tour, Magamba Cultural activist Network, Boston, Washington, D.C. Album Cover, House of Hunger, Comrade Fatso and Chabvondoka Album Launch Material, House of Hunger, Comrade Fatso and Chabvondoka Posters and flyers, Magamba Cultural activist Network .