Bio
b. Philadelphia, PA, 1989
EDUCATION
2018
MFA Sculpture, Yale University School Of Art, New Haven, CT
2010
BA, The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022
grace comes violently, Yossi Milo Gallery, New York, NY
2020
Feeling the Spirit in The Dark, The Mattress Factory Museum of Contemporary Art, Pittsburgh, PA
Ceremonies, Yossi Milo Gallery, New York, NY [online]
2019
Rude / Emergencies, Ltd Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Imagining Flesh Through Shadows, Alexander Brest Museum & Gallery, Jacksonville University, Jacksonville, FL
The Language Must Not Sweat, Locust Projects, Miami, FL
Notes Towards Becoming A Spill, Atlanta Contemporary, Atlanta, GA
2017
This was his body / His body finally his, MAK Gallery, London, UK
Somewhere over the __, Bunker Projects, Pittsburgh, PA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022
Invisible Thread, The Baker Museum, Naples, FL
When I State that I am an Anarchist, PLATO Ostrava, Czech Republic
2021
Fetiche, Morán Morán Gallery, Mexico City, MX
A Beautiful America, Museum Dhondt – Dhaenens, Sint-Martens-Latem, Belgium
The Skin I Live In, Lyles & King, New York, NY
This Is the Day, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR
Recent Acquisitions, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
The 9th Performa Biennial, New York, NY [performance commission]
Inspirited: Coda, Redbull Arts, Detroit, MI
Imagine Otherwise, Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland, Cleveland, OH
2020
Enunciated Life, The California African American Museum, Los Angeles, CA
The National, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN
Inspirited: Overture, Redbull Center for The Arts, Detroit, MI
2019
From the Margins, Gallery 102 at the Corcoran School of Art & Design, Washington, DC
Ebsploitation, Martos Gallery, New York, NY
2018
Familiar Boundaries. Infinite Possibilities, August Wilson Center, Pittsburgh, PA
Block Party, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
The Way We Live, Aperture Summer Open, Aperture Foundation, New York, NY
Ultra Vivid Dreaming, Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, OR
Countervisuality, Art Gallery at Bellevue College, Bellevue, WA
Kaleidoscope, Kravets Wehby Gallery, New York, NY
Twenty Ears, MFA Thesis Show, Yale School of Art, New Haven, CT
2017
Say It Loud: Art, History, Rebellion, Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, Detroit, MI
Open Video Call, The Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA
Brotha, The Overlook Place, Chicago, IL
Girls Who Are Boys, Who Like Boys To Be Girls, Verein Nachtschicht, Basel, Switzerland
2016
Labor Relations, Wroclaw Contemporary Museum, Wrocław, Poland
Go Tell It: Civil Rights Photography, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
Black Joy, Yale School of Art, New Haven, CT
Looking Through: Photography, Race, & Identity, Adelphi University, Garden City, NY
SELECTED AWARDS & GRANTS
2022
The Pittsburgh Foundation Exposure Artist Fellowship
2020
Art Matters Foundation Grant
Leslie Lohman Artist Fellowship
2019
The Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters & Sculptors Grants
Investing in Professional Artist Grant, The Pittsburgh Foundation
2018
The Advancing Black Art Grant, The Pittsburgh Foundation & The Heinz Endowments
2017
The Afro-American Cultural Center Award for Excellence in The Arts, Yale University
2016
Interdisciplinary Arts Awards, Center for Collaborative Arts and Media, Yale University
Student Wellness Grant, Yale University
The Advancing Black Art Grant, The Pittsburgh Foundation & The Heinz Endowments
2013
The Advancing Black Art Grant, The Pittsburgh Foundation & The Heinz Endowments
2010
University Artist Award, The Pennsylvania State University
2009
Leslie P. Greenhill Photography Scholarship, The Pennsylvania State University
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Newark Museum of Art, Newark, NJ
Jule Collins Smith Museum, Auburn, AL
21c Museum, Louisville, KY
Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Vermeire-Notebaert Collection, Sint-Martens-Latem, Belgium
Wrocław Contemporary Museum, Wrocław, Poland
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Adjunct Professor, Carnegie Mellon University School of Art, Pittsburgh, PA
Teaching Assistant, Yale University School of Art, New Haven, CT
SELECTED FILM FESTIVALS
2018
Black Star Film Festival, Philadelphia, PA
In My Skin:Black Queer Shorts, Wexner Center For the Arts, Columbus, OH
Short Films Program, Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, FL
Rio Festival de Género & Seexualidade no Cinema, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
BFI Flare, British Film Institute, London, UK
Inside Out LGBTQ Film Festival, TIFF, Toronto, CA
CinemAfrica Film Festival, Stockholm, Sweden
2017
GLITCH Film Festival, Scotland, England
RESIDENCES
2020
Mattress Factory Museum of Contemporary Art, Pittsburgh, PA
2019
Alpha Lab Gear, Pittsburgh, PA
2018
Long Road Projects, Jacksonville, FL
2016
Pittsburgh Glass Center, Pittsburgh, PA
2014-2018
Bunker Projects, Pittsburgh, PA
PUBLIC PROGRAMS
2021
Aperture Conversations: Antwaun Sargent, Shikeith, and Naima Green on Black Queer Utopia, Aperture, New York, NY [online]
2020
Race, Sex, & Cinema: The World of Marlon Riggs, BAM Brooklyn, NY
2018
Studio Teens Lecture and Workshop, Studio Museum of Harlem, NY
2017
An Evening with Shikeith and Rickey Laurentiis, MoMA, The Museum of Modern Art, NY
Art, Power, Protest: Northwestern Conference on Human Rights, Northwestern University
blackmendream, Screening and Discussion, The Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA
2016
Photography and The Politics of Representation, The Vera List Center and Aperture Foundation, New York, NY
Women Take the Reel Film Festival, The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MA
Blackmendream, Morehouse College, Atlanta, GA
2015
Brothas gonna work it out, University of Texas at Austin, TX
My People Film Series, Kelly Strayhorn Theater, Pittsburgh, PA
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2022
Valentine, Victoria L. “New York: 5 Gallery Exhibitions Explore Work of Artists Amanda Williams, Vivian Browne, Shikeith, Alberta Whittle, Alanis Forde, and Akilah Watts” Culture Type 23 June 2022
Huxtable, Isaac. "Lost in a Moment: Shikeith's Wordless and Worldless Images of Gay Sensuality" Elephant 19 June 2022
Knoblauch, Loring. “Shikeith, grace comes violently @Yossi Milo” Collector Daily 16 June 2022
Rosen, Miss. "Shikeith's spiritual photographs of Black masculinity" Vice 13 June 2022
Heinrich, Will. “What to See in N.Y.C. Galleries Right Now” The New York Times 2 June 2022
Hopkins, Zoë. “Critics’ Picks: Shikeith, grace comes violently” Artforum May 2022
Shikeith & Crawley, Ashon T. Shikeith: Notes towards Becoming a Spill, Aperture Foundation, June 2022 [book]
Reid, Tiana. “Shikeith’s Black Uncanny.” Aperture Magazine Spring 2022
2021
“8 LGBTQIA+ Artists on Self-Portraiture and Expressions of Pride.” Artsy Editorial, 8 June 2021
Pavlis, Preston. “Feeling the Spirit in the Dark” [review]. C Magazine, Issue 148 “Body Language.” Winter 2021
“New Talent: Shikeith.” Art in America, May/June 2021
O’Grady, Megan. “How Friendship Helps Us Transcend Ourselves.” The New York Times Style Magazine 12 April 2021
O'Driscoll, Bill. “Pittsburgh-Based Artist Shikeith Gains National Profile Exploring Black Male Queer Lives” NPR Pittsburgh 3 March 2021
Rich, Katey. “Introducing the Inaugural Silver List, Featuring 47 Exciting Contemporary Photographers Whose Work You Just Have to See.” Vanity Fair 11 February 2021
Allen, Dan. “Queer artists of color dominate 2021's must-see LGBTQ art shows.” NBC News 7 February 2021
Harrison, Mia Imani. “Shikeith Exorcises The Histories That Haunt Black Queer Men.” Frieze 21 January 2021
2020
Sargent, Antwaun. "The Queer Black Artists Building Worlds of Desire." Aperture 8 December 2020
Soldi, Rafael. “Q&A: Shikeith." Strange Fire 12 November 2020
Harper, Daria. “Shikeith Reimagines Black Masculinity in a Euphoric New Installation.” Artsy 21 August 2020
2019
Mizota, Sharon. “Black masculinity and an artist’s exploration of desire, intimacy and queerness.” Los Angeles Times 16 October 2019
Miss Rosen. “Artist Shikeith explores black male desire through his photography.” Dazed 2 September 2019
Tranen, Joshua Gutterman. “An Intimate Film Traces Black Masculinity From Boyhood.” Hyperallergic 31 May 2019
Smith, TK. “Notes Towards Becoming A Spill: Shikeith at Atlanta Contemporary.” Burnaway 18 April 2019
2017
Sargent, Antwaun. “Tender Photos of Black Men That Redefine Masculinity.” Vice 22 August 2017