EDUCATION
CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF THE ARTS | San Francisco, CA | MFA Fine Arts
Department of Art & Public Policy, TISCH SCHOOL OF THE ARTS, NEW YORK UNIVERSITY | MA Arts Politics
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
BLACK IN DENVER, COLORADO IN THE PRESENT TENSE curated by Nora Abrams | Museum of Contemporary Art | Denver, CO | February 2021
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
39th ANNUAL BARCLAY SIMPSON MASTER OF FINE ARTS AWARD EXHIBITION | California College of the Arts | March 2026
MURPHY & CADOGAN ART AWARDS EXHIBITION | SOMArts | San Francisco, CA | November 2025 (group)
RITUAL & RESISTANCE | Tnt ART Lab | San Francisco, CA | October 2025
FOR THE TIME BEING | Institute of Contemporary Art | San Francisco, CA | April 2025
HEARTSTRINGS curated by Taylor Danielle Davis | MASS Gallery | Austin, TX | March 2025
A WOMAN’S WOMAN’S WOMAN’S WORLD curated by Usen Esiet and Marie-Ange Zibi | Hausen Gallery | Brooklyn, NY | March 2023
FROM THIS DAY FORWARD curated by Tya Alisa Anthony | Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art | Boulder, CO | February 2021
REFLECTING VOICES curated by Samantha Johnston | Colorado Photographic Arts Center I Denver, CO | February 2021
AWARDS & FELLOWSHIPS
ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE | Black (Space) Residency | July 2026
CREATIVE FUTURES GRANT | Black Artists & Designers Guild | June 2026
BARCLAY SIMPSON MASTER OF FINE ARTS AWARD | California College of the Arts | San Francisco, CA | March 2026
2025 CADOGAN SCHOLARSHIP | The San Francisco Foundation | San Francisco, CA | June 2025
2025 IMPACT AWARDS: EXCEPTIONAL INNOVATOR | California College of the Arts, Center for Art & Public Life | San Francisco, CA | April 2025
2025 TED PURVES SOCIAL PRACTICE AWARD | California College of the Arts | San Francisco, CA | April 2025
WORK IN PROGRESS, ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE | Textile Arts Center | Brooklyn, NY | June 2024
HEAR US 2022 FELLOW | New York University, The Tisch Initiative for Creative Research | New York, NY | January 2022
PUBLISHED ESSAYS & REVIEWS
DIEDRICK BRACKENS: YERBA BUENA CENTER FOR THE ARTS | Summer 2026 | Artforum
THE OPPOSITIONAL GAZE OF THE WAYWARD WOMAN | July 2024 | Art Journal Open
TEACHING, LECTURES, SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
PANELIST | ENGAGE! - WRITING TOWARD INFINITUDE: REFLECTIONS ON BLACKNESS, ART AND UNBOUND (GRADUATE STUDENT PANEL) | Museum of the African Diaspora + California College of the Arts | May 2026
INDIGO DYEING DEMO | Textiles Department, California College of the Arts | (course: Intro to Textiles [D. Brackens], Fall 2025)
PRESENTER | Theories of Identity, Difference, & Power Symposium, California College of the Arts | May 2025
Paper: Beyond Essentialism: Stuart Hall’s Theory of Representation Through the Lens of Black Visual Culture
TEACHING ASSISTANT | California College of the Arts | (course: Spirituality as Resistance [S. Bhaumik], Spring 2025)
INDIGO DYEING DEMO & LECTURE | Textiles Department, California College of the Arts | (course: Intro to Textiles [J. Faught], Spring 2025)
KEYNOTE LECTURE | Abolition 2024 Summer Institute, New York Metro American Studies Association | June 2024
TEACHING & RESEARCH ASSISTANT | Department of Art & Public Policy, Tisch School of the Arts, NYU | (courses: Collaborative Poetics and Methods & Criticism 2 [K. Engel], Spring 2023)
full CV available upon request