Jasmine Narkita Wiley
EDUCATION
Department of Art & Public Policy, TISCH SCHOOL OF THE ARTS, NEW YORK UNIVERSITY | MA Arts Politics | May 2022
College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences, BELMONT UNIVERSITY | Nashville, TN | BS Public Relations | December 2010
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
I FOUND MYSELF IN THE MOUNTAINS | University of Colorado Denver - Experience Gallery | Denver, CO | September 2023
BLACK IN DENVER | History Colorado | Denver, CO | March 2021
BLACK IN DENVER, COLORADO IN THE PRESENT TENSE curated by Nora Abrams | The Museum of Contemporary Art | Denver, CO | February 2021
COMMISSIONS
BLACK IN DENVER | Museum of Contemporary Art | Denver, CO | 2020
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
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
ANCESTORS IN PROGRESS curated and organized by Hekima Hapa and Black Girls Sew | Textile Arts Center | Brooklyn, NY | February 2024
CROSSING BORDERS curated and organized by Angela Astle & Anne Myers with Athena Project in collaboration with Melissa Furness & Anna Kaye with PINKPROGRESSION | 40 West Gallery | Denver, CO | October 2023
BECOMING: OUR STORY curated by Alexandra Stark and Zafeiria Michalakeas | Triangle Loft 4s | New York City, NY | March 2023
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
WHO ARE YOU? curated by Samantha Johnston | Colorado Photographic Arts Center | Denver, CO | December 2019
AWARDS & FELLOWSHIPS
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
MERIT SCHOLARSHIP | California College of the Arts | San Francisco, CA | August 2024
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
MERIT SCHOLARSHIP | New York University, Tisch School of the Arts | New York, NY | September 2021
PUBLISHED ESSAYS
THE OPPOSITIONAL GAZE OF THE WAYWARD WOMAN | July 2024 | Art Journal Open
PLACE, MATERIALITY, & PERFORMING BLACK INTERIORITY | May 2024 | Surface Design Journal
AFRICA FASHION EXHIBIT | October 2023 | Tatter Blue Library, The Fold
GIO SWABY | July 2023 | Tatter Blue Library, The Fold
TEACHING & LECTURE EXPERIENCE
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)
INDIGO WORKSHOP FACILITATOR | California College of the Arts | Fall 2024
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)