Last update : July 2026
ACADEMIC EDUCATION
| 2022-2025 | MFA, Studio Arts – Intermedia (Video, Performance and Electronic Arts) | Concordia University, Montreal, Canada Awards and grants: SSHRC, FRQSC, Concordia Fine Arts Scholarship, Dave McGary Memorial Award, Desjardins Foundation, Peter N. Thomson Family Field School Award, Quebec Mobility Bursary, President’s Task Force on Anti-Black Racism Black-led Research Initiative Grant, SWAAC (Senior Women Academic Administrators of Canada) Student Award in Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Thesis: Body of Nothing: Silence, Avoidance, Compartmentalization – Advisor: Jaret Vadera |
| 2021-2022 | Graduate Diploma, Communication Studies | Concordia University, Montreal, Canada Award: Pat and Bill Tierney Communication Studies Graduate Diploma Scholarship |
| 2011-2014 | M Sc., Business Engineering (MBE) | University of Namur, Belgium Specialization: Marketing – marketing intelligence and consumer behavior Thesis: Queer families’ imagery in marketing strategies – Advisors: Alain Decrop, Nathalie Grandjean Erasmus program | University of Tampere, Finland Contemporary Perspective on Family and Kinship; Feminist Methodology; Gender and Media; Finnish Gender Studies; Youth Transition to Adulthood; Embodiment, Gender and Sexuality |
| 2007-2011 | B Sc., Business Engineering (BBE) | University of Namur, Belgium Specialization: Information technology and management |
ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE
| 2026-2027 | Postdoctoral Fellow | Spark Fellowship, Volt-Age, Concordia University |
| 2024-2026 | Adjunct Professor | Department of Studio Arts & FFAR Area, Faculty of Fine Arts, Concordia University Courses: IMCA 210 – Introduction to Video Production; ARTX 280 – Integrated Studio in Contemporary Art Practices (Art as Interventions, Archive as Art) |
| 2024-2026 | Tutorial Leader | Interdisciplinary Fine Arts Area (FFAR), Faculty of Fine Arts, Concordia University Courses: FFAR 248 – Keywords: Engaging Across Disciplines in the Fine Arts; FFAR 249 – Keywords: Working Across Disciplines in the Fine Arts (Sarah Huber and Shannon Black) |
| 2024-2025 | Reasearch assistant | Milieux Institute, Concordia University Project: Responsive Object with Lília Mestre |
| 2024 | Research assistant, Student-as-Partner | President’s Task Force on Anti-Black Racism, Concordia University Project: Infusing Black Scholarship, pilot phase – Curriculum of the Intermedia concentration of the undergraduate program in Studio Arts (BFA) |
| 2023-2025 | Teaching assistant | Department of Studio Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts, Concordia Univeristy Courses: IMCA 398 – Arts, culture, and technology (Nelson Henricks); IMCA 331 – Intermedia and Interventionist Performance Practices (Tatiana Koroleva); ARTX 480 – Advanced Integrated Studio in Contemporary Art Practices (Deanna Bowen); ARTX 280 – Integrated Studio in Contemporary Art Practices I (Maya Rae Oppenheimer) |
| 2017 | Lecturer |Fonds régional d’art contemporain de Lorraine for the University of Lorraine, Metz, France Course: Art and cultural practice – contemporary visual arts |
| 2014 | Colloquium organizer | Les CHEFF at the University of Namur, BelgiumColloquium: LGBTQI in research and cultural production |
ARTISTIC EXPERIENCE
| SOLO EXHIBITIONS | |
| 2026 | Compartmental | FOFA Gallery, Montreal, Canada |
| 2025 | Screensavers | OPTICA, Montreal, Canada |
| 2025 | Body of Nothing: Silence, Avoidance, Compartmentalization | Black Box, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada |
| 2023 | aksanti 33 : lab still | Centre Culturel Georges Vanier and Artch – Art contemporain émergent, Montreal, Canada. Curators: Sarah Kitzy Gineau-Delyon, Margot Chambon, Lise Fraïssé |
| GROUP EXHIBITIONS | |
| 2026 | 2026 Art Volt Collection | FOFA Gallery, Montreal, Canada |
| 2025 | PARTICLE + WAVE 2025 | EMMEDIA, Calgary, Canada |
| 2024 | Regarde! | Rue Ontario Est, Ville de Montréal, Montreal Canada. Curator: eunice bélidor |
| 2024 | The Traces That Remain | MAI – Montréal, arts interculturels, Montreal, Canada. Curator: eunice bélidor |
| 2024 | Acts of movement – Mouvements partagés | Festival HTMlles 2024, Ada X, Montreal, Canada |
| 2023 | Af-flux, Transnational Biennial – Black Transmissions | Art Mûr Gallery – Af-flux, Montreal, Canada. Curator: Olivier Marboeuf |
| 2023 | IGNITION 8 | Leonard and Bina Ellen Gallery, Montreal, Canada. Curators: Michèle Thériault, Eli Kerr |
| 2022 | Artch (5th edition) | Dorchester Square, Montreal, Canada. Producer: Artch – Art contemporain émergent |
| 2019 | Bootleg | Brooklyn, New York, USA.Curator and producer: DOC! |
| 2019 | Subalternes |Galerie CEDEx, UQÀM, Montreal, Canada. Curator: Nigra Iuventa |
| 2018 | Symbols of Resistance | Galerie Mile-End, Montreal, Canada. Curator: Annick MF. Producers: Annick MF, Meghan Gagliardi, C-Far (Critical Feminist Activism and Research) of Concordia University. |
| PERFORMANCES | |
| 2025 | Soup, Sip, Spill It ! | with The Table Collective. MFA Gallery, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada |
| 2024 | Curating the Collection | with The Bureau of Noncompetitive Research. 14th Street in Manhattan, , Art in Odd Places, New York, USA. As part of the Art in Odd Places 2024: CARE festival. |
| 2024 | Only Starters | with The Table Collective. Kaktus, Akureyri, Iceland |
| 2024 | The Bureau of Noncompetitve Research | with The Bureau of Noncompetitive Research. Fondation PHI |
| 2023 | aksanti 33 (part 2) | FOFA Gallery, Montreal, Canada. |
| 2022 | Various music poems |n’était-ce pas l’été, Montreal, Canada. Presented by Marilou Craft and Raphael Foisy-Couture as part of the poetry-music evening |
| 2022-2023 | aksanti 33 (part 1) | Rencontre Interuniversitaire en Performance Actuelle (RIPA), Montreal, Canada | Dorchester Square, Artch 5th edition, Montreal, Canada |
| 2022 | Permanence | Dorchester Square, Artch, Montreal, Canada. Presented by Artch – Art contemporain émergent as part of the 5th edition of Artch |
| 2022 | Place Léopold-Sédar-Senghor | Pierre-Marquette Park, Montreal, Canada. Presented by La poésie partout as part of the presentation of end of the residency Dehors est un poème |
| 2022 | Force and Form – Part I | Downtown, Montreal, Canada. Non-programmed infiltration |
| 2020 | AUTO-GOUVERNANCE / SELF-GOVERNANCE – Communication 1 | Online, articule, Montreal, Canada. Presented by articule, as a part of National AccessAbility Week, in collaboration with DisAbled Women’s Network (DAWN Canada) |
| 2019 | Unnamed | Collaboration to the performance of Kamissa Ma Koïta. Ateliers Jean-Brillant, Montreal, Canada. As part of the international biennale VIVA! Art Action |
| 2019 | LITTLE RADICAL SECRETS : Consultation d’une afro-ratée – Tentative #2 | Casa del Popolo, Montreal, Canada. Programmer: Kama La Mackerel. Presented by Fierté Montréal Pride as part of the event Voix & résiliences of Festival Fierté Montréal. |
| 2018 | Black Médecine : a consultation | with Claire Obscure. La Centrale Galerie Powerhouse, Montreal, Canada. Non-programmed infiltration |
| 2015 | LITTLE RADICAL SECRETS : Consultation d’une afro-ratée – Tentative #1 | Bronx, Brussels, Belgium. Programmer: Warrior Poets. Presented by Les Identités du Baobab as part of Massimadi Bruxelles – Festival des films LGBT d’Afrique et de ses diasporas |
| SCREENINGS AND BROADCASTING | |
| 2026 | Nothing 03 (Sænd) | video, (22′, 2024-2026) FIFA – Festival du film sur l’art, Montreal, Canada. Curator: eunice bélidor |
| 2022-2024 | Force and Form – Part II | Performance video, (12′ 39″, 2022)) Forum While Black Montreal, Maison de la culture Janine-Sutto, Montreal, Canada. Curators: Dominique Fontaine, Cécilia BracmortCollective Symphonies, Black Arts Series, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada. Curator: Geneviève Wallen. Jury: Geneviève Wallen, Muhammad ElKhairy, Teena Munro |
| 2022 | The house of Kinshasa – Part 1 | Radio art, (30′, 2022) Radia and its members (25 independent radio stations, 15 countries, 4 time zones, including CKUT) |
| 2019 | This is a poem · Ceci est un poème | Experimental short film, (7’ 56’’, 2019). Direction and production in collaboration with Valérie Bah and Claire Obscure. Commissioned by CALACS de l’Ouest/West Island CALACS and funded by the Ministry of Justice of Quebec (Bureau d’aide aux victimes d’actes criminels) Subalternes, Galerie CEDEx, UQÀM, Montreal, Canada. Curator: Nigra IuventaQuand la violence sexuelle discrimine! (awareness week), Café Velours, Montreal, Canada. Organizer: CALACS de l’Ouest-de-l’Île |
| CURATING AND PROGRAMMING | |
| 2025-2026 | Laisse-moi le temps – Give me time | SHIFT/WECANMontreal, Canada A multi-faceted project by and for the Black disabled and D/deaf artistic communities addressing the need to take the (crip) time for the specific issues, challenges, accomplishments, and experiences of Black disabled artists of Montreal. Organizer: DC – Art indiscplinaire in collaboration with Harambec, SHIFT (Concordia), and WECAN and with the support of the Task-Force against Anti-Black Racism (Concordia) and the Conseil des Arts de Montréal. |
| 2025 | Force et forme – Ciné Cozry, 2ème édition | Casa d’Italia, Montreal, Canada Curation of a selection of 8 short movies and video art works about the compartimentalization of our lives in Montreal. Organizer: Ciné Cozry |
| 2017 | Ressources humaines | 49 Nord 6 Est – Fonds régional d’art contemporain de Lorraine, Metz, France Cultural and artistic programming in dialogue with the exhibition Ressources humaines. |
| 2016 | EXTRACT | Linköping, SwedenDIY socio-artistic project with an international artistic (exhibition, projection, performances), cultural, and academic programming at Skylten and at g16 – Swedish National Gender Research Conference with the support of the Municipality and the University of Linköping. Artists and guests: RXBY (SE), Poema Jones (NL), Ill Syll (BE), Bee Nasser (SE), Samra Habib (CA), Rudy Loewe (UK), Tarek Lakhrissi (FR), Leila Glovert (FR), Sister Justice (SE), Jin Haritaworn (DE & CA) Themes:“afropeople + art: space, time, action”, “queer muslim narratives”, “art world and people of color: inclusion or alternative spaces”, “archiving against queer nostalgia” |
| ARTIST RESIDENCIES AND PROGRAMS | |
| 2026 | Research residency | Artexte, Montreal, Canada |
| 2026 | Habiter le MAC | Musée d’art contemporain (MAC), Montreal, Canada |
| 2026 | Résidence La Coulée | Atelier La Coulée, Montreal, Canada |
| 2024 | Ós Textile Residency | Icelandic Textile Center, Blönduós, Iceland (with Concordia Fine Arts Summer Field School) |
| 2023 | Member residency | LePARC (Milieux Institute), Concordia University, Montreal, Canada Residency of experimentation for aksanti 33 (part 2). |
| 2022 | Dehors est un poème: Place Léopold-Sédar-Senghor | Dehors est un poème, Montreal, Canada Residency of poetry in public spaces. |
| 2018 | Critical Creations | Concordia University, Montreal, Canada Residency of creation for Montreal, 1985 (photo series and zine) with Valérie Bah and Carl-Philippe Simonise. Producers: Annick MF, Meghan Gagliardi, C-Far (Critical Feminist Activism and Research), Concordia University |
| ARTIST CONFERENCES, PRESENTATIONS, AND WORKSHOPS | |
| 2026 | Visite-rencontre : Po B. K. Lomami| Museum of Contemporary Art of Montreal (MAC, Montreal, Canada |
| 2026 | Qui regarde le compteur compter ? Because it will take more than evidence | FOFA Gallery, Montreal, Canada |
| 2024 | Roaming the aftermath: collective risk and performance art to grieve and live | Performance Philosophy Biennial, University of Texas in Austin, USA |
| 2023 | Fomenting change with public performative interventions | Sustain’Alive, Montreal, Canada |
| 2020 | Vulnérables Paradoxes | PME-ART, OFFTA – Festival d’arts vivants, Montréal, Canada Award: ‘Coup de cœur’ of LA SERRE – arts vivants |
| 2020 | Une communauté noire actrice de transformation sociale : Arts et transformation sociale | École Nationale d’administration publique et Association étudiante de l’ÉNAP, Montreal, Canada |
| 2019 | Futurs Talk | Anna Tjé, Revue Atayé, Montreal & Paris, Canada & France |
| 2019 | Seminar Border Crossings 2019 « Performance » | University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada |
| 2015 | Art féministe, féminismes dans l’art | University of Lorraine & 49 Nord 6 Est – FRAC Lorraine, Metz, France |
| ARTIST COLLECTIVES | |
| 2024-… | The Table Collective | with Nicole Crozier, Emilie Kvist, Annik St-Arnaud, Laurence Poirier, Gabrielle Lacoste |
| 2024-… | The Bureau of Noncompetitve Research | with Victoria Stanton, Stacey Caen, José Cortés, Daniel Fiset |
| 2022-… | Co-founder | DC – Art indisciplinaire, Montreal, Canada Implication: treasurer (board of drectors, 2022-2024), vice-president (board of directors, 2024-…), coordinator for the section of Black disabled artists of Laisse-moi le temps |
PUBLICATIONS
| AUTOPUBLICATION | |
| 2018 | Montreal, 1985 | Zine: photo, text. Montreal |
| 2016 | LITTLE RADICAL SECRETS : Consultation d’une afro-ratée | Zine: photo, text, craft. Linköping |
| ESSAY, POETRY, OPINION | |
| 2026 | Force and Form: doing what I can’t to reshape the discourse on police brutality | In Free To Be More: Creative Activism in the Era of Black Lives Matter. Editors: Syrus Marcus Ware, Ra’anaa Yaminah Ekundayo. University of Regina Press |
| 2025 | Aide-mémoire d’art performance : avant et pendant l’action-œuvre | In Revue Moeibus, n° 185 |
| 2024 | Insouciances et tactiques in/capables | with MAP and Eli for DC – Art indsciplinaire. In Inter n° 143 – Arts altercapacité. Québec |
| 2023 | Au fil des pertes | In Adelphes, Revue Estuaire, n° 190. Montreal |
| 2021 | Po B. K. Lomami | In Vulnérables Paradoxes, PME-ART. Montreal |
| 2017 | Ma sœur, je ne suis pas ton nègre | In AssiégéEs #2. Paris |
| 2017 | Processing the tree – Réflexions généalogiques | In Q-zine #13 : The Creative Writing Issue. |
| 2015 | Je suis un·e animal·e | In AssiégéEs #1. Paris |
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