I am an arts worker and creative strategist who approaches navigating the art world as a process of collective problem-solving: curious and grounded in care. In the spirit of play, humor, and the belief that the right support helps creativity thrive, I founded Goblin Party in 2023. The practice offers strategic support for artists, particularly BIPOC and TGNC makers, through project management, creative direction, and administration (read: lots of emails). Since 2011, I have supported artists including Laylah Ali, Jordan Casteel, Hank Willis Thomas, Christopher Myers, Finnegan Shannon, and Nifemi Ogunro, and have collaborated with institutions such as the Studio Museum in Harlem, the Brooklyn Museum, the High Line, and Phaidon. I live and work in Brooklyn and hold a BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design.
In a 2022 personality test, I was described as a helper, problem solver, and peacekeeper. My practice is grounded in these qualities and rooted in my identity as a scrappy, code-switching Black artist and creative practitioner. I bring this perspective into Goblin Party, with a deep understanding of the cultural economy and a commitment to aligning with artists’ needs and values.
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EDUCATION
2007-2011 Rhode Island school of design
SIGN
Aquarius
WORKSHOPS
Joan Mitchell Fellowship “The Organized Artist: Systems for a Sustainable Studio”
Artistic Noise
Teaching Artist Q&A
Joan Mitchell Fellowship
Artist Exchange: Studio Operations
For Freedoms Fellowship “Studio Practices
Silver Art Residency “Art Business”
RESUME
Jordan Casteel Studio
Christopher Myers Studio
Hank Willis Thomas Studio
The Studio of Oliver Jeffers
Paul Kasmin Gallery
Grey Area
Meulensteen Gallery
Marlborough Gallery
WRITING
7 HIGHLIGHTS FROM ART BASEL MIAMI BEACH, Whitewall Magazine, December 7, 2023
PUBLICATION MENTIONS
Jordan Casteel Contemporary Artists Series, Phaidon, 2025
Framing the Female Gaze, Lehman College Art Gallery, 2023
There’s a Ghost in This House, Oliver Jeffers, Harper Collins, Penguin Random House, 2020
What We’ll Build, Oliver Jeffers, Harper Collins, Penguin Random House, 2020
The Working Mind and Drawing Hand of Oliver Jeffers, Phaidon, 2018
Exhibition Catalogue; Impasse Ronsin, Kasmin Gallery, 2017
Exhibition Catalogue; Robert Motherwell, The Art of Collage, Kasmin Gallery, 2016
SELECT SHOWS,PROJECTS,EVENTS
Brooklyn Museum on Wheels, Brooklyn Museum, 2024
Art Noir Open Studios at Stoneleaf Retreat, 2024
Oliver Jeffers x CFR, Council on Foreign Relations, 2024
BIPOC Public Sauna, Big Towel Spa x UPCO, 2023
Halloween Zine, Childish Books, 2023
Portrait revisited by Divya Gadangi,The Cultivist, New York 2022
Off The Wall, Culture Lab, Long Island City, 2021
First Prize in 1st Annual Juried Exhibition, Hudson Valley MOCA, Hudson Valley, 2019
The Fate of Fausto, Sotheran's Rare Books & Prints, London, 2019
Friend of a Friend, The Invisible Dog Center, Brooklyn, 2019
Here You Are, Brooklyn Bridge Park, 2018
90s Bitch-Tuenight, The Invisible Dog Center, Brooklyn, 2018
Pattern Design “Painted Floral”, Lark Adventurewear, 2016
Marked Urgent, Ground Floor Gallery, New York, 2017
Thank You Come Again, So What Space, Brooklyn, 2014
Applied Arts Winner, Applied Arts Magazine, 2009