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EDUCATION
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
2021: Bachelor of Arts, Studio Art; Bachelor of Arts, Sociology
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SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025: forthcoming: Solo Exhibition and Workshop, Compound Yellow, Oak Park, IL
2023: Featured Artist, The Gard3n, Chicago, IL
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GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025: Group Exhibition, Dank Haus, Chicago, IL
2025: Carroll Harris Simms National Black Art Competition and Exhibition, African American Museum Dallas, Dallas, TX
2024: 12th Annual Juried Art Competition, Bridgeport Art Center, Chicago IL
2024: Garden of Earthly Delights, COOP Gallery, Nashville, TN
2023: 555: You Are the Change; A Black History Month Exhibition, 2006 Space Oddity, Salt Lake City, UT
2023: Never Been Kissed, ArtSpace, Chicago, IL
2022: Murray State Alumni Exhibition ‘22, The Clara M. Eagle Gallery, Murray State University, Murray KY
2022: No Place to Show, Juried Exhibiton, M. G. Nelson Gallery, Springfield Arts Association, Springfield, IL, **Honorable Mention**
2022: BIPOC is The Theme!, Juried Exhibition, Buckham Gallery, Flint, MI
2022: Valdosta National 2022, Juried Exhibition, Dedo Maranville Fine Arts Gallery, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, FL
2021: Inseparable: Margaret Stonewall Wooldridge Hamblet Exhibition, Space 204 Gallery, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, **Merit Award Recipient**
2021: Spur of the Moment, Vanderbilt Student Gallery, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
2021: Creative Expression Showcase, Virtual Exhibition, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
2020: Creative Expression Showcase, Virtual Exhibition, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
2019: On Nature and Progress, Vanderbilt Student Gallery, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
2019: Cummins Station Student Exhibition, Cummins Station, Nashville, TN
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RESIDENCIES
2024-26: Chicago Artist Coalition Residency, Chicago, IL
COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS
2021: Each/Other: Marie Watt and Cannupa Hanska Luger, Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
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2020-21: Deface Project, Artist Book and Companion Photo Archive Collaboration with Jerry Bedor-Phillips
2020-21: Engine for Art, Democracy, and Justice; A trans-institutional initiative that explores creative approaches to living together in the South(s)
Program Founder: Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons, Curator: Marina Fokidis​
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2018: Sonic Re-Activation: Unearthing Public Square’s Forgotten Pasts,
Guillermo Galindo, Nashville, TN
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Performer in collaborative, multidisciplinary performance; https://youtu.be/jJL1ZqBvkqQ
2018: Print-o-Rama, Bill Fick and Carlos Hernandez, Nashville, TN
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Studio assistant
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Prepared silk screens, supervised guests during community printmaking workshop
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CURATION & PROGRAMMING
2024: "Pride Screening of The Watermelon Woman", The Logan Theater, Chicago, IL
2023: "Emergent! Pop-Up Exhibition", DragonFly Gallery, Chicago, IL
2023: Artist Talk Series, The Martin, Chicago, IL
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PUBLICATIONS
2021: "Meet Cay Mims", CanvasRebel, https://canvasrebel.com/meet-cay-mims
2020: “Welcome from the engine”, https://www.vanderbilt.edu/eadj/2020/09/08/welcome-from-the-engine/#comment-5
INVITATIONS
2024: Artist Talk Facilitator and Moderator, "Power Frauen" at Dank Haus, Chicago, IL
2024: Artist Talk Facilitator and Moderator, "You are Invited" at Dank Haus, Chicago, IL
2019: Speaker on Panel, "Intersection: Possibilities with Art", Kefi Collective, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
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COLLECTIONS & COMMISIONS
2021: Vanderbilt University Pandemic Archive, Special Collections, Vanderbilt University Libraries, Nashville, TN
2021: LHM, Commissioned Painting, Nashville, TN
2021: Portrait, Private Collection, Nashville, TN
2020: Commissioned Work for Music Rehearsal Hall, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
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ORGANIZATIONS AND AFFILIATIONS
Brown Baby Art, Chicago
2021: Volunteer at Buchanan Arts, Nashville, TN
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