SLiNK love: she/they
Education:
Public Ally - Cincinnati Cohort ‘25
MFA - University of Cincinnati DAAP '24
BFA - University of Cincinnati DAAP ‘18
Awards:
Yates & Provost Fellowship Award
Sara and Michelle Vance Waddell Scholarship Fund for Equity in the Arts
Three Arts Masters Scholarship Inc.
Founder & President of ArtistxCommunity (AC)
Public Ally - class of July 2025
Collections & Publications:
2026 - (Under Review). Just Enjoy It: Pleasure to Refuse For-Profit-Healthcare and Anti-Black Violence. Social and Health Sciences, Special Issue: Utopic Imaginings.
2025 - …dot dot dot
2025 - CROWN THE QUEEN CITY
Fall 2023 & Spring 2024 - Poetry Stacked - Sponsored by DAAP, University of Cincinnati Libraries and the Elliston Poetry Room (College of Arts and Sciences)
2021 - “Nympho” Magazine
Residencies:
2026: FAB Artist @ SWELL Art Cafe, Cincinnati OH
2019 - 2020: Artist in Residence @ Zentrale - The Institut Fur Alles Mogliche, Berlin Germany
2019: Artist in Residence @ The Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati OH
Teaching/Leadership:
2026 - inTeensify @ various public libraries - Cincinnati Art Museum - Cincinnati OH
2024 - Present: President of Artist x Community
2023 - Present: Lead Artist for Art on the Rise & in-Teensify @ Cincinnati Art Museum - Cincinnati OH
2018 - 2019: Teen Educator Assistant @ The Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati OH
Gallery Experience:
2022 - 2024 - Gallery Manager @ UC DAAP MFA Annex “Gallery 429” - Cincinnati, OH
Solo Exhibitions:
2025 sanctifi'd @ Boxelder Community Room - Cincinnati OH
2024 Zemblanity @ Gallery 429 - Cincinnati OH
2023 i struggle to communicate digestibly. @ Gallery 429 - Cincinnati, OH
2020 ART IS NARCISSISM @ institut für alles mögliche, Berlin, Germany
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2026 Materials Reclaimed - @ PAR-Projects, Cincinnati OH.
2025 Midwest Regional Sustainability Summit - @ Sharonville Convention Center, Sharonville OH.
2024 “Through the Portal: Growing the World We Want” - @ Chicago Justice Gallery, Chicago IL
2024 “UNFUCKTHEWORLD” - Rodin Response: FIELD family secrets @ Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati OH.
2024 Self/Realization @ Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati OH
2023 Transitions @ OTR Stillhouse, Cincinnati OH
2022 evoke @ ClubPlex, underground, Indianapolis IN
2018 SOS Art - A Group Show for Peace and Justice @ The Art Academy, Cincinnati OH
2018 Swap Meet @ The Carnegie, Covington, KY
Performance:
2024 “UNFUCKTHEWORLD” - part of Rodin Response: FIELD family secrets @ Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati OH.
2023 - ‘rest, here, now’ - Co-Organized by the International Institute of Social Studies Erasmus University Rotterdam - part 1 @ Contemporary Art Center & part 2 @ University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati OH
Fashion:
2025 - Fiber Forum: Trashion Show - private event for Recycle and Reuse Hub - Cincinnati OH.
2025 - OFF THE DEEP END - @ Zeigler Pool, Cincinnati OH
2025 - CROWN THE QUEEN CITY - @ MegaCorp Pavillion, Newport KY
2024 - Reclaimed Runways - @ Flora & Flair, Cincinnati OH
2024 - Anti-Prom: Adventure Club - @ Alice OTR, Cincinnati OH
2023 - High Off Fashion - @ Drip Coffee Lounge, Cincinnati OH
2023 - REBIRTH IS INEVITABLE - @ The Junkyard, Cincinnati OH
2022 - SHEDDING SKINS - @ The Place, London, England
Art Direction & Curation:
2025 - Art On The Rise @ Cincinnati Art Museum - Cincinnati OH.
2024 - Present - Club Alt'R (series)- Cincinnati, OH
2024 - SHOWCASE - AxC & DAAP MFA launch event @ 429 Gallery, DAAP and TUC Green, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati OH
2024 - Sonder Salon - @ Boxelder Community Room - Cincinnati, OH.
2023 - ‘rest, here, now’ - Co-Organized by the International Institute of Social Studies Erasmus University Rotterdam - part 1 @ Contemporary Art Center & part 2 @ University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati OH
2022 - Small World Night Market for BLINK @ Findlay Market, Cincinnati OH
2021 - A Fools Fever Dream @ The Mockbee, Cincinnati OH
Press:
2025 sanctifi’d Press Release.
2025 CROWN THE QUEEN CITY - Cover #3 : "SLiNK Talks Artful Activism & Chili Couture."
2023 I TOLD FISH
2022 Master of Fine Arts
2022 Interview with Donuts&Akahol