Upcoming exhibitions

10.23    A Home is a Portal, Östberga Kulturhus, Stockholm, SE
11.23     Samsen Atelier, Stockholm, SE

Solo exhibitions

2023    A Home is a Portal, Körsbärsgården Konsthall, Burgsvik, SE

Group exhibitions

2023    Lugares, NY Latin American Art Triennial / PTM Contemporary, New York, NY
2023    HOY, National Museum of Somalia, Mogadishu, SO
2023    Konstfack Spring Exhibition, Stockholm, SE
2023    Some People Think Print Belongs to the Past, Candyland, Stockholm, SE
2021     New Latin Wave Festival, New York, NY (virtual)
2020    DULA: Tastes Like Home, TIER, Berlin, DE
2020    Exhibition, Art On Link, LinkNYC, New York, NY
2020    Exhibition, Creators & Culture, Twitter, New York, NY
2019     Exhibition, Hecho Con Galaxy, Samsung, New York, NY
2019     Cluster Illustration Fair, London, UK

Selected residencies, activations, workshops, scholarships & achievements

2023    Grant, Riksförbundet Sveriges Konstföreningar / The National Association of Swedish Art Societies
2023    Grant/Scholarship, Konstfacks Foundation
2023    Grant/Scholarship, Beata Brummers Foundation
2023    Grant/Scholarship, Ulla Fröberg-Cramérs Foundation
2022    Jury, Young Guns 20, The One Club for Creativity
2020    Co-creator/presenter, Miraculous Futures, Fontys, Eindhoven, NL
2019     Co-creator/presenter, Miraculous Futures, Nederlands Film Festival, Utrecht, NL
2019     Answer Time, Tumblr x Coachella Music Festival, Indio, CA
2018     Illustrator in Residence, The Other Art Fair, Brooklyn, NY
2018     Artist, Answer Time, Tumblr x Coachella Music Festival, Indio, CA
2018     Fellow in Fiction, Lambda Literary Foundation
2017     Contributing Artist / Character Illustrator, Neurospeculative Afrofeminism, Sundance International Film Festival / SXSW / Tribeca Film Fest (Jury Honorable Mention) / Gray Area Art & Technology Festival / Primer Speculative Futures Conference / School of the Art Institute of Chicago / New Inc: Versions Festival / et al.

Education

2023    MFA / Konstfack University of Arts, Crafts & Design
2013     BA / The University of British Columbia

Professional summary

2017—2023         Artist & Illustrator, Ludi Leiva (Global)
2015—2020        Freelance writer & editor (New York, NY & Los Angeles, CA)
2019—2020        Director of Content, Supermaker (Portland, OR)
2018—2019         Staff Writer, Refinery29 (New York, NY)
2018—2019         Deputy Editor & Creative Strategist, Everyday Feminism (Los Angeles, CA)
2017—2018          Associate Editor, Everyday Feminism (Los Angeles, CA)
2017—2017          Development Coordinator & Copywriter, The Current Museum of Art (New York, NY)
2013—2016         Nonprofit work, The David Suzuki Foundation, Out in Schools, et al. (Vancouver, Canada)

Languages

English (native), Spanish (native), Swedish (upper-intermediate), French (intermediate), German (lower-intermediate), Slovak (beginner)