2014 - 2018
Parsons School of Design
B.F.A Fashion Design & Art
EDUCATION
“Interdisciplinary Visual Artist showcasing the language of expression.”
2012 - 2014
Parsons Scholars
Pre Collage Program
New York, NY
2010 - 2014
Fashion Industries
New York, NY
Princeton University Art Museum
New Jersey | March - May 2022
Elizabeth Colomba: Repainting the Story
| Exhibition
EXPERIENCE
State of Wonder NYC
Manhattan, New York| May 2023
Group Exhibition
The Arnold & Sheila Aronson Gallery
New York, NY | November 2018
| Fashion & Race Group Exhibition
Smithsonian African Art Fellowship: Ayana V Jackson
Washington, DC | September 2018
| Research Assistant & Art Direction
Highland
Brooklyn, New York | January 2022
| Group Exhibition
The Metropolitan Opera: Cendrillon
New York, NY | January 2018
Princeton University Art Museum:
Artist Talk
New Jersey | April 14th, 2022
Visual Storytelling and the Importance of Introspection
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENT
Career Day Guest Speaker
Brooklyn, NY | P.S. 244 | May 2021
Parsons School of Design: What I Wish I knew Panel
New York, NY | April 2021
Guest Speaker Parsons Scholars Program
Scholastic Art Judging
New York, NY | Jan 2018
STUDIED UNDER
Artist :
Charles Goldman
Jaime Arredondo
Hilda Shen
GRANTS AND AWARDS
Parsons Scholars Program
Alumni Artist Project Award
New York, NY | November 2019
JumpstArt NYC
June 2021
William Randolph Hearst Scholarship New York, NY | May 2018
HONORS
- 2018 3DW.it Sponsorship
- 2014 HEOP Scholarship
- 2014 ESTEE Lauder Scholarship
- 2014 Brag Scholarship
- 2012 The Heaney Award
- 2012 The Heaney Award
PUBLICATIONS
Ahwaaleew Stories
Apr 2020 | Designed Matters | Interview
Google Arts & Culture
2018 | “The Evolution of a Strange Fruit” (dress and headpiece)
i-D Magazine
Nov 2018 | Wheeler, André -Naquian | Parsons’ New Exhibition Explores How Fashion Can Be Less Racist,
The AFM
Feb 2019 | Lashun Costor: The Evolution of a Strange Fruit website
The Metropolitan Opera
Apr 2018 | Gallery Met Shorts: Cendrillon
Dazed Magazine
2018 | This exhibition spotlights the next-gen artists exploring fashion and race
