Projects & Exhibits
"Future Correspondence"June 2021 |
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Queer Multimedia Artist Residency with TrueT Studios x CRC PghDecember 2020 - March 2021"Taylor Waits of Change Rape Culture along with Duane Binion of True T have a vision for folks who identify as LGBTQIA+ and/or Artist of Color who wish to creatively express their identity through their work and what it means to them...the two candidates were selected by both organizations for a new program seeking to elevate, empower, and uplift Black Queer multimedia artists in Pittsburgh." Click here to read the artists' interviews. For this residency, I created a virtual DJ and VJ experience best experienced with VR goggles. Used primarily Cinema4D to create the room, some 3D elements are downloaded from CGTrader and Turbosquid, and some I modeled myself. Click here to experience the full mix in 360. |
Album Cover + Song for Encaustic Collective's Buk the System Compilation AlbumJuly 2020Encaustic Collective, a collective of interdisciplinary artists, asked me design the 3D cover art and submit an original track (Prayer to Iku) for the Buk the System compilation album. Released in support of the Bukit Bail Fund, all proceeds from this project go towards aiding the organization in their support for on-the-ground protestors. To read more about the process behind these visual and auditory pieces, click here. Mastering by Ali Berger Album artwork by Khadijat Yussuff Organized by Jessica Fuquay and Samir Gangwani |
Neo-Binary: Gender Lanscape Installation for Longturn Music w/ Annie ErrezDecember 2019Created a one-night immersive installation exploring the agender and pangender identities as a new measure of gender binary. Using materials that exist specifically to emulate nature or reality (fake grass + flowers, 3D hologram projector), I was able to reconcedptualize how the current view of gender can be expanded upon. Video and artwork by Khadijat Yussuff. Music by Annie Errez. |
Kelly Strayhorn Theater's #WithUS CampaignOctober 2019Kelly Strayhorn Theater's Creative and Social Impact Fellow, Brendon J. Hawkins, asked me to photograph highlighted artists for the #WithUS campaign that was run on social media. Artist photography: Khadijat Yussuff Artists: Damon Young, Beth Barbis, Jordan Howard |
Event Content Development for Bike Pittsburgh's 6th Annual Women and Non-Binary ForumApril 2019Designed print and digital materials (poster, trifolds, as well as event signage and a takeaway infographic) for Bike Pittsburgh's 6th Annual Women and Non-Binary Forum sponsored by Dollar Bank and hosted at the Ace Hotel Pittsburgh on April 6th, 2019. |
Knotzland x The Market at Macy's CampaignNovember 2018Knotzland CEO Nisha Blackwell asked me to join the campaign team as the photographer for their Facebook Small Business pop-up at The Market at Macy's in Lenox Mall. Along with stylist Imani Jahaan and videographers Njaimeh Njie and Morgan Moody, we worked together as a team over the course of six weeks to build a diverse and representative multimedia campaign for the shop. I also worked closely with Nisha on select bowtie designs for the collection. Model photography: Khadijat Yussuff Styling: Imani Jahaan Product photography: Knotzland Videography: Njaimeh Njie and Morgan Moody |
Participation In The Glow Up Group Exhibition at Ace Hotel PittsburghNovember 2018Exhibited in Max "GEM5" Gonzalez & Jerome Chu's LIFT Grant-sponsored POC group show, "The Glow Up," at the Ace Hotel Pittsburgh on Nov. 9. Sold a visual art piece entitled "Two Sisters," of a Montserrat and Banana Leaf. Krylon Spray Paint, glitter, and resin on foamboard. Flyer design: Sakony Shakur Burton |
A Fairer SexMarch 2018 |
NYFW : Portraits November 2017 |