Onajide Shabaka

Onajide Shabaka was born in Cincinnati, Ohio and currently lives and works in Miami, Florida. Shabaka was awarded an MFA from Vermont College of the Fine Arts. Through a well-developed research-based walking practice working both outdoors and in the studio, Shabaka explores the environment and its biology allowing site-specific histories and the human-influenced environment to reveal hidden or untold narratives.

Solo exhibitions: “La Florida: Improbable Stories,” Tempus Projects, Tampa, Florida; “Her touch smooths rough waters,” MOCA Plaza, N. Miami, Florida, “Alosúgbe: a journey across time,” Emerson Dorsch, Miami, Florida. Group exhibitions: “Florida Prize,” Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, Florida;“Post Hip Hop,” Sikkema Jenkins Gallery, New York, New York; “Fossilized and Realized: Tar Pits Video Festival,” La Brea Tar Pits & Museum, Los Angeles, California. Artist Residences: Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, Florida; Project Row Houses, Houston, Texas; Everglades National Park, Florida. Art Collections: FIU Frost Museum of Art, Miami, Florida; Miami- Dade Art in Public Places; Arturo Mosquera Family Collection. Grant awards: M.I.A. Grant, Miami Dade Cultural Affairs, Miami, Florida; DVCAI Residency Grant, Miami, FL; Florida; Wavemaker Grant Locust Projects, Miami, Florida; Oolite Arts Ellies Grant, Miami, Florida.