Building at the boundary between culinary and artistic expressions since 2008, my work links food culture, land-based ancestral practices, and history - inviting people to digest complex stories through sensorial experiences and embodied responses to the stories held in a bite, a whispered aroma, a fleeting sensation.

Through a social practice that spans from ritualized tasting menus to experiential installations using oral and olfactory exploration of memory, from DIY Queer culinary events to museum exhibitions, I am led by curiosity and a passion for the thrill of following concepts from first embers to full blaze. As an artist, I express myself through writing, dancing, building, designing, and of course, through cooking. My work as a curator is rooted in my reverence for artistic expression, especially that of Afro-descendant people. I relish the opportunity to create spaces for artists to explore and play without defined outcomes.

In addition to my own practice, I lean into this experience to mentor artists and chefs and develop cultural community programming as both a private consultant and as Programs Director at DESTA Black Community Network in Montreal, Canada.

current projects include :

Curator-in-Residence 2025-26

School of the Arts, McMaster University

Ecomemory Recordings/Sounds from the Great Dismal Swamp -

Experiments and completed works on ecomemory - the memory of the mycelial, botanical, and hydrological sentience that surrounds us.

Gut Rituals - Montreal-based Queer ecological arts research collective founded with bodyworker and herbalist, Manna Mu. Fieldwork and foraging infuse a deep social practice in the form of community rituals and bespoke botanicals.

ONYX Lab Teaching Kitchen - Support and mentorship for Black culinary professionals who, in return, provide the community free experiences with Afro Diasporic Foods.

upcoming engagements:

February 18

BassWell

ONYX Lab at La Poubelle Magnifique

March 2-20

New Moon V

Orchid Contemporary, Hamilton, ON

March 27 & 28

Ecomemory Recordings Practice Journal

Fitzhenry Studios at McMaster University, Hamilton, ON

SELECTED PAST WORK

‘Remember/Forget’ - Articule, Montreal, October 2024 artist

Installation and artist editions of Palestinian spices, cultured salt crystals, and charred wood

exhibition: “The Clouds, They Look Like Mountains”, curator Nasrin Himada.

‘Sounds from the Great Dismal Swamp’ - Gallery 101, Ottawa, December 2022 - curator

6-day experimental residency and performance of building installation in-situ with a cohort of 5 artists and chefs,

ending in one-night sound performance.

'Brown Butter' - Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston, June 2022 - curator

An interactive, immersive exhibition featuring 12 Black Canadian artists and chefs creating works in

collaboration over a 6-week exhibition. Three public engagements and over 20 new works.

2013 - 2020 Restaurant Consulting

‘Twenty-One’ - Private Venue, Montreal, December 2012 - solo

Conceived as a Winter solstice ritual and durational performance. Using the end of the Mayan calendar and African spirituality as inspiration, a 21-course menu was prepared for 21 viewers.

‘Fractal Function’ - The Spectrum, Brooklyn, April 2012 - curator/producer

Installation exploring fractals as a prism through which to view Queer expression. Curated over a dozen artists and musicians including Zuzuka Poderosa, Juliana Huxtable, and Adee Roberson.

‘Primal Cuts’ - Ace Hotel, Portland, November 2010 -curator/producer

Photographer Alison Picard and cinematographer Moira Morel document a pig slaughter, with the resulting dinner featuring the animals from the photo exhibit and storytelling by local farmers and author Marissa Guggiana.

“A New Ñame”, Fuse Magazine Issue #36, Fall 2013

The Ethical Butcher: How Thoughtful Eating Can Change Your World, Soft Skull Press, April 2013

“Brooklyn Fade”, Original Plumbing Issue #2, Winter 2010

2024 Wildseed Centre for Arts & Activism Artist's Workshop, Memory Work

2024 Queens University Curator Talk, Curatorial Practice

2023 University of Toronto Curator Talk, Curatorial Practice

2022 University of Toronto Curator Talk, Brown Butter

2022 Queens University Curator Talk, Brown Butter

2021 - DESTA Food Teaching and Cultural Program Design/Direction

2013 York University Artist Talk, Symposium for Decolonial Aesthetics, Toronto

Fellow of Wildseed Centre for Arts & Activism, Canada 2023

Fellow of Art for Artists, Wassaic Project, New York 2023

Professional Development for Artists, Canada Council for the Arts 2023

Concept to Realization, Canada Council for the Arts 2021

2025-26 Curator-in-Residence, McMaster University, Canada

2025 MOTHRA Residency, Gibraltor Point, Canada

2024 Artistic Research Residency, Arteventura, Spain

2024 Black Artist Residency, Empire of Dirt, Canada

2024 Gut Rituals Research Residency, Colombia

2023 Family Residency, Wassaic Project, New York

2023 Cruce Space for Transformation, AADK, Spain

2022 Experimental Performance Residency, Gallery 101, Canada

Exhibition Submission Panelist, Apexart, NYC 2025

Residency Advisory Panel, Intramissions, PEC, Canada 2025

Residency Selection Panel, Wassaic Project, New York 2024

Residency Co-Director, Modern Fuel/Union Gallery, Canada 2024