Recent Projects

2002

Peanuts On Parade, Lucy; St. Paul, MN

2001

Joy; ADC Communication, 84' x 11' Mural within cafateria, Eden Prairie, MN
Peanuts On Parade, Charlie Brown; St. Paul, MN

2000

'Open Face'; Installation,Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
Voices Of Hope;Gosple Child Care Center, 128' x 20' Mural, St. Paul, MN
Painted Glass Vessels; Flatland Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Cinderella Stories;Set Design; Stepping Stone Theatre, Minneapolis, MN
Peanuts on Parade, Snoopy, City of St. Paul, MN

1999
Spirit House Revisited, with Bill Slack and Seitu Jones, Rochester Art Center, Rochester, Minnesota
Sources, with James Tanner, Colette Gaiter, and Seitu Jones; Macalaster College, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Diaspora, multimedia exhibition, at The Lounge, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Curated by Newscaster Robin Robinson, KMSP9
BROTHERS & SISTERS TO THE BONE, Intermedia Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Curated by Ta-coumba
Kohn Gallery, Sharing the Spirit, solo, Minneapolis, Minnesota

1998

ABSOLUT EXPRESSION, Original works by African American Artist. Traveling exhibition sponsored by ABSOLUT VODKA
Star Tribune, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Lutheran Brotherhood Hdq, Minneapolis, Minnesota
1997
Vision From Within, Intermedia Arts, curator, Minneapolis


1996

Unique Images Fine Arts Gallery, St. Paul, Minnesota
Diversity: New Acquisition Exhibitions, Saint Paul, MN

AWARDS - HONORS -COMMISSIONS

2000

Marcy Open School, History mural project, Minneapolis, MN
Artists' Concept for Developing Community: The Lake Street Project, Intermedia Arts; guest curator. Minneapolis,MN
Hollman Project artist team, artist consultant for community development project. Minneapolis, Minnesota

1999

Highgrove Credit Union, five panel mural 8'h by 10'w Saint Paul, Minnesota
Richard Green / Central,Weed &Seed public Art Project Sculpture, Minneapolis, Minnesota (in progress)
Capital New Year 2000, Illustrator for promotional packet
Voted the " BEST LOCAL ARTIST" by the CITY PAGES' Best of the TWIN CITIES 1999, Minnesota
Saint Paul Art Collective, President; Saint Paul, Minnesota
Cultural Collaboration Grant, with Pangea World Theater Minnesota State Arts Board, recipient.
Leadership in Neighborhood Fellowship, Saint Paul Companies, recipient, Minnesota
National Community Development and the Arts Conference, Community Artists' Collectives' Keynote speaker, Houston, Texas
AFRICA, One Continent Many Worlds, ten murals collaborated with students from five schools, for the Minnesota Science Museum. Twin Cities

1997

Celebration of Life Mural, In collaboration with Master Muralist Dr. John Biggers, lead artist Seitu Jones, myself, and a select team of fifteen artist, created a 200'w by 16' h mural, on Lyndale and Seventh Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota

1996

Cultural Collaboration Grant, In collaboration with Zenon Dance Company, Minnesota State Arts Board, Saint Paul, Minnesota

1994

Gottlieb Fellowship, New York, NY

1993

Nicollet Mall- Art In Public Places Project, "SHADOW SPIRIT" in collaboration with Seitu Jones, 12th and Nicollet, Minneapolis MN
Interrogating Identity, created an installation for a traveling exhibit with the Walker Arts Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Robert Street Municipal Parking Ramp, created six cast walls a one nine feet in diameter etched glass window, Saint Paul, Minnesota


1992

BUSH Artist Fellowship, Saint Paul, Minnesota

1991

Headland Center for the Arts, four month residency, Sausilito, CA


1990

Art in Public Places, Minneapolis Arts Commission Minneapolis, MN


1988

Pollack/Krasner Fellowship, New York, New York


To the future and beyond! Ta-coumba Aiken