“Many of my paintings explore the everyday condition of humanity with the individual as subject: the internal and external struggles wrestled with on a daily basis—the varied and wide-ranging expressions of emotion. The subjects strive to attain, through daily life-struggle, a sense of self-awareness, self-identity, self-knowledge, self-acceptance, and finally self-love. This ‘Self’ exploration is vital for an individual to fully, confidently, and honestly, engage with the world. Even when there are no humans present there is an attempt to express our human connection with the world around us through sensory experience.
Another commonality many of the subjects in my paintings share is an underdog quality, rather than the already glorified champion. I personally connect more with art that, to me, hints at this view. I feel that the underdog represents most of us, all striving to be better, to be more—hardly ever attaining our idealized selves, but nevertheless always pursuing a feeling of true happiness.”
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GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2025
“Capturing Music” Suffolk Center for Cultural Arts, Suffolk, VA
‘DIVERSITY GALLERY’ Norfolk Botanical Garden, Norfolk, VA
2024
‘DIVERSITY GALLERY’ Norfolk Botanical Garden, Norfolk, VA
2023
‘OPEN (C)ALL – CURIOUS COLLECTIONS’ Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, Virginia Beach, VA
2021
’17: The Revolution Will Be Visualized’ Queens Public Library, Queens, NY
‘Expressions of Black Fatherhood’ Virtual exhibition, Real Dads Network
2020
‘Black History Month Celebration Exhibit’ Galeria del Barrio, NYC
‘Black Culture In The Burg’ Create & Be Art and Cultural Studio, Stroudsburg, PA
’17: The Revolution Will Be Visualized’ Mount Vernon Public Library, Mount Vernon, NY
2019
‘A Union Of Art’ 1199SEIU Gallery, NYC
2018
‘Artists Unite’ 1199SEIU Gallery, NYC
2015
‘The Day After MLK’, Malcolm X and Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Educational Center, NYC
’17: The Revolution Will Be Visualized’, Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. State Office Bldg., Harlem, NYC
‘Woman Up’, (In celebration of Women’s History Month), The Conception Gallery, LIC, NY
‘HerStory’, (In celebration of Women’s History Month), 1199SEIU Gallery, NYC
‘Not The Same Ol’ Black History Show’, 1199SEIU Gallery, NYC
2014
‘Sublime: Where Art Meets Fashion’, StudioJ Gallery, LIC, NY
‘BRINK’, The Conception Gallery, LIC, NY
’42nd Times Sq. Show Remixed – 80s Revisited’, 1199SEIU Gallery, NYC
‘Expressions / Expresiones: A 32BJ Art Exhibit’, Jersey City City Hall, NJ
’17: The Revolution Will Be Visualized’, Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. State Office Bldg., Harlem, NYC
‘Vision Of Three Kings’, with Tyson Hall and Laronz Murray, 1199SEIU Gallery, NYC
2013
‘Urban Dreamz’, The Bernie Wohl Center, NYC
Edgewater Arts & Music Festival, Edgewater, NJ
2012
‘Dreams of Flight’, LITM Art Gallery, Jersey City, NJ
Edgewater Arts & Music Festival, Edgewater, NJ
‘VISUAL ART SUBJECTS, New York Realism Fine Art’, West Park Art Gallery, NY
‘A Choice of Weapons: The New Renaissance Artist’, 1199SEIU Gallery, NYC
CONCEPTION TRIBECA, 22 Warren St., NYC
‘The Examined Life’, New Visions Studio and Gallery, Scranton, PA
2011
CONCEPTION TRIBECA 22 Warren St., NYC
‘The Monster Show’ Dreamland Creations Gallery, Stroudsburg, PA
‘Music Motif Show’ Antoine Dutot Museum, DWG, PA,
‘The Collaboration Show’ Dreamland Creations Gallery, Stroudsburg, PA
Pocono Arts Council’s Studio Gallery, Stroudsburg, PA
‘Young Artists of Monroe County’ Pocono Community Theater, East Stroudsburg, PA
‘The Mythology Show’ Dreamland Creations Gallery, Stroudsburg, PA
‘Members’ Show’ Pocono Arts Council, Stroudsburg, PA
‘The Elements Show’ Dreamland Creations Gallery, Stroudsburg, PA
2010
‘The Blue Show’ Dreamland Creations Gallery, Stroudsburg, PA
‘Bedtime Stories’ Gallery at Sherman Theater, Stroudsburg, PA
Music Motif Show Antoine Dutot Museum, Delaware Water Gap, PA
Gallery at Eastern Monroe Public Library, Stroudsburg, PA
ARTSPACE Gallery, Stroudsburg, PA
‘Member’s Show’ Pocono Arts Council, Stroudsburg, PA
Abbey Hill Gallery, Easton, PA
2009
NAACP Centennial National Convention, NYC
‘We’ve Gotta Have It!: Art Inspired by Spike Lee’ Salena Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Pocono Arts Council Members’ Show, Stroudsburg, PA
Sanofi Pasteur ‘Meet the Artists’ Show, Swiftwater, PA
Gallery at Sherman Theater, Stroudsburg, PA
2008
‘Art Across The River’ Columbia, NJ
Pocono Farms Country Club Art show, Tobyhanna, PA
2007
‘Art Across The River’ Columbia, NJ
Pocono Farms Country Club Art show, Tobyhanna, PA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2017
‘Reverence’ The Bernie Wohl Center, NYC
Bergen Community College, Paramus, NJ
2014
Bergen Community College, Paramus, NJ
2013
D’s Soul Full Cafe, Hoboken, NJ
Gallery at East Stroudsburg University, Stroudsburg, PA
2012
Frances Hughes’ Community Crisis Center, Delaware Water Gap, PA
The Galleria, Stroudsburg, PA
The Gallery at Chant Realtors, Lords Valley, PA
‘Journeyman’ Pocono Community Theater Gallery, East Stroudsburg, PA
2011
MudWorks & Friends, Effort, PA
Main Street Jukebox Gallery, Stroudsburg, PA
Cheeky Monkey Coffee House, Stroudsburg, PA
‘Celebrating Our Spirit’ 1199SEIU Gallery, NYC
Gallery at East Stroudsburg University, Stroudsburg, PA
2010
Monroe County Bar Association, Stroudsburg, PA
Eastern Monroe Public Library, Stroudsburg, PA
2009
‘Experiential Impressions’, 1199SEIU Gallery, NYC
Pocono Record, Stroudsburg, PA
‘Meet The Artist’ Sanofi Pasteur, Swiftwater, PA
Stroud Township Municipal Building, Stroudsburg, PA
Office of State Rep. Mario Scavello, Mount Pocono, PA
2008
Mama Bella’s, Bushkill, PA
2-PERSON EXHIBITIONS:
2019
‘I AM BLACK ART 2’ 1199SEIU Gallery, NYC
2013
‘I AM BLACK ART’ 1199SEIU Gallery, NYC
2012
‘A Union Of Art’ 1199SEIU Gallery, NYC
‘A Union Of Art’ The Castle Inn Gallery, Delaware Water Gap, PA
CURATED EXHIBITIONS:
2015
‘Not The Same Ol’ Black History Show’, 1199SEIU Gallery, NYC (co-curator with Crespo)
2011
‘Flights of Fantasy’, 1199SEIU Gallery, NYC (co-curator with Crespo)
‘le printemps’, 1199SEIU Gallery, NYC (co-curator with Crespo)
‘A Celebration of Women – Past, Present and Future’, 1199SEIU Gallery, NYC (co-curator with Crespo)
2010
‘P.O.V.’, 1199SEIU Gallery, NYC (co-curator with Crespo)
‘Reflections of… A Time’, 1199SEIU Gallery, NYC (co-curator with Crespo)
Publication Features
Featured cover artist, African Voices magazine, Summer/Fall 2024 issue
Issue #2, Of/with: journal of immanent renditions
Issue #23, Catapult Art Magazine
Interview with an Artist—Ka-Son Reeves
Awards
2025 – 2nd Place, “The Guitar Lesson”, “Capturing Music” exhibition, Suffolk Center for Cultural Arts
2025 – 1st place, ‘I Got You’, Diversity Gallery Juried Show, Norfolk Botanical Garden
2017 – February, Artist-in-Residence, Bergen Community College
2014 – February, Artist-in-Residence, Bergen Community College
2011 – 1st place in Painting, ‘Tune-Up’, Antoine Dutot Museum’s ‘Music Motif’ Show
2011 – 1st place, Acrylics division, ‘Here 4 The Taking’, Pocono Arts Council’s Members Show
2010 – 1st place in Painting, ‘Jazz In Space’, Antoine Dutot Museum’s ‘Music Motif’ Show
2010 – Honorable Mention, Acrylics division, ‘Brothers’, Pocono Arts Council’s Members Show
2009 – Honorable Mention, ‘La Escena Del Baile’, ‘Art Across The River’ festival
PERMANENT EXHIBITIONS:
Main Street Jukebox, Stroudsburg, PA
DONATIONS:
Artwork donated to:
“Monster Drawing Rally”, presented by Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art and Generation MOCA
“Depth Natural Wine and Solidarity Fair” supporting Hampton Roads Reproductive Justice League
“Young Collectors” Art Gallery, presented by The Garage VB to foster art appreciation among youth
‘Rescue Me’ presented by Henrietta Hudson benefitting Bergen County Protect and Rescue No-Kill Shelter
“Artworks III” Fundraiser to benefit Western Pocono Community Library
Cheeky Monkey Coffee House fundraiser to support Breast Cancer research
Pocono Arts Council’s ‘Spring for the Arts’ Fundraiser
Pocono Community Theater Fundraiser
Northampton Community College
