Catalogues Essays & Commissioned Texts

“Clementine Hunter” and “Gerald Jackson.” Artist entries in Meaning, Matter, Memory: Selections from the Studio Museum in Harlem Collection, curated by Thelma Golden and Connie H. Choi. New York: Phaidon / The Studio Museum in Harlem, 2025.
“Naima Green: Monochrome.” Exhibition text for Naima Green: Monochrome. Astor Weeks, New York, 2025.
“You Hear Me? Notes on Language That Escapes, Spectacularly.” In Duets, publication accompanying Beneath Tongues, curated by Sable Elyse Smith. New York: Swiss Institute, 2022.
“Tom Lloyd” and “Romare Bearden.” Artist texts in Black Refractions: Highlights from The Studio Museum in Harlem, curated by Thelma Golden and Christine Y. Kim. New York: Rizzoli Electa / The Studio Museum in Harlem, 2019.
“Quietly Queer: Devan Simoyama’s Magically Liberating Portraits.” In Fictions, curated by Connie H. Choi and Hallie Ringle. New York: The Studio Museum in Harlem, 2018, pp. 88–89.

Criticism, Reviews & Interviews

“Emma Amos, They Weren’t Ready For You.” Seen: Journal of Film and Visual Culture, Observed section, 2022.
“On Tabita Rida.” In TSA Art Magazine: Collector’s Series — Artists & Cities #01. Lagos / Amsterdam: TSA Art Magazine, 2022.
“To Live as You Die: A Review of Shaka King’s Judas and the Black Messiah.” Seen: Journal of Film and Visual Culture, Issue 002 (Spring 2021).
“Electric Images: Ming Smith’s Transcendent Photography.” Hyperallergic, June 22, 2021.
“Laura Aguilar’s Liberatory Gaze.” Hyperallergic, April 6, 2021.
“Grief and Grievance Honors the Weight and Wake of Racial Violence.” Hyperallergic, March 9, 2021.
“Behind the Mask: Photographers Reflect on Black Vulnerability.” Hyperallergic, February 11, 2021.
“The Living Legacy of the Kamoinge Workshop, a Force in Black Photography.” Hyperallergic, January 20, 2021.
“Michaela Coel’s I May Destroy You Is a Brilliant Meditation on Consent.” Hyperallergic, August 24, 2020.
“Queen & Slim Traverses Trauma on Repeat but Never Delves Deeper.” Hyperallergic, February 18, 2020.
“Sam Nhlengethwa: Portrayal of the Everyday.” The Art Momentum, Artpapers (ART X Lagos 2019), December 28, 2019.
“Kia LaBeija Shelters a Queer, Black Femme Story of Collective Liberation.” Hyperallergic, November 18, 2019.
“How Socialism Shaped Africa Between Independence and the End of the Cold War.” Hyperallergic, October 2, 2019.
“Forging and Nourishing Diasporic Connections: An Interview with Lyle Ashton Harris.” The Art Momentum, Artpapers, November 26, 2018.

Catalogues Essays & Commissioned Texts

Criticism, Reviews & Interviews

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