CURRICULUM VITAE


EDUCATION

Howard University, Washington DC

Master of Fine Art

 

Claflin University, Orangeburg SC

Bachelor of Art

 


EXHIBITIONS & RESIDENCIES

Artist-in-Residence & Visual Art Ambassador

Park Circle Community Center

North Charleston, SC, July 2025- September 2025 (Upcoming)

Exhibition Wall

Coastal Coffee Roasters

Summerville, SC, June 2025 (Upcoming)

Gibbes Museum Artisan Fair ‘25

The Garden & Lecture Hall at the Gibbes Museum of Art

Downtown Charleston, SC, April 2025 (Upcoming)

REDUX Residency Exhibition

Redux Contemporary Art Center

Downtown Charleston, SC, March 2025- May 2025 (Upcoming)

REDUX Lightning Residency

Redux Contemporary Art Center

Downtown Charleston, SC, February 2025- March 2025 (Upcoming)

Beyond Time

Park Circle Community Building

North Charleston, SC, February 2025 (Upcoming)

Culture & Cocktails- Featured Artist

The Harbor Entrepreneur Center

Mount Pleasant, SC, January 2025 (Upcoming)

Underground Railroad Stories of York County (Original Illustrations by Kenish Harmon)

York Country History Center

York, PA, August 2024 (Permanent Installation)

The Warm Juice Presents: Juneteenth Pop Up

Blum Cafe

Downtown Charleston, SC, June 2024

ArtFields 2024

Joe’s Barber Shop

Lake City, SC, April 2024-May 2024

CLA/SCMNS Faculty-Alumni Art Exhibition

Martin David Jenkins Behavioral Science Center Atrium

Baltimore, MD, November 2023-December 2023

Artists Who Teach

The Ellington-White Contemporary Gallery (FSU)

Fayetteville, NC, September 2022-November 2022

AD Art Show 2022

Westfield World Trade Center (The Oculus)

New York, NY, May 2022

A Spectacular Black Girl Art Show

The Foundry at Puritan Mills

Atlanta, GA, May 2022

ICON-Second Edition

Boomer Gallery (Tower Bridge London)

London, United Kingdom, March 2022

Artist Choice VIII International Juried Visual Artist Competition

Camelback Gallery

Scottsdale, AZ, February 2022

A Spectacular Black Girl Art Show

The Foundry at Puritan Mills

Atlanta, GA, December 2021

Your Place at the Table II

311 Gallery

Raleigh, NC, November 2021

Claflin University Alumni Show 2021

Arthur Rose Museum

Orangeburg, SC, October 2021- December 2021

Hear Us! 2021 (Online Show & Solo Billboard)

Art As Healing Foundation

Detroit, MI, October 2021

Nigrescence Comics (Solo Show)

Buckham Gallery

Flint, MI, September 2021-October 2021

Memorial. Monument. Movement

Art Against Racism Organization

New Brunswick, NJ April 2021—Permanent Exhibition

A Watched Pot Always Boils

Umpqua Valley Arts Association

Roseburg, OR April 2021-June 2021

Political Discord (Online Show)

Las Laguna Gallery

Laguna Beach, CA, November 2020

The Art of Community

The National Center of Children & Families (NCCF)

Silver Spring, MD, October 2019

RAW Artists DC 2019

Howard Theatre

Washington, DC, February 2019

MOJA Juried Art Exhibition 2018

City of Charleston Office of Cultural Affairs (Dock St. Theater)

Charleston, SC, September 2018 - October 2018

2018 Women in Art

Las Laguna Gallery

Laguna Beach, CA, March 2018

 

Viridian Artists: 30 Under 30

Viridian Gallery of Contemporary Art (Chelsea)

New York, NY, February 2018 - March 2018

 

The Fl3tch3r Exhibit: Social & Politically Engaged Art

The Reece Museum

Johnson City, TN, October 2017 - December 2017

 

Geek Artistique

Chris M. Sorensens Art Gallery & Studio

Fresno, CA, September 2017 - October 2017

 

An Unforgettable Evening of Jazz & Art

Upsilon Omega Omega Chapter of AKA

Columbia, SC, June 2017

 

Afrofuturism: Conference & Art Gallery

Parsons New School for Design

New York, NY, May 2015

 

Master Student Showcase

Howard University

Washington, DC, May 2015

 

Senior Showcase

Claflin University

Orangeburg, SC, April 2013


PRESS & PUBLICATIONS

Beyond Time Artist Talk (Upcoming)

Park Circle Community Center

North Charleston, SC, February 2025

I AM Muse-IG Life (Upcoming)

I Am Muse- IG Live

January 2025

'Art Nerd' Creates Comic-Themed Work About Black Experience

Not Real Art, Crewest Studio

Los Angeles, CA 2022

MVVO AD Art Show 2022

Westfield World Trade Center (The Oculus)

New York, NY 2022

In Conversation: Kenish Magwood & Nigrescence Comics

Buckham Gallery

Flint, MI 2020

The Activist Studio West

A Digital Repository of Movement Material

University of California Irvine, 2019

2018 Spotlight Awards

Gaillard Auditorium

Charleston, SC 2018

5 Picks for September Art Hop

The Monro Review, Donald Munro, 2017

 

The Essence of Nigrescence

Karma Lifee Art Interview, Sterling Giles, 2016

 

The Journey: Art in Conversation

Radio Interview, President Wayne A. I. Frederick, 2013