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
Westfield World Trade Center (The Oculus)
New York, NY 2022
In Conversation: Kenish Magwood & Nigrescence Comics
Buckham Gallery
Flint, MI 2020
A Digital Repository of Movement Material
University of California Irvine, 2019
Gaillard Auditorium
Charleston, SC 2018
The Monro Review, Donald Munro, 2017
Karma Lifee Art Interview, Sterling Giles, 2016
The Journey: Art in Conversation
Radio Interview, President Wayne A. I. Frederick, 2013