I Went to the Crossroad, Baby, I Looked East and West
I Went to the Crossroad, Baby, I Looked East and West

2024

 2024

2024

To Turn the Light Upon Them, 2024
To Turn the Light Upon Them, 2024

Glass beads, sequins, cowrie shells, quartz, abolone, pressed glass, wooden beads, brass, rayon chainette, wool, serigraph on Japanese sateen, mounted on birch board

The title is an excerpt from the brilliant founder of the NAACP, journalist, educator, truth seeker, and civil rights activist Ida B. Wells, taken from her 1892 speech, "Southern Horrors: Lynch Laws in All its Phases,"

Cant Stop Us Now (Stop Motion)
Can't Stop Us Now (Performance Still)
Can't Stop Us Now (Performance Still)
Can't Stop Us Now (performance still), 2023
Can't Stop Us Now (performance still), 2023
The World is Yours
The World is Yours

2020

77" x 25" x 8"

Found American flag, used Everlast boxing gloves, Japanese and Czech seed beads, Czech cast beads, cowrie shells, cotton & nylon thread

Collection of the Crocker Art Museum

I'm on a Mission
I'm on a Mission

2022

48” x 28” x 8”

Venum boxing gloves, cowrie shells, Japanese & Czech seed beads, red bamboo coral, tourmaline, quartz, nylon thread, stainless steel chain & hardware

Bombs Over Baghdad (Don’t Pull the Thang Out), 2022
Bombs Over Baghdad (Don’t Pull the Thang Out), 2022

Boxing glove, hand cut Cypraea mauritiana cowrie shells, glass beads, red coral, inert rifle bullets, labradorite, cotton, brass wire, stainless steel chain & hardware, frankincense, nylon thread, metaphysical elements | 48 x 34 x 14 inches

Bombs Over Baghdad (Don’t Pull the Thang Out), DETAIL
Bombs Over Baghdad (Don’t Pull the Thang Out), DETAIL
You Won't Break My Soul, 2023
You Won't Break My Soul, 2023

Wool, hair canvas, glass beads, hand cut Cypraea moneta (money cowries), Mauritania arabica (chocolate humpback cowries), Cypraea mauritiana (chocolate humpback cowries), South African reedbuck and blesbok horns, long tailed spindle shells, leather, brass pendants, red coral, tourmaline points, mirror, bone beads, silk and rayon chainette, nylon and cotton thread, dried herbs, metaphysical elements. | 59 x 59 inches

You Won't Break My Soul & Catch a Fire (Installation view)
You Won't Break My Soul & Catch a Fire (Installation view)
Mojo Hand
Mojo Hand

2021

Everlast boxing gloves, glass pearls, 19th century white heart beads, Czech seed beads & tube beads, money cowrie shells, shredded denim, nylon thread, steel wire, felt, High John the Conqueror powder, , brass bell, red clay, herbs

Mojo Hand (Detail)
Mojo Hand (Detail)

2021

Lost Ones (You Might Win Some), 2022
Lost Ones (You Might Win Some), 2022

Boxing gloves, hand cut Cypraea arabica cowrie shells, glass beads, red coral, blue sodalite, quartz, beachcombed Pacific Ocean gastropod shells, 14k gold wire, redwood, stainless steel chain & hardware, ylang ylang, nylon thread, metaphysical elements| 48 x 32 x 11 inches

Count Me Out, 2023
Count Me Out, 2023

Boxing gloves, hand cut Mauritania arabica cowrie shells, glass beads, red coral, green quartz, brass Talhakimt pendants, copper wire, shredded denim, stainless steel chain & hardware, nylon thread, dried herbs, metaphysical elements| 46 x 32 x 11 inches

Hold On, 2023
Hold On, 2023

Boxing gloves, hand cut Monetaria caputserpentis (aka serpent’s head) cowrie shells, glass beads, tourmaline points, brass Baule pendants, copper wire, shredded denim, stainless steel chain & hardware, nylon thread, dried herbs, metaphysical elements | 46 x 32 x 11 inches

Hold On (Detail)
Hold On (Detail)
Can't Keep Me Away
Can't Keep Me Away

2021

46” x 27” x 8”

Everlast boxing gloves, serpent’s head & arabica cowrie shells, Japanese delica beads, Czech seed beads, redwood, ylang ylang, cotton & nylon thread, brass chain, steel hardware, red bamboo coral, red howlite points, raw labradorite & prehnite, brass wire

Private Collection

The Life I Earned (Detail)
The Life I Earned (Detail)

2021

Save Me Joe Louis
Save Me Joe Louis

2021

48” x 28” x 8”

Everlast boxing gloves, cowrie shells, Japanese seed beads, Czech seed beads, mirrors, nylon thread, stainless steel chain & hardware

Permanent Collection of Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

Catch A Fire
Catch A Fire

2021

Dimensions variable

Everlast boxing glove, Japanese delica beads, Czech seed beads, rooster coque feathers, guinea fowl feathers, pheasant feathers, brass chain, red howlite points, quartz & tourmaline points, brass wire

Catch a Fire (Detail)
Catch a Fire (Detail)

2021

Worst Come to Worst
Worst Come to Worst

2021

46" x 27" x 8"

Everlast boxing gloves, serpent’s head cowrie shells, Japanese delica beads, Czech seed beads, redwood, ylang ylang, cotton & nylon thread, brass chain, steel hardware, red bamboo coral, quartz & tourmaline points, brass wire

Private Collection

Empathy Be the Reason
Empathy Be the Reason

2021

46” x 27” x 8”

Everlast boxing gloves, money cowrie shells, Japanese delica beads, Czech seed beads, cherry wood, High John the Conqueror powder, cotton, cotton & nylon thread, brass chain, steel hardware, raw prehnite, brass and copper rifle bullets (inert), quartz & tourmaline points, brass wire

Private Collection

America's Reflections of Me (Detail)
America's Reflections of Me (Detail)

2021

Private Collection

America’s Reflections of Me
America’s Reflections of Me

2021

46" x 27" x 8"

Everlast boxing gloves, steel nails, Japanese delica beads, Czech seed beads, cherry wood, ylang ylang, cotton & nylon thread, mirrors, stainless steel chain and hardware

Private Collection

The Power
The Power

2018

48” x 28” x 8”

Everlast boxing gloves, cowrie shells, Japanese seed beads, Czech seed beads, mirrors, nylon thread, stainless steel chain & hardware

Private Collection

Worth the Weight
Worth the Weight

2020

78" x 28" x 24"

Everlast gloves, cowrie shells, 24K gold Japanese delica beads, Czech seed beads, redwood, frankincense, High John the Conqueror root, cotton & nylon thread, brass nails, mirrors, stainless steel chain and hardware

Permanent Collection of Monterey Museum of Art

Free to Be What I Want
Free to Be What I Want

2020

77" x 25" x 8"

Found black and white flag, used Everlast boxing gloves, Japanese and Czech seed beads, Czech cast beads, cowrie shells, cotton & nylon thread

Private Collection

Hustle & Motivate
Hustle & Motivate

2019

Everlast boxing gloves, redwood, cowrie shells, silver plated Japanese seed beads, Czech seed beads, quartz crystal points, onyx points, silver wire, mirrors, nylon thread, stainless steel chain & hardware

Private Collection

If I Ruled the World
If I Ruled the World

2019

48” x 28” x 8”

Everlast boxing gloves, cedar, cowrie shells, Japanese seed beads, Czech seed beads, silver wire, mirrors, red coral, nylon thread, stainless steel chain & hardware, herbs, frankincense

Private Collection

Still N***A
Still N***A

2019

48” x 28” x 8”

Everlast boxing gloves, mahogany wood, brass coated nails, Japanese seed beads, Czech seed beads, brass wire, mirrors, leather, brass bells nylon thread, brass chain & hardware

[FIGHT] The Power, I
[FIGHT] The Power, I

2019

48” x 14” x 12”

Everlast speed bag, 7.62 caliber brass rifle bullets (inert), cowrie shells, Japanese seed beads, Czech seed beads, leather, High John the Conqueror root, red coral, Swarovski crystals, brass wire, mirrors, nylon thread, brass chain & hardware

Photo courtesy of Patricia Sweetow Gallery & David Schmitz Photography

Private Collection

The God of Everything Else
The God of Everything Else

2018

The God of Everything Else (Detail)
The God of Everything Else (Detail)

2018

DNA (detail)
DNA (detail)

2019

Private Collection

DNA
DNA

2019

Private Collection

DNA (Detail)
DNA (Detail)
[FIGHT] The Power, II
[FIGHT] The Power, II

2021

Everlast speed bag, Japanese delica beads, Czech seed beads, money cowrie shells, denim, cotton, cotton & nylon thread, steel chain and hardware, High John the Conqueror root, red bamboo coral, mirror, aluminum chain, brass wire

Private Collection

Empathy Be the Reason (back side)
Empathy Be the Reason (back side)

2021

Private Collection

Whose World is This?: Jack Johnson/Nas
Whose World is This?: Jack Johnson/Nas

2021

12” x 15” x 2.25”

Photo-transfer, glass beads, nylon thread, canvas, shadow box

Private Collection

Black Prince
Black Prince

2020

14” x 11” x 2.5”

Collage, ink, glass beads, cowrie shells, and brass on canvas

Private Collection

I Went to the Crossroad, Baby, I Looked East and West
 2024
To Turn the Light Upon Them, 2024
Cant Stop Us Now (Stop Motion)
Can't Stop Us Now (Performance Still)
Can't Stop Us Now (performance still), 2023
The World is Yours
I'm on a Mission
Bombs Over Baghdad (Don’t Pull the Thang Out), 2022
Bombs Over Baghdad (Don’t Pull the Thang Out), DETAIL
You Won't Break My Soul, 2023
You Won't Break My Soul & Catch a Fire (Installation view)
Mojo Hand
Mojo Hand (Detail)
Lost Ones (You Might Win Some), 2022
Count Me Out, 2023
Hold On, 2023
Hold On (Detail)
Can't Keep Me Away
The Life I Earned (Detail)
Save Me Joe Louis
Catch A Fire
Catch a Fire (Detail)
Worst Come to Worst
Empathy Be the Reason
America's Reflections of Me (Detail)
America’s Reflections of Me
The Power
Worth the Weight
Free to Be What I Want
Hustle & Motivate
If I Ruled the World
Still N***A
[FIGHT] The Power, I
The God of Everything Else
The God of Everything Else (Detail)
DNA (detail)
DNA
DNA (Detail)
[FIGHT] The Power, II
Empathy Be the Reason (back side)
Whose World is This?: Jack Johnson/Nas
Black Prince
I Went to the Crossroad, Baby, I Looked East and West

2024

2024

To Turn the Light Upon Them, 2024

Glass beads, sequins, cowrie shells, quartz, abolone, pressed glass, wooden beads, brass, rayon chainette, wool, serigraph on Japanese sateen, mounted on birch board

The title is an excerpt from the brilliant founder of the NAACP, journalist, educator, truth seeker, and civil rights activist Ida B. Wells, taken from her 1892 speech, "Southern Horrors: Lynch Laws in All its Phases,"

Cant Stop Us Now (Stop Motion)
Can't Stop Us Now (Performance Still)
Can't Stop Us Now (performance still), 2023
The World is Yours

2020

77" x 25" x 8"

Found American flag, used Everlast boxing gloves, Japanese and Czech seed beads, Czech cast beads, cowrie shells, cotton & nylon thread

Collection of the Crocker Art Museum

I'm on a Mission

2022

48” x 28” x 8”

Venum boxing gloves, cowrie shells, Japanese & Czech seed beads, red bamboo coral, tourmaline, quartz, nylon thread, stainless steel chain & hardware

Bombs Over Baghdad (Don’t Pull the Thang Out), 2022

Boxing glove, hand cut Cypraea mauritiana cowrie shells, glass beads, red coral, inert rifle bullets, labradorite, cotton, brass wire, stainless steel chain & hardware, frankincense, nylon thread, metaphysical elements | 48 x 34 x 14 inches

Bombs Over Baghdad (Don’t Pull the Thang Out), DETAIL
You Won't Break My Soul, 2023

Wool, hair canvas, glass beads, hand cut Cypraea moneta (money cowries), Mauritania arabica (chocolate humpback cowries), Cypraea mauritiana (chocolate humpback cowries), South African reedbuck and blesbok horns, long tailed spindle shells, leather, brass pendants, red coral, tourmaline points, mirror, bone beads, silk and rayon chainette, nylon and cotton thread, dried herbs, metaphysical elements. | 59 x 59 inches

You Won't Break My Soul & Catch a Fire (Installation view)
Mojo Hand

2021

Everlast boxing gloves, glass pearls, 19th century white heart beads, Czech seed beads & tube beads, money cowrie shells, shredded denim, nylon thread, steel wire, felt, High John the Conqueror powder, , brass bell, red clay, herbs

Mojo Hand (Detail)

2021

Lost Ones (You Might Win Some), 2022

Boxing gloves, hand cut Cypraea arabica cowrie shells, glass beads, red coral, blue sodalite, quartz, beachcombed Pacific Ocean gastropod shells, 14k gold wire, redwood, stainless steel chain & hardware, ylang ylang, nylon thread, metaphysical elements| 48 x 32 x 11 inches

Count Me Out, 2023

Boxing gloves, hand cut Mauritania arabica cowrie shells, glass beads, red coral, green quartz, brass Talhakimt pendants, copper wire, shredded denim, stainless steel chain & hardware, nylon thread, dried herbs, metaphysical elements| 46 x 32 x 11 inches

Hold On, 2023

Boxing gloves, hand cut Monetaria caputserpentis (aka serpent’s head) cowrie shells, glass beads, tourmaline points, brass Baule pendants, copper wire, shredded denim, stainless steel chain & hardware, nylon thread, dried herbs, metaphysical elements | 46 x 32 x 11 inches

Hold On (Detail)
Can't Keep Me Away

2021

46” x 27” x 8”

Everlast boxing gloves, serpent’s head & arabica cowrie shells, Japanese delica beads, Czech seed beads, redwood, ylang ylang, cotton & nylon thread, brass chain, steel hardware, red bamboo coral, red howlite points, raw labradorite & prehnite, brass wire

Private Collection

The Life I Earned (Detail)

2021

Save Me Joe Louis

2021

48” x 28” x 8”

Everlast boxing gloves, cowrie shells, Japanese seed beads, Czech seed beads, mirrors, nylon thread, stainless steel chain & hardware

Permanent Collection of Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

Catch A Fire

2021

Dimensions variable

Everlast boxing glove, Japanese delica beads, Czech seed beads, rooster coque feathers, guinea fowl feathers, pheasant feathers, brass chain, red howlite points, quartz & tourmaline points, brass wire

Catch a Fire (Detail)

2021

Worst Come to Worst

2021

46" x 27" x 8"

Everlast boxing gloves, serpent’s head cowrie shells, Japanese delica beads, Czech seed beads, redwood, ylang ylang, cotton & nylon thread, brass chain, steel hardware, red bamboo coral, quartz & tourmaline points, brass wire

Private Collection

Empathy Be the Reason

2021

46” x 27” x 8”

Everlast boxing gloves, money cowrie shells, Japanese delica beads, Czech seed beads, cherry wood, High John the Conqueror powder, cotton, cotton & nylon thread, brass chain, steel hardware, raw prehnite, brass and copper rifle bullets (inert), quartz & tourmaline points, brass wire

Private Collection

America's Reflections of Me (Detail)

2021

Private Collection

America’s Reflections of Me

2021

46" x 27" x 8"

Everlast boxing gloves, steel nails, Japanese delica beads, Czech seed beads, cherry wood, ylang ylang, cotton & nylon thread, mirrors, stainless steel chain and hardware

Private Collection

The Power

2018

48” x 28” x 8”

Everlast boxing gloves, cowrie shells, Japanese seed beads, Czech seed beads, mirrors, nylon thread, stainless steel chain & hardware

Private Collection

Worth the Weight

2020

78" x 28" x 24"

Everlast gloves, cowrie shells, 24K gold Japanese delica beads, Czech seed beads, redwood, frankincense, High John the Conqueror root, cotton & nylon thread, brass nails, mirrors, stainless steel chain and hardware

Permanent Collection of Monterey Museum of Art

Free to Be What I Want

2020

77" x 25" x 8"

Found black and white flag, used Everlast boxing gloves, Japanese and Czech seed beads, Czech cast beads, cowrie shells, cotton & nylon thread

Private Collection

Hustle & Motivate

2019

Everlast boxing gloves, redwood, cowrie shells, silver plated Japanese seed beads, Czech seed beads, quartz crystal points, onyx points, silver wire, mirrors, nylon thread, stainless steel chain & hardware

Private Collection

If I Ruled the World

2019

48” x 28” x 8”

Everlast boxing gloves, cedar, cowrie shells, Japanese seed beads, Czech seed beads, silver wire, mirrors, red coral, nylon thread, stainless steel chain & hardware, herbs, frankincense

Private Collection

Still N***A

2019

48” x 28” x 8”

Everlast boxing gloves, mahogany wood, brass coated nails, Japanese seed beads, Czech seed beads, brass wire, mirrors, leather, brass bells nylon thread, brass chain & hardware

[FIGHT] The Power, I

2019

48” x 14” x 12”

Everlast speed bag, 7.62 caliber brass rifle bullets (inert), cowrie shells, Japanese seed beads, Czech seed beads, leather, High John the Conqueror root, red coral, Swarovski crystals, brass wire, mirrors, nylon thread, brass chain & hardware

Photo courtesy of Patricia Sweetow Gallery & David Schmitz Photography

Private Collection

The God of Everything Else

2018

The God of Everything Else (Detail)

2018

DNA (detail)

2019

Private Collection

DNA

2019

Private Collection

DNA (Detail)
[FIGHT] The Power, II

2021

Everlast speed bag, Japanese delica beads, Czech seed beads, money cowrie shells, denim, cotton, cotton & nylon thread, steel chain and hardware, High John the Conqueror root, red bamboo coral, mirror, aluminum chain, brass wire

Private Collection

Empathy Be the Reason (back side)

2021

Private Collection

Whose World is This?: Jack Johnson/Nas

2021

12” x 15” x 2.25”

Photo-transfer, glass beads, nylon thread, canvas, shadow box

Private Collection

Black Prince

2020

14” x 11” x 2.5”

Collage, ink, glass beads, cowrie shells, and brass on canvas

Private Collection

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