Dear Reader,
I am thrilled to kick off 2026 by sharing my work at two group exhibitions that explore the intersections of decolonization, Black Diasporic identity, and the entanglement of Islam and geometrical form. If you are in Connecticut or Minnesota this winter, I hope you’ll have a chance to visit these shows and join us for the upcoming receptions.
Borderlands: Soft Margins, Hard Truths
Cummings Art Center, Connecticut College.
January 20 – March 6, 2026
I am pleased to participate in Borderlands, curated by nico w. okoro. This exhibition dismantles the social constructs of race, space, and place to imagine an end to the living legacies of colonialism.
In this show, I am presenting “Metem,” a multi-channel video installation. The work captures a profound moment of homecoming: a dinner with my extended Guyanese family in New York to celebrate my mother’s first return to Guyana in 53 years—and my very first visit to our home country. Through the sharing of traditional Guyanese food, photos, and conversation, Metem explores the “soft margins” of memory and the “hard truths” of displacement and return.
The Manifest, The Hidden: Geometry and Islam in Contemporary Art
Perlman Teaching Museum, Carleton College
January 15 – April 12, 2026
This interdisciplinary exhibition explores the “entanglement” of Geometry and Islam. The title draws from the Qur’anic names for God: al-Ẓāhir (the Manifest) and al-Bāṭin (the Hidden), reflecting the interplay between physical perception and inner sensory experience.
In my practice, I often use geometry as a language for expressing the metaphysical and the sociopolitical. This exhibition highlights how these rigid systems are, in fact, expansive tools for expressing beauty and wonder. This exhibition is curated by Sara Cluggish, Kambiz GhaneaBassiri, Kamala GhaneaBassiri, and MurphyKate Montee.