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Shabaka received an MFA from Vermont College of the Fine Arts (2000) and a BFA from Florida Atlantic University (1993). Shabaka’s investigative and researched-based practice underscores the environment and material culture, open-ended assemblages, and questions regarding ecology and history within notions of the African diaspora and Native American cultures. Selected solo exhibitions include 2019 Alosúgbe: a journey across time, Emerson Dorsch, Miami, FL; 2019 Floridian Lacunae, Art and Culture Center Hollywood, Hollywood, FL. Selected group exhibitions include: 2021 Still Life, The Franklin Outdoors, Chicago, IL; 2019 Round 49: penumbras: sacred geometries Project Row Houses, Houston, TX. Shabaka’s work exists within public and private collections including those at Edmonds Community College, Lynnwood, WA; Village of Arts & Humanities, Philadelphia, PA. Awards include the 2019 – Locust Projects Wavemaker Grant; 2018 – Oolite Arts The Ellies Grant; 2017 – DVCAI Travel Grant, Paramaribo, Suriname. Residencies include Oolite Arts Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass, CO; Everglades Artist Residency, Everglades National Park, FL; Project Row Houses, Houston, TX. Public art commissions include Miami-Dade Art in Public Places, Greynolds Park West, North Miami Beach, FL, 2007; Village of Arts & Humanities, Philadelphia, PA 2007.