Nzuji De Magalhães
www.frowithsoul.com nzuji@yahoo.com

PROFESSIONAL OBJECTIVE

Independent Artist Supported by Exhibitions and Publications.

EDUCATION

-University of Southern California - M.F.A Fine Arts 2002
-University of California, Irvine - B.A Studio Arts June 2000
Minor: Digital Arts

EMPLOYMENT
Bowers Museum Art Instructor 2005-Present
GoldenWest College Music Tutor 2005-Present

SOLO SHOWS
Oct 2005: Boxheart Gallery: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Daqui Dai (From Here to There)
Oct 2003: UCI 1st Annual Studio Art Alumni Invitational
Sept 2002: USC F-Space Gallery: The Cardboard Car
Feb 2002: F-Space USC Gallery present: “A Better Life Beckons”
Sept 2001: UCI Alumni Association, Alumni Artist Series: “A Prenda"

GROUP SHOWS
Nov-January 2007: Hillel Art Gallery: Global
Sept-October 2006: Steve Turner Gallery: Efface
Feb-March 2006: Palos Verdes Art Center: Bling
January 2006: The 5th Annual Art Inter/National: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Nov -March 2005: Studio Museum in Harlem: New York, New York
Frequency
Nov - December 2005: MOAD Museum: San Francisco
Linkage and Themes in the African Diaspora
October-Nov 2005: Woman Made Gallery: Chicago, Illinois
Woman of the African Diaspora
February 2005: Arena 1 Gallery: Follow Me: A Fantasy
August-September 2004: Tillford Art Group Gallery
WHAT?! A Mixed Media Show
August 2004: Box Art Galleries: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The Sacred Art Exhibition
July 2004: The Silk Road to the Future Silk painting exhibition: Beijing, China
2004 Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Arts Festival Recipient
April 2004: Festival Gallery at the Egyptian Theater: ARTIVISM art exhibit
Jan 2004: Folk Art Museum and the City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department Presents: African American Artists in Los Angeles A Survey Exhibition-Fade 1990-2003
Jan 2004: Box Art Galleries in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania 3rd Annual Art Inter/National Exhibition
Jun 2003: Box Art Galleries in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania 3rd Annual Anniversary Exhibition
Feb 2003: Backstreet Galleries Present The Spirit of the Kongo Arts Festival
Oct 2002: UCLA Wight Gallery: to believe much more than that
May 2002: Backstreet Galleries Present: “Women of Color”
Mar 2002: USC 5th Annual Spring Festival of the Arts Global Address present: “A Better Life Beckons” UCLA/USC Graduate Student Research Conference: “Thinking Gender”
Oct 2001: Backstreet Galleries present “Political, Feminist, Edge Women Salute”
Aug 2001: Watts Towers Arts Center: “PIXX”

GALLERY REPRESENTATION
Studio Museum in Harlem, New York NY
Terrell Tilford Art Group Gallery, Los Angeles CA
Box Heart Art Gallery, Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
Backstreet Galleries, Santa Monica CA

COLLECTIONS
Ms. Virginia Mack-Ross Art Collection 2006
Studio Museum in Harlem Art Collection 2006
Mr. Michael Lynne Art Collection 2006
Mr. David Allen Grier Art Collection 2005
Ms. CCH Pounder-Kone Art Collection 2004
Mr. Lyndon Barrois and Ms. Janine Barrois Art Collection 2004
Dr. Joy Simmons Art Collection 2004
Ms. Eileen Norton Art Collection 2003, 2006

HONORS
Disney Black History Month Art Honorarium
Legends of China Silk Art First Place Award Recipient: Beijing, China 2004

Spoken/Understood: Portuguese, Spanish.