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Shikeith (born 1989), is an American visual artist and filmmaker working across photography, sculpture, moving image, and installation art. [1] His work explores the psychological landscapes of Black manhood. [2] [3] His early projects include the 2014 experimental documentary #Blackmendream, which screened at The Museum of Modern Art and featured on The Criterion Channel. [1][4] In 2025 Shikeith was rewarded the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Aaron Siskind Award for Photography. [5] His work is held in public collections such as The Philadelphia Museum of Art, Hammer Museum, and Carnegie Museum of Art.
Life and career
[edit]Shikeith was born and raised in Philadelphia, PA.[6] [7]He holds a B.A in Integrative Arts from The Pennslyvainia State University where he studied photography, and an MFA from The Yale School of Art where he studied sculpture. He has stated in interviews his early interests in pursuing the arts were inspired by the creativity of his grandmothers. [8]
The scholarship around Shikeith's practice notes he troubles traditional notions of Black manhood be it through visual representation or spatially. In a 2026 profile for T: The New York Times Style Magazine, Rose Courteau wrote "the artist depicts Black men with delicacy, trying to coax, from subjects and viewers alike, the amorphous, fluid emotions that patriarchy and racism try to contain." [9]
His first monograph, Shikeith: Notes Towards Becoming a Spill, was published in 2022 by Aperture[10] In 2026 he was rewarded a $250,000 grant from The Mellon Foundation's Humanities In Place to launch Project Blue Space, a research and community engaged platform that explores connections Black communities have with water. [11]
Publications
[edit]Awards
[edit]Selected Solo Exhibitions
[edit]- 2025 : People Who Die Bad Don't Stay In The Ground, TILT Institute, Philadelphia, PA [17]
- 2022: grace comes violently, Yossi Milo Gallery, New York, NY [18]
- 2021: notes towards becoming a spill, Performa Biennial, Rockaway Beach, Queens, NY [19]
- 2020: Feeling the Spirit in The Dark, The Mattress Factory Museum of Contemporary Art, Pittsburgh, PA [20]
- 2019: The Language Must Not Sweat, Locust Projects, Miami, FL [21]
- 2017: This was his body/ His body finally his, MAK gallery, London, UK [22]
References
[edit]- 1 2 Neely, Priska (2014-12-14). "'#Blackmendream': Showcasing A Different Side Of Black Manhood". KUNC. Retrieved 2026-09-30.
- ↑ "An Intimate Film Traces Black Masculinity From Boyhood". Hyperallergic. 2019-05-31. Retrieved 2026-09-30.
- ↑ "Shikeith: Yossi Milo Gallery". Creative Review. 2022-01-06. Retrieved 2026-09-30.
- ↑ Ajaka, Nadine. "'When Did You Become a Black Man?'". The Atlantic. Archived from the original on 2025-02-25. Retrieved 2026-09-30.
- 1 2 "VMFA Aaron Siskind Award for Photography Recipients Announced - Virginia Museum of Fine Arts". www.vmfa.museum. Retrieved 2026-09-30.
- ↑ Rosen, Miss (2021-02-23). "Creating a New Language for Black Male Desire". Blind Magazine. Retrieved 2026-09-30.
- ↑ Studio, Familiar. "Shikeith|Atlanta Contemporary". Atlanta Contemporary. Archived from the original on 2024-12-08. Retrieved 2026-09-30.
- ↑ "Artist to Watch – Shiketih – Mercer Contemporary". Retrieved 2026-09-30.
- ↑ Courteau, Rose (2026-04-23). "The Artist Whose Work Is as 'Boundless' as Water". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2026-09-30.
- ↑ Paul, Cassidy (2022-07-28). "A Look Inside the Launch Party of Shikeith's Debut Monograph". Aperture. Retrieved 2026-09-30.
- 1 2 O'Driscoll, Bill (2026-01-06). "Pittsburgh artist gets grant for project on Black community and water". 90.5 WESA. Retrieved 2026-09-30.
- ↑ Shikeith; Crawley, Ashon T.; Martin, Lesley A. (2022). Shikeith: notes towards becoming a spill (First ed.). New York: Aperture Foundation. ISBN 978-1-59711-523-0.
- ↑ Reid, Tiana. "Shikeith's Black Uncanny | Aperture | SPRING 2022". Aperture | The Complete Archive. Retrieved 2026-09-30.
- ↑ Waltz, Amanda (2022-01-25). "Pittsburgh Foundation names three artists for inaugural Exposure Artist Fellowship". Pittsburgh City Paper | News, Dining, Music, Best Of, Arts, Film. Retrieved 2026-10-01.
- ↑ "Shikeith | Grantees | Art Matters". www.artmattersfoundation.org. Retrieved 2026-10-01.
- ↑ Desk, News (2019-09-25). "Joan Mitchell Foundation Announces 2019 Grant Recipients". Artforum. Retrieved 2026-10-01.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ↑ "Shikeith: People Who Die Bad Don't Stay in the Ground | TILT Institute for the Contemporary Image". Musée Magazine. 2025-09-04. Retrieved 2026-10-01.
- ↑ Hopkins, Zoë (2022-05-25). "Shikeith". Artforum. Retrieved 2026-10-01.
- ↑ "PERFORMA 2021 BIENNIAL". 2021-performa-biennial.s-o.io. Retrieved 2026-10-01.
- ↑ Harper, Daria Simone (2020-08-21). "Shikeith Reimagines Black Masculinity in a Euphoric New Installation". Artsy. Retrieved 2026-10-01.
- ↑ "LOCUST PROJECTS". www.locustprojects.org. Retrieved 2026-10-01.
- ↑ "Shikeith. This Was His Body / His Body Finally His - Exhibition at Mak Gallery in London". ArtRabbit. Retrieved 2026-10-01.
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