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“Objects have a spiritual resonance” - the idea that objects are imbued with memory and spirit

As an artist, my goal to highlight the spirit of the mundane and how we can amplify these particles to find new ways to other dimensions.

As a designer, my hope is to make your new favorite object. The one that feels worn in, like a hug or the hand-me-down hat from your homie, I want to make things that hold lifetimes and memories.

Ultimately, I think about the power of care - the ways it connects people across time and space

Wilson received his BFA from Ohio Wesleyan University in 2013 with a concentration in Jewelry/Metals and his MFA from the University of California, Berkeley in 2017. Wilson’s work has been in many galleries and institutions including: The Berkeley Art Museum, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, SOMArts, the Museum of the African Diaspora, the Palais de Tokyo, Minnesota Street Projects, Jonathan Carver Moore, the Metropolitan Museum of Design Detroit, Scarab Club, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts and many more. He has received such awards and honors as: the Jack K. and Gertrude Murphy Award, an Emergency Grant from the Foundation of Contemporary Arts, the Emerging artist Program at the Museum of the African Diaspora and participated in residencies including the McColl Center, Galveston Artist Residency, Black (Space) Residency, the Ebb and Teena Haycock Public Art Endowment, Pentaculum, Chulitna Lodge and more.

He has worked with notable artists like Fred Wilson and Carrie Mae Weems on projects including: The Spirit that Resides in Havana, Cuba and The Future is Now Parade for the opening of The REACH in Washington D.C, A Movement in Every Direction: Legacies of the Great Migration, Sharjah Biennale 2023 and more.

His work has been collected by Carrie Mae Weems, The Flood Family Collection, Michigan State University, University of New Mexico and more.