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   I am a multimedia artist, researcher, and educator of Afrofuturism and Black Islam in the U.S. based in Baltimore, MD.

Recent:
Deconstructed and Reestablished: 2022-2024 Islam & Print Cohort Exhibition at BlackRock Gallery in Germantown, MD from Mar 7–Apr 27. 

Read “A Conversation with Safiyah Cheatam and Dan Flounders” in BmoreArt (Oct 2024) 

  1. Assistant Manager of Teen Programs at the Walters Art Museum
  2. Co-founder of Islam & Print
  3. Trustee at the Awesome Foundation


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OBSIDIAN PODCAST




2019 - 2022

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Exhibition History
2020, Refusing Refusal, Baltimore, MD 

2019, From Disordered to Deadly: Information and Power, Media Democracy Fund, Baltimore, MD


Press
The Washington Post
UMBC Magazine
Open World
Radio Drama Revival
 FIYAH Literary Magazine
Locus Magazine
The Black Explosion
Bello Collective
 Earbuds Podcast Collective


Credits
This project is supported by the following grants:

Rubys Artist Grant (2019),  Robert W. Deutsch Foundation, Baltimore, MD

Red Bull Arts Microgrant (2020), Baltimore, MD

OBSIDIAN is a speculative fiction podcast based in Afrofuturism by Adetola Abdulkadir and myself.



Driven by a deep, untapped interest in science fiction, we desire to take hold of the narratives nearest to us. Each episode tells a story that sits at the crossroads of Blackness, technology, and science, tackling issues such as surveillance, artificial intelligence, and alternative realities.

For this awards-nominated work, we are a Best Fiction Podcast finalist of FIYAH Literary Magazine’s 2020 Ignyte Award, recipients of the August 2020 Red Bull Arts Baltimore Microgrant and the Robert W. Deutsch Foundation’s 2019 Rubys Artist Grant. OBSIDIAN has been featured in the Washington Post, UMBC Magazine, Open World, Bello Collective, and more. See more here.




Phase 1: Relationships






Kilimanjaro Collection






Phase 2: DNA Data Storage