about sasha kelley
Sasha Kelley is an Oakland based multidisciplinary artist using visual arts, publishing and social practice to explore the topics of intimacy, collective archives, collaboration with black/brown/queer communities.
Sasha Kelley has exhibited at Sonoma County Museum, Somarts Cultural Center and Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive . Their work is featured in the permanent collection at BAMPFA and has been published in Fader, Umber Magazine, The Black Aesthetic III and Black Futures by Kimberly Drew and Jenna Wortham.
This year, Sasha has participated in Black Space Residency, produced a solo show at Swim Gallery and released Keek Magazine.
curriculum vitae
SELECT PREVIOUS EXHIBITIONS
2023 “Sasha Kelley x Keek Magazine, Swim Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2022-2023 Indigo Project, Somart Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA
2022 Collective Arising : The Insistence of Black Bay Area Artist, Museum of Sonoma County, Santa Rosa, CA
2022 “All Of The Things” Black Life Residency Salon, BAMPFA, Berkeley, CA
2022 Patrick Kelly - A Legacy of Love, DeYoung Museum, San Francisco, CA
2019 Feels 6 Art & Music Festival, Richmond, CA
2018 Way Bay, BAMPFA, Berkeley, CA
2017 Black Women Over Breathing, Betti Ono, Oakland, CA
2016 The Black Woman is God, Somarts, San Francisco, CA
2013 Headspace, Krowswork, Oakland, CA
RESIDENCIES & FELLOWSHIPS
2023 Black Space Residency, Minnesota Street Project, San Francisco, CA
2022 Black Life Summer Residency, BAMPFA, Berkeley, CA
2021 Artist & Writer Residency, Moments Cooperative & Community Space, Oakland, CA
2016 Curatorial Residency, Krowswork, Oakland, CA
2014 Curatorial Residency, African American Art & Culture Complex, San Francisco, CA
2012 Emerging Arts Professional Fellowship, San Francisco, CA
PUBLISHED IN
2022 Slumber Magazine
2021 Black Futures by Kimberly Drew & Jenna Worthham
2021 Club Chai : The Archives
2020 The Black Aesthetic Season III Black Interiors
2018 Umber Magazine : The Relation Issue
2018 Fader
2016 Tangible Galleries
2015 Blavity
AWARDS & GRANTS
2018 San Francisco Foundation Rapid Response Grant
2016 Akonadi Beloved Community Grant
2015 YBCA 100
PRESS
2021 Unspoken History, East Bay Express
2019 The House of Malico’s Alignment Festival Centers Creative Healing, KQED
2018 Making Waves : 100 Artist Putting the East Bay on the Map, San Francisco Magazine
2018 The Hustle : A Photographer Juggling Contract Gigs, Toddler in Tow, KQED
2015 Best Local Up-And-Coming Arts Collective, SF Weekly