Afatasi | CV | Lineage-based, fine artist.

Education

Education: B.A. in Liberal Studies w/ Minor in Creative Arts, San Francisco State University
Education: A.A. in Liberal Arts, City College of San Francisco

Group Exhibitions

2025: Women in Afrofuturism Exhibition, San Francisco International Airport, San Francisco, CA
2025: Sucka Free Derby Art Installation, India Basin Waterfront Park, San Francisco, CA
2025: Spring Open Studio, Shipyard Studios, San Francisco, CA
2025: Black History Month Art Exhibition & Window Installation, San Francisco Association of Realtors, San Francisco, CA
2024: Decphier Exhibition, Sunbelt Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2024: Fall Open Studios, Hunter’s Point Shipyard Artist Studios, San Francisco, CA
2024: Juneteenth Art Exhibition, Sunbelt Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2024: Sucka Free Derby Art Installation, Sunbelt Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2024: Spring Open Studios, Hunter’s Point Shipyard Artist Studios, San Francisco, CA
2024: Manifest Differently Art Exhibition, Minnesota Street Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2024: Manifest Differently Window Installation, Artist Television Access (A.T.A.), San Francisco, CA
2024: AR Stele Prototype 1 Exhibition, Sunbelt Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2023: Fall Open Studios, Hunter’s Point Shipyard Artist Studios, San Francisco, CA
2023: Spring Open Studios, Hunter’s Point Shipyard Artist Studios, San Francisco, CA
2023: 48 Pillars Exhibition, ARC Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2025: Sucka Free Derby Experience, India Basin Waterfront Park, San Francisco, CA

Fashion Shows & Presentations

2025: What Does Being Whole aFuturism Fashion Experience (FFE), Bayview Opera House, San Francisco, CA
2025: 2nd Annual Mardi Gras on Third Experience, Sunbelt Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2025: Dressed to the 9’s Fashion Show (FFE), Sunbelt Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2025: San Francisco Belles at Carnaval SF Parade, Mission District, San Francisco, CA
2024: What Does Being Whole and Repaired Look Like?-Fashion Show (FFE), Bayview Opera House, San Francisco, CA
2023: Pacific Fashion Fusion Fashion Show, New Zealand Warbirds Association, Ardmore, New Zealand
2023: The Fearless Artist Fashion Show, Miami Art Basel, Miami, FL
2023: The Buchanan Mall Fashion Show, Buchanan Mall, Fillmore District, San Francisco, CA
2023: Harlem Fashion Week Season 11, The Africa Center, Harlem, NYC, NY
2023: raversing Worlds-Futurism Fashion Show, Bayview Opera House, San Francisco, CA
2023: Fashün Fashion Show & Art Exhibition, third space Art Center, San Francisco, CA

Talks / Panels

2024: World History Association Conference Panel Discussion, San Francisco State University, Francisco, CA
2023: San Francisco Disability Business Alliance Entrepreneur Panel, Elks Lodge, San
2023: Where’re Yo’ People’s From? Genealogy Panel, Bayview Opera House, San Francisco, CA
2023: Our Case for Reparations Speech, City Hall, San Francisco, CA
2023: Ruth Williams Bayview Opera House Artist in Residence, San Francisco, CA
2022: Black Space and TIme, Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA
2022: The Beyond 28 Podcast, Golden State Warriors, San Francisco, CA
2022: Urban Film Festival Afrofuture Panel Discussion, Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA
2021: Interview and Acoustic Jam Session, The Musiq Box Show & Nice Up Radio, San Francisco, CA
2021: 06/21 Afro-Futurism: Explorations and Liberations of the Black Diaspora Panel, Central New Mexico Community College, Albuquerque, NM
2021: Afatasi Experience Panel Discussion, UTOPIA Podcast, San Francisco, CA 04/21 The Box Shop Residency, The Box Shop, San Francisco, CA
2021: In*Ter*Is*Land Collective Diaspora Talanoa, Auckland, NZ
2021: Black Space Project Panel, The Lincoln University, Oxford, PA
2021: Diaspora Futurisms Artist Talk, San Francisco, CA
2021: Black Space Guest Speaker, The Lincoln University, Pennsylvania

Grants, Awards & Honors

2025: CreativeWorkFund Grant, Walter & Elise Haas Fund
2024: Cultural Affirming Spaces Grant, Dream Keeper’s Initiative
2024: Operations Grant, San Francisco Arts Commission
2024: San Francisco Arts Commission Individual Artist Grant,, San Francisco, CA
2024: Secure the Bag Grant, Ruth Williams Opera House
2023: Certificate of Honor, San Francisco Small Business Commission
2023: Business Training Grant, The Office of Economic Workforce & Development
2023: 2-yr General Operating Grant, California Arts Council
2023: Special Project Award, California Arts Council
2023: Alternative Exposure Grant, Southern Exposure
2023: San Francisco Disability Entrepreneur of the Year Award, San Francisco Disability Business Alliance, San Francisco, CA
2023: California Arts Council Impact Grant Award, San Francisco, CA
2023: California Arts Council General Operating Grant, San Francisco, CA
2023: Culturally Affirming Spaces Grant, Human Rights Commission, San Francisco, CA
2023: San Francisco Small Business Award, San Francisco Office of Small Business, San Francisco, CA
2023: Yerba Buena Center for the Arts 100 2023 Honoree, San Francisco, CA
2022: San Francisco Artist Grant, San Francisco Arts Commission, San Francisco, CA
2022: Northern California Women's Caucus for Art Grant, San Francisco, CA
2022: African-American Art Project Grant, SF African-American Arts & Cultural District, San Francisco, CA 02/22 2022 Secure the Bag Grant, Ruth Williams Bayview Opera House, San Francisco, CA
2021: San Francisco Artist Grant, San Francisco Arts Commission, San Francisco, CA 10/21
2021: Northern California Women's Caucus for Art Grant, San Francisco, CA
2021: African-American Art Project Grant, SF African-American Arts & Cultural District, San Francisco, CA

Residencies

2022: Black Space Artist Residency, Minnesota Street Project, San Francisco, CA 03/22 SF

Publications & Press

2023: San Francisco Bayview National Black Newspaper: “Afatasi The Artist: Our Case for Reparations”, March 21, 2022 “We need something real.”, July 6, 2022
2021: “Open Studions at the Hunter’s Point Shipyard in October”, September 27, 2021
2020: “A look at the Bay-View’s fabulously successful 2020 fundraiser!”, November 30, 2020 Work &