EDUCATION

08/2015 - 05/2017

MASTER OF FINE ARTS IN FINE ARTS 

Parsons School of Design, The New School (TNS), New York, NY

 

08/2010 - 05/2014

BACHELOR OF ARTS

(Major- Fine Arts, Minor- Psychology) 

Mount Vernon Nazarene University (MVNU), Mount Vernon, OH 

 

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SOCIAL PRACTICE WORK

06/2018 - 07/2018

CO-ORGANIZER, INSTRUCTOR + COLLABORATING ARTIST [LINK] 

The Newport/Bethel Project - A collaboration between the Northern Kentucky University Visual Arts Program, Scripps Howard Center for Civic Engagement, Newport Historical Society (KY), Bethel Historical Society (OH), and SOIL SERIES: A Social Drawing

• Created dialogue between the city of Newport, KY and the village of Bethel, OH 

• With local high school students, explored topics of abolition and segregation, urban vs. rural challenges, and histories in relationship to identity and place  

• Exposed students to contemporary art making and techniques for working in a variety of media in a university studio environment  

 

04/2018 – 08/2020

CO-FOUNDER + COLLABORATING ARTIST [LINK] 

Bird Closet - An art collective that developed organically from the relationships established as part of SOIL SERIES: A Social Drawing, a socially-engaged artwork in Bethel, OH, a rural Appalachian village

• Collaborating with Bethel residents to excavate the village’s past and use this history as material to ideate and create a new future 

• Creative outputs: writings, collages, and public interventions including billboards, performances, and the zine Fraxinus

 

06/2017 – 03/2020

CO-FOUNDER + COLLABORATING ARTIST [LINK] 

SOIL SERIES: A Social Drawing - A socially-engaged artwork in Bethel, OH, a rural Appalachian village

• Administrated of the project’s website, blog, and social media presence -Wrote curriculum for and teaching art classes through a free, public, all-ages art program -Performed grant writing and funding research

• Managed partnerships with various local organizations

 

04/2016 - 05/2017

CO-FOUNDER + COLLABORATING ARTIST 

Parsons MFA Fine Arts Salons - Parsons School of Design, TNS, New York, NY

• Co-founded an event series showcasing experimental work of New School students 

• Developed and implemented new event model defined by a philosophy of inclusivity

 

CURATORIAL WORK

10/2017

HEAD CURATOR 

SOIL SERIES Community Studio Exhibition 2017 - Empower Youth Ranch, Bethel, OH

 

11/2016

CURATORIAL TEAM MEMBER (DIRECTED BY SIMONE DOUGLAS) 

Tell Me When You Are Ready - Fall 2016 Parsons MFA Open Studios Exhibition - 25 East Gallery, New York, NY

 

09/2016

HEAD CURATOR 

TWO by TWO: art in conversation - 25 East Gallery, New York, NY  

 

04/2016 - 05/2016

ASSISTANT TO CURATOR, ANDRIA HICKEY 

2016 Parsons Spring Festival - Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Gallery, New York, NY

 

04/2016

CO-CURATOR 

PUNCTURE: An Experimental Performance Show - 25 East Gallery, New York, NY  

 

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

04/2024

HOMEMAKING: AN OVERTURE 

A solo exhibition at DSGN CLLCTV in Cincinnati, OH - Curated by Julia Green

 

08/2018 - 09/2018

BIRD CLOSET 

A self-titled, solo exhibition by the collective Bird Closet - Schnormeier Gallery, Mount Vernon Nazarene University(MVNU), Mount Vernon, OH

 

2018

PROJECT ANYWHERE’S 2018 GLOBAL EXHIBITION [LINK] 

A global blind peer-reviewed online exhibition program dedicated to promoting artistic research at the outermost limits of location-specificity - Projectanywhere.net - Curated by Sean Lowry and Simone Douglas

 

04/2017

SECOND NATURE 

MFA Thesis Exhibition - Westbeth Gallery, New York, NY - Curated by Chelsea Haines

 

03/2017

SPRING 2017 PARSONS MFA OPEN STUDIOS EXHIBITION 

25 East Gallery, New York, NY - Curated by Lydia Matthews and Lan Thao Lam

 

​02/2017

GOD OR THE EQUIVALENT 

25 East Gallery, New York, NY

 

11/2016

TELL ME WHEN YOU ARE READY 

Fall 2016 Parsons MFA Open Studios Exhibition - 25 East Gallery, New York, NY - Curated by Simone Douglas

 

09/2016

TWO x TWO

 25 East Gallery, New York, NY

 

03/2016

FALLING TO EARTH 

25 East Gallery, New York, NY - Curated by Simone Douglas and Lan Thao Lam

 

02/2016

AS IF TO WEAVE A BASKET 

25 East Gallery, New York, NY - Curated by Fernando Do Campo

 

10/2015

POURING, DIGGING, LEAKING 

25 East Gallery, New York, NY

 

04/2014 - 05/2014

WAYS OF MOVING 

BA Senior Art Exhibition - Schnormeier Gallery, Mount Vernon Nazarene University(MVNU), Mount Vernon, OH

 

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SELECTED TALKS, PANELS + INTERVIEWS

04/2024

ARTIST TALK 

HOMEMAKING: AN OVERTURE A solo exhibition at DSGN CLLCTV in Cincinnati, OH - Curated by Julia Green

 

11/2018

INVITED SPEAKER 

("Social Drawing: Theory and Praxis in Appalachia") - Anywhere and Elsewhere Conference: Art at the Outermost Limits of Location-Specificity - A Project Anywhere conference in collaboration with Parsons MFA Fine Arts - Parsons School of Design, TNS, New York, NY - Curated by Sean Lowry and Simone Douglas 

 

09/2018

ARTIST TALK 

Bird Closet Exhibition Opening - Schnormeier Gallery, Mount Vernon Nazarene University(MVNU), Mount Vernon, OH

 

06/2018

PODCAST INTERVIEWEE [LINK] 

Bad at Sports Podcast ("Episode 639: Art and Ecology") - Queens Museum, Queens, NY

 

05/2018

INVITED SPEAKER [LINK] 

(“A Year in Appalachia”) - Open Engagement 2018 Conference - Queens Museum, Queens, NY

 

02/2018 & 03/2018

VISITING ARTIST + INVITED SPEAKER 

(“Soil Series: A Social Drawing”) - School of the Arts (SOTA) at NKU - Northern Kentucky University (NKU), Highland Heights, KY

 

11/2017

VISITING ARTIST, CRITIC + INVITED SPEAKER 

(“An Introduction to Socially Engaged Art”) - MVNU Art and Design Department - Mount Vernon Nazarene University (MVNU), Mount Vernon, OH

 

11/2016

GRADUATE STUDENT PANELIST 

Anywhere and Elsewhere Conference: Art at the Outermost Limits of Location-Specificity - A Project Anywhere conference in collaboration with Parsons MFA Fine Arts - Parsons School of Design, TNS, New York, NY - Curated by Sean Lowry and Simone Douglas

 

04/2016

CURATOR TALK 

PUNCTURE: An Experimental Performance Show - 25 East Gallery, New York, NY 

 

04/2014

ARTIST TALK 

Ways of Moving - BA Senior Art Exhibition - Schnormeier Gallery, Mount Vernon Nazarene University(MVNU), Mount Vernon, OH

 

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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS + PRESS

2020

GUGGENHEIM PRACTICUM PUBLICATION I  [LINK] 

Anifowoshe, Kanyinsola, and Janower, Mikki. “A Community Is a Garden.” Sustainable Futures: Guggenheim Summer Practicum, 2020.

 

2020

GUGGENHEIM PRACTICUM PUBLICATION II  [LINK] 

Anifowoshe, Kanyinsola, and Janower, Mikki. “A Community Is a Garden: Tools for Artists, Communities, and Institutions.” Mikki Janower, 2020.

 

2019

ANYWHERE III  [LINK] 

Bird Closet. “Three Conversations.” Project Anywhere Conference Publication. 2019. 111 – 116.

 

2018

PLOUGH QUARTERLY [LINK] 

Black, Susannah. "Return to Appalachia." Plough Quarterly. Autumn 2018. 27 – 42.

 

2015

PENMARKS 2015 ANNUAL LITERARY JOURNAL 

Wagner, Hillary. Image of “Magnetic North, True North.” Penmarks Annual Literary Journal. Ed. Jacox, Amorelle. 29th ed. Mount Vernon, Ohio, Mount Vernon Nazarene University. 2015. 31. 

 

2014

PENMARKS 2014 ANNUAL LITERARY JOURNAL 

Wagner, Hillary. Poems: “Tanager,” “Tenderly,” and “Participation.” Penmarks Annual Literary Journal. Ed. Thomas, Josh and Finely, Kathleen. 28th ed. Mount Vernon, Ohio, Mount Vernon Nazarene University. 2014. 56 - 58. 

 

2014

PENMARKS 2014 ANNUAL LITERARY JOURNAL 

Wagner, Hillary. Cover Image of “Study for Ways of Moving I.” Penmarks Annual Literary Journal. Ed. Thomas, Josh and Finely, Kathleen. 28th ed. Mount Vernon, Ohio, Mount Vernon Nazarene University. 2014. Cover. 

 

2013

PENMARKS 2013 ANNUAL LITERARY JOURNAL 

Wagner, Hillary. Image of “Wax House.” Penmarks Annual Literary Journal. Ed. Medley, Mason. 27th ed. Mount Vernon, Ohio, Mount Vernon Nazarene University. 2013. 41. 

 

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RESIDENCIES

05/2024

SISTER CITIES INTERNATIONAL (SCI) SHORT TERM CERAMICS RESIDENCY

Yingge Ceramics Museum, New Taipei City, Taiwan 

 

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HONORS + AWARDS

2015 - 2017

DEAN'S SCHOLARSHIP 

Parsons School of Design, The New School (TNS) 

 

2014

ESTHER BUCHWALD ART AND DESIGN SENIOR AWARD 

Mount Vernon Nazarene University (MVNU) 

 

2013

ESTHER BUCHWALD ART AND DESIGN JUNIOR AWARD 

Mount Vernon Nazarene University (MVNU)

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