Yusuf D A Lateef b. 1977 Skokie, Illinois
Education
2015- 2017 Bowling Green State University - MFA
1995-99' -Columbus College of Art and Design – BFA
Teaching
2023 - Monroe County Youth Center - Arts Programming Coordinator
2023 - Imagination Station Art Installation
2023- 3d/4d - Art 1120 - Media Studio: Space and Time- Fall / Spring
2022 - 3d/4d - Art 1120 - Media Studio: Space and Time- Spring
2022 -current - BGSU Mural class - Undergraduate and Graduate
2022- University of Toledo Ohio, Department of Art / Bowling Green State University - Current
2019 - 2021 - Visual Arts Instructor - Toledo School For The Arts - Visual Arts Introduction
2017 - Current - University of Toledo Ohio, Department of Art
2013 - Current - Teaching Artist - Youth Arts Alliance , Ann Arbor / Ypsilanti Michigan.
2016-2017- Teaching Assistantship, Bowling Green State University,Bowling Green Ohio- School of Fine Arts 2013 - 2018- Young Artists At Work- The Arts Commission Toledo -Public Arts Instruction for students ages 14-18
Business / Organizations
- Co- Founder of The Bowling Green State University Black Artist Coalition-
an organization of faculty and students, offering safe space and activities geared towards BIPOC students in coalition with the greater BGSU student body
- Co- Founder of The Toledo Black Artist Coalition-
an organization of artists, educators, activists, and community members working to amplify the work of artists of African descent and people of color.
-Co-Founder of Radiant City Arts, A for profit Arts collective that uses poetry, sound experimentation, and visual art to create experiences for the empowerment of youth.
-Member of Rasquache Artist Research Residency - an artist residency and collective of artists working in the US and San Francisco Coapan, Cholula, a community on the slopes of the Iztaccíhuatl and Popocatepetl volcanoes in the state of Puebla in Mexico.
Selected Exhibitions / Performances / Installations
2024- In Touch -Group exhibition Curated by Megan Young - Riffe Gallery , Columbus Ohio
2023 - The Imagination Station - Tinker Lab - Toledo Ohio
2023 - Together At The End - Group Exhibition - Charles Lambert and Patricia Nguyen- Contemporary Arts Network - Newport News , Virginia
2022 - Jazz Alley - Yusuf Lateef / Rachel Richardson / Peter Goldlust / Aaron Paula - Glass City Convention Center - Toledo Ohio
2022- .R.E.C.L.A.I.M. - Washtenaw County Court House Take Over - Youth Arts Alliance
2022- Placebo - River House Arts Gallery
2021 - Tiahue Tocha - Rasquache Artist Collectivo - Visible Records - Charlottesville Virginia
2021 - Pisando Lodo (Treading Mud) - Riverhouse Gallery, Toledo Ohio
2021 - “ The Meaning of Color” - Riverhouse Arts Gallery - riverhousearts.com - Online exhibition
2020 - “Context” - Adrian College Art and Design
2020 - Launch - Art in the Age of Solidarity , Walter E. Terhune Gallery / in collaboration with TBAC
2020 - FACE TO FACE - with photographer James Dickerson at The Wolfe Gallery , Maumee Ohio
2019- Crying Man - Faculty exhibition - University of Toledo School of Arts and Letters
2019 - “ Something In The Way of Things” - The Porter Gallery, Toledo School for the Arts, Toledo Ohio
2017- “ April 8 2017 “ , Bowling Green State University
2017 - FFRU / Futures For The Rest Of Us. / Blockfort Art Gallery, Columbus Ohio. Curated by Celia C. Peters
2016 - “Re: Formation” The Gallery Project - Ann Arbor. - The Re: Conditioning - A Multi-Media Performance
2016- “ Your Welcome II” - Advocates For Basic Legal Equality
2016- “ Re:Conditioning III “ - Re:Formation, The Gallery Project, Ann Arbor Arts Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan
2016- “ Re:Conditioning II “ - Re:Formation, The Gallery Project, Toledo Ohio
2016- “ The Beat Down” ( Re: Conditioning I ) Bowling Green State University, Black Issues Conference
2015- “ Your Welcome” - Bowling Green State University, Art X
2014- Double Dozen-A Small Works Invitational - Hudson Gallery- Toledo/Sylvania Ohio
2014-“Public Domain” - Homeport Gallery , Columbus,Ohio
2014- “New American Color”- Toledo Ohio – (curated by Jefferson Nelson)
2013- “The Art of Living”– Deusto, Bilbao, Spain
2012- Toledo Museum of Art- Quest For Fire ( curated by Jerry Grey )
2012- ”Between Love and Words” - Bozarts Gallery Toledo,Ohio
2011- “The Return” - Bozarts Gallery, Toledo, Ohio
2010- “The Gathering” – Bozarts Gallery, Toledo, Ohio
2009- The “B” Collective- Chop Chop Gallery- Columbus,Ohio
1998- “Valentine”- New York Studio Program –(curated by the New York Studio Residency Program, NY.)