Roni Nicole Henderson

{CV}

 

{Solo Exhibitions}

bridge/refrain

Columbia Museum of Art //February 2018. Columbia, SC

the crowning: notes on an expanding self

Spelman Museum of Fine Art// April 2014. Atlanta, GA

In Progress: God in Man

Presented as a part of the 25th Anniversary National Black Arts Festival, 2013.

Film Projection + Installation// Sight + Sound Gallery //August, 2013. Atlanta, GA

test group

Pop-up art show featuring my 2011 experimental video art installation, “Loose Ends.”

Collaborative music video project with performance artist, Shanti Om.// January, 2012. Atlanta, GA

 

{Group Exhibitions}

22 South Carolinians

Columbia Museum of Art// December, 2021. Columbia, SC

701 CCA Biennial

701 Center for Contemporary Art// October, 2021. Columbia, SC

LR9: 1957

Sheen Center for Thought and Culture// June, 2018. New York, NY

Lossless

Leonard Pearlstein Gallery, Drexel University// August, 2017. Philadelphia, PA

Libation

City Gallery// October, 2017. Charleston, SC

Afrofuturism

4th Wall Gallery// May, 2016. Charleston, SC

Moons, Mavens, Mermaids and Unicorns

The Silver Room// October, 2014. Chicago, IL

National Black Arts Festival Gala: Emerging Artist Showcase

Intercontinental Buckhead Atlanta// July, 2014. Atlanta, GA

 

ONE ONE

An exhibition of the 2012-13 Walthall Fellows.

Museum of Contemporary Art, Georgia (MOCA GA)// May, 2013. Atlanta, GA

banho de luz: A Light Bath Ritual

Outdoor collaborative public art exhibition featuring the work of Linda Costa, Lillian Blades and Roni Nicole.

Elevate Atlanta, 2012 presented by the City of Atlanta, Office of Cultural Affairs// October, 2012.  Atlanta, GA

{Screenings + Installations}

i am retroactive dreaming. Large-scale projection for 2021 Art Ball

The Barnes Foundation// October, 2021. Philadelphia, PA

And the People Could Fly. Short narrative film

  • Rooftop Films Summer Drive-In Series, 2020--Queens, NY

  • Indie Grits Film Festival, 2019--Columbia, SC

  • New Orleans Film Festival, 2019--New Orleans, LA

  • Blackstar Film Festival, 2019--Philadelphia, PA

  • Afrikana Film Festival, 2019--Richmond, VA

  • Idlewild International Film Festival, 2019--Idlewild, MI

bridge/refrain. Short experimental film

  • Indie Grits Film Festival, 2018--Columbia, SC

  • Columbia Musuem of Art, 2018--Columbia, SC

{break}through. Performance Film

  • Blackstar Film Festival, 2016--Philadelphia, PA

  • Indie Grits Film Festival, 2016--Columbia, SC

  • Swarthmore College, 2016-- Swarthmore, PA

  • Afrikana Film Festival, 2016--Richmond, VA

The Dance Begets the Dance. Experimental film triptych

  • Blackstar Film Festival, 2014--Philadelphia, PA

a Birthing. (Experimental film projection + installation)

FunkJazz Kafe’ 2013// Atlanta, GA.

Heir Conditioning

Blackstar Film Festival, 2013

Music video for performance artist, Fahamu Pecou. Winner, Audience Choice Award. Philadelphia, PA.

Being Bilal

Blackstar Film Festival, 2012. Short documentary music film centered on Mr. Airtight himself, Bilal Oliver. Philadelphia, PA.

Grace (Short narrative film)

  • Africa in the Picture Film Festival, 2011 (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

  • Pan African Film Festival, 2011 (Los Angeles, CA)

  • Crown Heights Film Festival, 2011 (Brooklyn, NY)

{Awards + Honors}

  • Winner, Best Director, Performance, and Production Design, Idlewild Film Festival, 2019--Idlewild, MI

  • Winner, Local Grit Award, Indie Grits Film Festival 2018

  • Indie Grits Labs Filmmaker-In-Residence/Creative Leadership 2017-current

  • Wonderroot Walthall Fellow 2012-13  (Artist Professional Development Fellowship)

  • Audience Choice Award, Music Video Category (Blackstar Film Festival 2013)

  • Recipient of an Idea Capital Atlanta Grant (2011 for Outdoor Experimental Film Projections)

  • Recipient of the A. Gregory Peeler Fellowship for Graduate Study (Full tuition fellowship, SCAD, 2005-2008)

{EDUCATION}

  • MFA, Film and Television. Savannah College of Art and Design, 2008

  • BA, English/Education. Clark Atlanta University, 2002