SAUDADE TOXOSI

GYPSYBIRD UROBOROS*
SAUDADE.TOXOSI@GMAIL.COM

ATLANTA, GA

  • WORKS

  • 2024 FROM THE BLOOD OF THE DRAGONFLY. VIDEO UNDERGROUND TV, UPA. NEW YORK, NY

  • 2024 OYEKU. VIDEO UNDERGROUND TV. UPA NEW YORK, NY

  • 2024 EQUINOX 1600. CURATORIAL PROJECT. 2012. TUMBLR

  • 2023 OWORIN S’ OGBE. MIXED MEDIA COLLAGE. CLAYTON, GA

  • 2023 CATALYST. BLUE HERON NATURE PRESERVE. ATLANTA. GA

  • 2023 SPELL CASTING REPRISE. VIDEO ART. DUNEDIN FINE ARTS CENTER. DUNEDIN, FL

  • 2023 CURATOR. SOONOQO. DUNEDIN FINE ARTS CENTER. DUNEDIN, FL


  • 2022 NO POLCE. VIDEO ART. THE KITCHEN. NEW YORK, NY

  • 2022 ASK THE CHILDREN. ART INSTALLATION. BLUE HERON NATURE PRESERVE. ATLANTA, GA

  • 2022 EQUINOX 1600. CURATORIAL PROJECT. 2012 . TUMBLR

  • 2022 LINEAGES OF STRUCTURAL POVERTY. GENTRIFICATION SERIES. HARBOR HALL. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA. ST. PETERSBURG, FL.

  • 2022 9TH AVENUE SOUTH. GENTRIFICATION SERIES. HARBOR HALL. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA. ST. PETERSBURG, FL.

  • 2022 BLACK ST. PETE. INTERDEPENDANCE NATURE AND RACE. DIGITAL COLLAGE. HARBOR HALL. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA. ST. PETERSBURG, FL.

  • 2021 EQUINOX 1600. CURATORIAL PROJECT. 2012 . TUMBLR

  • 2021 ABOVE THE HORIZON: THE INNER DYNAMICS OF NATURE. SHINE MURAL FESTIVAL. CHAD MIZE GALLERY. ST. PETERSBURG, FL

  • 2021 OYEKU. DUNEDIN FINE ARTS CENTER. DUNEDIN. FL

  • 2021 PETERS STREET ATL. DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY. HAMBIDGE. RABUN GAP, GA

  • 2021 THE BOOK OF THE MUTES. INSPIRED BY OCTAVIA BUTLER. THE PATTERN-MASTER . HAMBIDGE. RABUN GAP, GA

  • 2021.¿Y CÓMO ESTÁ MI GENTE? ON THE MOVE, EN LA LUCHA. CURATOR. THE ARTS EXCHANGE. ST PETERSBERG, FL

  • 2021. A PARODY. MIXED MEDIA COLLAGE. 24X24 ON BOARD. ATLANTA, GA

  • 2021 EQUINOX 1600. CURATORIAL PROJECT. 2012 . TUMBLR

  • 2021 OYEKU. CROSS-POLLINATION ART LAB. HAMBIGE. ATLANTA, GEORGIA

  • 2020 EQUINOX 1600. CURATORIAL PROJECT. 2012 . TUMBLR

  • 2020 DEFY THE HELMSMAN UPON THE LAKE OF FIRE BY WAY OF COOLING. COLUMNWRITTEN. CAPE TOWN. SOUTH AFRICA

  • 2020 HU SI KU SI. DIGITAL COLLAGE. ABOUT00TIME, CAPE TOWN. SOUTH AFRICA

  • 2019 DIVINE STRATEGIES IN 3. COLLAGE. INTERNATIONALIST SPIRIT. HAVANA. CUBA

  • 2020 MOTHER OF THE FISH. CORRIGENDA. EDIÇÕES SEM NOME, PORTUGAL

  • 2019 EQUINOX 1600. CURATORIAL PROJECT. 2012 . TUMBLR

  • 2017 DIVINE ORDER. SOLO EXHIBITION ONLINE PLATFORM. CURATORIAL LAB. NEGARRA A.KUDUMU. SEATTLE, WA

  • 2017 CREATIVE ASSISTANT. “SMOKE VOICES VOCES DE HUMO” ARTURO LINDSAY. ATLANTA. GA

  • GROUP EXHIBITIONS AND CURATION

  • 2023 INTERNATIONALIST SPIRIT 3 HAND IN HAND. CLAYTON ARTS CENTER. CLAYTON GA

  • 2023 BLK GRK. HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT. EDITOR. NEW YORK THEATRE WORKSHOP NEW YORK, NEW YORK

  • 2023 CATALYST. NESTING. BLUE HERON NATURE PARK. ATLANTA, GA

  • 2022 CURATOR. TAKE ME TO THE WATER(S). WRITERS RESIDENCY.

  • 2022 HARBOR HALL. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA. ST. PETERSBURG, FL

  • 2022 EDITOR OF VIDEO DOCUMENTATION. ARAGONITE STARS. SUNÉ WOODS. ARTFORUM INTERNATIONAL MAGAZINE

  • 2022 EDITOR OF VIDEO DOCUMENTATION. ARAGONITE STARS. SUNÉ WOODS. BRIC GALLERY. BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

  • 2022 GENERATIONAL SUPPORT. PHOTOGRAPH 6XTONE. HARTSFIELD AIRPORT. ATLANTA, GA

  • 2021. CURATOR. MI GENTE MOVIDA. TULLY LEVINE GALLERY. ST. PETERSBURG, FL

  • 2021 MODERATOR. MI GENTE MOVIDA. TULLY LEVINE GALLERY. ST. PETERSBURG, FL

  • 2021 CURATOR. ABSTRACTION. BURKA LOUNGE. ART EXCHANGE. ST PETERSBURG, FL

  • 2021. HE. EMBELLISHED PRINT. STUDIO620. ST PETERSBURG FL

  • 2021 PRIDE IN THE COMMUNITY. STUDIO 620. ST PETERSBURG, FL

  • 2020 SELF PORTRAIT. CHARCOAL ON PAPER. HAMBIDGE AUCTION

  • 2019 OYEKU. POP MEDIUM. GALLERY 992, ATLANTA, GA

  • 2018 OYEKU. NEW SUNS BONNEFANTENMUSEUM, MAASTRICHT.

  • 2018 LA CORTE: LA CELESTIALS. THEME FROM THE PLANETS. SOUTHWEST ART CENTER ATLANTA, GA

  • 2017 TRAP 808: FALSE BINARIES +DEEP SIGHT (FOR TONI CADE BAMBARA). SOUTHWEST ARTS CENTER ATLANTA, GA

  • 2008 SHE FLIES. MIXED MEDIA ON PAPER. HAMMOND HOUSE AUCTION. MASON MURER FINE ARTS. ATLANTA GA

  • 2009 CONJURE. MIXED MEDIA ON PAPER. HAMMOND HOUSE AUCTIONS. MASON MURER FINE ARTS. ATLANTA, GA

  • COLLABORATIONS

  • 2024 REAL TALK. THE HEALING PROJECT. NEW YORK, NY

  • 2024 KEITH LAMAR: SWEET THE HEALING PROJECT. MAYSLES DOCUMENTARY CENTER. NEW YORK, NY

  • 2023 THE PERFORMATIVE SELF PORTRAIT. DR. CARA JUDEA ALDAHEFF. RISD MUESUM. PROVIDENCE, RI

  • 2023 VIDEO ART. KINGLY. RITUALS FOR ABOLITION. GRIEF. SAMORA PINDERHUGHES. THE KITCHEN. NEW YORK, NY

  • 2022 CO-CREATOR. RITUALS 4 ABOLITION. THE KITCHEN. NEW YORK, NY

  • 2022 RITUALS 4 ABOLITION. THE KITCHEN. NEW YORK, NEW YORK

  • 2022 CREATIVE DIRECTOR. WEVSI. JUMPMAN23, BEPHIEBEAUTY. SUNHUAS. LOS ANGELES, CA

  • 2022 TIRESIAS. A POEM. YOU GOOD? EXHIBITION. LEEPA-RATTNER MUSEUM OF ART. TARPON SPRINGS, FL

  • 2021. TIRESIAS. A POEM. YOU GOOD? EXHIBITION. CREATIVE PINEALLS. LARGO,FL

  • 2021 WE AMORPH0US WIND. NEPTUNE MAGAZINE. ST. PETERSBURG, FL

  • 2021 TIME AND SPACE. PHOTOGRAPHY. NEPTUNE MAGAZINE. ST. PETERSBURG, FL

  • 2021 ABOOT. GLOBAL TEAM. CAPETOWN SA, PARIS FRANCE, LOS ANGELES, CA

  • 2021 INSTAGRAM TAKEOVER. CREATIVITY UNDER CONFINEMENT. CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA

  • 2021. CO-PRODUCER. JUNETEENTH JUBILEE. THE FACTORY. ST PETERSBURG, FLORIDA

  • 2021 PHOTOGRAPHER. WITHIN. WITHOUT. PROJECT ALCHEMY. STUDIO620. ST. PETERSBURG. FL

  • 2021 TIRESIAS. A POEM. YOU GOOD? THE ARTS XCHANGE. ST. PETERSBURG, FL

  • 2021 NEPTUNE POETRY AND ART MAGAZINE. ST. PETERSBURG. FLORIDA

  • 2021 IMAGE RESEARCH COLLABORATOR. BLACK HISTORY WRITTEN BY. BRADFORD YOUNG. FACEBOOK

  • 2020 HU SI KU SI. DIGITAL COLLAGE. ABOUT00TIME, CAPE TOWN. SOUTH AFRICA

  • 2020 DEFY THE HELMSMAN UPON THE LAKE OF FIRE BY WAY OF COOLING. COLUMNWRITTEN. CAPE TOWN. SOUTH AFRICA

  • 2020 TODAY. MATILDA FINN. VISUAL RESEARCH. STINK FILMS. CULVER CITY CA, CHINA

  • 2020 WASHED IN THE BLOOD. VISUAL RESEARCH. SUN HAUS. LOS ANGELES CA

  • 2020 AN ANXIETY DREAM. KONCH MAGAZINE. SPECIAL ISSUE, THE VIRUS VOLUME I. ISHMAEL REED PUBLICATION. CHATTANOOGA, TN

  • 2020 PHOTOGRAPHER. MCKINSEY PROJECT. BELTLINE. LILLIAN BLADES. ATLANTA. GA

  • 2019 VISUAL RESEARCH. “USHER, BAD HABITS” VISUAL TREATMENT V1. JASMIN GARCIA. GIRL CULTURE FILMS. LOS ANGELES CA

  • 2019 STILL PHOTOGRAPHER. CHOR(E)S DANIELLE DEADWYLER. ATLANTA, GA

  • 2018 VISUAL RESEARCH. THE MOMENT AFTER . ELIOT RAUSCH. STINK FILMS, CULVER CITY, CA

  • 2018 VISUAL RESEARCH. “ THE DESERT”. NE-O. STINK FILMS, LONDON

  • 2017 IMAGE SELECTION, DIRECTION. “THE PHILOSOPHER”. KAHLIL JOSEPH .MAASTRICHT, NETHERLANDS

  • 2017 IMAGE FOUND FOOTAGE COLLABORATOR. “FLY PAPER”. KAHLIL JOESPH. NEW MUSEUM NEW YORK

  • 2017 IMAGE COLLABORATOR. “LOVE IS THE MESSAGE AND THE MESSAGE IS DEATH”. ARTHUR JAFA. SERPENTINE . GALLERIES, LONDON

  • 2017 CREATIVE ASSISTANT. “SMOKE VOICES VOCES DE HUMO” ARTURO LINDSAY. ATLANTA. GA

  • 2016 IMAGE RESEARCHER. PANTENE GOLD SERIES. KAHLIL JOESPH. LOS ANGELES, CA

  • 2016 IMAGE AND SOURCE MATERIAL COLLABORATOR. “LEMONADE”. KAHLIL JOESPH 2015.

  • 2016 PHOTO ESSAY “WATA DEXOXO: WATER GUARDIANS, PORTALS OF THE DEAD”. HORDALAND KUNSTSENTER. NORWAY

  • 2012 ROOT SCULPTURE AND INSTALLATION. “RUA WULF”. GOAT FARM. ATLANTA, GA

  • 2011 COLLAGE I. LIBERATOR MAGAZINE. NEW YORK, NY

  • 2010 COLLAGE II LIBERATOR MAGAZINE. NEW YORK, NY

  • 2009 ART COLLABORATOR. URB ALT. BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC. NEW YORK

  • COMMISSIONS AND FEATURED

  • 2023 BEACOUP HOODOO. OGUN’S POT. NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA

  • 2023 VISUAL INTONATIONS. APPLE MUSIC, SPOTIFY

  • 2023 SOONOQO. “IT ALWAYS WE”. CREATIVE PINEALLAS. LARGO, FLORIDA

  • 2023 SOONOQO. LONG.LIST. SHORT. MAGAZINE. LOS ANGELES, CA

  • 2022. INTERVIEW. ASK THE CHILDREN. MAYORS OFFICE CITY OF ATLANTA

    W/ KEITH WITNEY. ATLANTA, GA

  • 2022 IMAGE SOURCE. EQUINOX 1600. SAMEGANG. TWO CHANNEL VIDEO. THE HEALING PROJECT. YBACA SAN FRANCISO, CA

  • 2022 INTERVIEW. TAKE ME TO THE WATER(S). THE WEEKLY CHALLENGER. ST. PETERSBURG, FL

  • 2022 INTERVIEW. TAKE ME TO THE WATER(S). ART IN YOUR EAR WMNF. TAMPA, FL

  • 2021 HU SI KU SI. POSTCARD. BOOK FAIR. ABOOT. NORVAL FOUNDATION. CAPE TOWN, SA

  • 2021 INTERVIEW. THE UNCOMMON CITY AND ST. PETIAN. INSTAGRAM.

  • 2021. LOCAL-ISH MEET ARTIST SAUDADE TOXOSI. THE CATALYST. ST. PETERSBURG FL

  • 2021 PHOTOGRAPHER. WITHIN, WITHOUT. PROJECT ALCHEMY. ARTS COSTAL JOURNAL. LARGO FL

  • 2021. ARTIST LAYERS ANCESTRAL WISDOM AND SOCIAL COMMENTARY IN MULTIDISCIPLINARY WORKS AT STUDIO@620. INTERVIEW. WEEKLY CHALLENGER. ST PETERSBURG. FL

  • 2021 ECOSYSTEMS OF HERITAGE:AN IMBIZO ON THE PHILOSOPHIES OF CULTURAL WORK. A PANEL DISCUSSION. CAPE TOWN. SA USA INSTAGRAM

  • 2021 INTERVIEW CW44 TV. JUNETEENTH. ST PETERBURG, FL

  • 2021 INTERVIEW. THE ST. PETIAN. DIGITAL MAGAZINE. JUNETEENTH EDITION. ST. PETERSBURG. FL

  • 2021 JUNETEENTH COVER. ST PETIAN. DIGITAL MAGAZINE. JUNETEENTH EDITION. ST. PETERSBURG, FL

  • 2021 COVER ART. HU SI KU SI. CREATIVITY UNDER CONFINEMENT. DIGITAL MAGAZINE. CAPE TOWN. SA

  • 2021 METAPHYSICAL VISION AND THE SINGLE FRAME. IN CONVERSATION. BLACK WOMEN DISRUPT. THE WEB

  • 2021. IN CONVERSATION WITH DUDUETSANG. RADICAL BLACK FEMME PROJECT. SEATTLE WA, CAPE TOWN SA

  • 2021 PANELIST. CULTURE SEMINAR. LEADERSHIP ST. PETERSBURG FLORIDA

  • 2018 BOOK COVER DESIGN. HIDDEN MYSTERIES OF IFA/ORISHA . AWO FALOKUN FATUMBI

  • 2019 OYEKU ARCHIVED AT THE THE STONY ISLAND ARTS BANK. CHICAGO, IL

  • 2019 GLOBAL PODCAST INTERVIEW WITH TNE. INTERVIEWER RALPH DILLARD

  • 2019 TRAILBLAZERS. SAUDADE TOXOSI. VOYAGE ATL

  • 2011 ALBUM ART. “BLEUPHORIA”. RAHSAAN PATTERSON LOS ANGELES, CA

  • 2012 “ORI JAH JAH ME” MIXED MEDIA PAINTING. BLACK CONTEMPORARY ARTS ON TUMBLR

  • 2012 “SPIRITUAL ART” BY GYPSYBIRD (SAUDADE TOXOSI). LOST AT E MINOR, AUSTRALIA 


  • 2009 “NEW LIT IN THE BLOCK”: MYTHIUM. NEW PAGES. BAY CITY. MI

  • AWARDS

  • 2024 NEXUS FUND RRG ATLANTA CONTEMPORARY

  • 2023 BIPOC GUEST CURATORIAL AWARD. DUNEDIN FINE ARTS CENTER. DUNEDIN. FL

  • 2021 ANDREAS ROBBINS SCHOLARSHIP. UNDERGROUND PRODUCER’S ALLIANCE NEW YORK, NY

  • 2020 DISTINGUISHED FELLOW AWARD. HAMBIGE ARTS AND SCIENCE CENTER. RABUN GAP, GA

  • 2020 CHOR(E)S. OFFICIAL SELECTIONS. ATLANTA, NEW ORLEANS AND CUCALORUS FILM FESTIVALS.

  • 2020 SOLIDARITY AWARD GRANTEE. KNOLL FARMS, VERMONT

  • 2002 MERIT AWARD “SAUDADE” PARKLAND COLLEGE. CHAMPAIGN, IL

  • 2002 PURCHASE AWARD “SAUDADE”. PARKLAND COLLEGE CHAMPAIGN, IL

  • FELLOWSHIPS, HONORARIUMS AND RESIDENCIES

  • 2023 STONEROOT RESIDENCY. ELLIJAY GA

  • 2023 BLACK FEMINIST FELLOWSHIP. NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA

  • 2022 URBAN FELLOW. ELSEWHERE MUSEUM. GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA

  • 2022. GUEST SPEAKER. SPEAK OUT. FLORIDA HUMANITIES. GULFPORT LIBRARY. GULPORT, FL

  • 2022. CULTURAL CAFE. DRAWING ON ANCESTRAL KNOWLEDGE. BLACK WOMAN DISRUPT. COLOMBIA, USA

  • 2022 JUROR. ARTOUT 2022: QUEERING THE PANDEMIC! GULFPORT, FL

  • 2021 WRITER IN RESIDENCY. FRIENDS OF SALT CREEK, ST. PETERSBURG FLORIDA

  • 2021 ARTIST IN RESIDENCY. THE FACTORY. ST. PETERSBURG, FLORIDA

  • 2020 GUEST VISIT. ADVANCED PHOTOGRAPHY CLASS. DISCUSSION: OYEKU. HONORARIUM. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA. LOSANGELES, CA.

  • 2020 DISTINGUISHED FELLOW AWARD AND RESIDENCY HAMBIDGE ARTS AND SCIENCE CENTER. RABUN GAP, GA

  • 2019 BLACK WOMAN DISRUPT. A ROUNDTABLE WITH WOMAN FROM BRAZIL. ATLANTA, GA


    2017 BETTER SELVES FELLOWSHIP. KNOLL FARMS. FAYSTON, VERMONT