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Rashaad Newsome

Rashaad Newsome was born in New Orleans, LA where he received a BA in Art History from Tulane University. After moving to NY he studied Film and Digital Post Production at Film Video Arts.

Newsome has exhibited and performed nationally and internationally at venues including: K.U.E.L., Berlin, Germany; Glassbox Gallery, Paris, France; Ingalls & Associates Gallery, Miami, Florida; DUMBO Arts Center, Brooklyn, NY; Rush Arts Gallery, New York, NY; Veletrzni Palace, Prague, Czech Republic as well as Fondation Cartier, Paris, France.

His awards include the Franklin Furnace Fund Grant for Performance Art; Harvestworks Artist-In-Residence; l'Entreprise Culturelle Artist-In-Residence; BCAT/ Rotunda Gallery Joint Multimedia Artist-In-Residence as well as the Location One International Artist-In Residence.

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Shade Composition (Paris), 2005

performance

RT: 3:45

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Untitled (Study for Banji Cunt) #6, 2008

9 x 12 inches

digital c-print

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still from The Conductor, 2006

single channel video with surround sound

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