📆 KJR STUDIOS: August 2026 News & Updates
catching up on studio news!
Bismillah. We begin everything with the name of Allah. We recite Bismillah to initiate an act, acknowledging the intention and ethics that follow.
Trying to share more! No reflections here, just sharing! Please see the survey at the end to make suggestions for future studio news!
◼️◼️◼️ Table of Contents
I. Closing Soon: Group Show @ MoMA PS1
II. So Far in 2026
III. What else do you want to read?
◼️ Closing Soon: Group Show
MoMA PS1 (New York, NY), Greater New York | (30 March 2026 – 17 August 2026)
Escape Orbit maps the thematic threads of a fictional narrative Rasheed is developing that concerns a woman’s attempt to make sense of her encounters with unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP). Informed by Rasheed’s own research into the fragmented histories of Black American mystics, magicians, and experiences with UAP, the installation’s annotative form brings together text, moving image, photography, and works on paper to probe the limits of perception and the integrity of proof.
Installation with videos (black and white, sound) and works on paper
Courtesy of Kameelah Janan Rasheed, Artist
Back Wall Projection
Urla Thacker, 2026 | 00:17:01 | Black and White | Single Channel, Score by Thando Kunene (Th&o.) with voiceovers from Michelle Avanthay | 1/2, 1 AP
Left and Right Wall Projections
and measure “thick 2. Twinklings of God, 2026 | 00:01:49 | Silent; Black and White | 16:9 | 1/2, 1 AP
to see me: I, 2026 | 00:02:20 | Silent; Black and White | 16:9 | 1/2, 1 AP
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2026 | 00:02:10 | Silent; Black and White | 4:3 | 1/2, 1 AP
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2026 | 00:01:10 | Silent; Black and White | 1/2, 1 AP
◼️ So Far in 2026
Solo Shows
Henry Art Gallery (Seattle, WA), we leak, we exceed | (23 Aug 2025 – 26 Apr 2026)
Glynn Vivian Art Gallery (Swansea, UK), Artes Mundi 11 | (24 Oct 2025 – 22 Feb 2026)
High Line Art (New York, NY), CHANNEL Kameelah Janan Rasheed | (6 Jan – 5 Mar 2026)
Group Shows
Palais de Tokyo (Paris, FR), ECHO DELAY REVERB: American Art and Francophone Thought | (22 Oct 2025 – 15 Feb 2026)
National Museum in Cardiff (Cardiff, UK), Artes Mundi 11 | (24 Oct 2025 – 22 Feb 2026)
Brooklyn Public Library (New York, NY), Letters for the Future at BPL, 2025–2026 | (3 Nov 2025 – 25 Jan 2026)
ICA Philadelphia (Philadelphia, PA), A World in the Making: The Shakers | (31 Jan – 9 Aug 2026)
Gallery TPW (Toronto, ON), ___a lineage of transgression___ | (11 February - 11 April 2026)
601Artspace (New York, NY), When Thoughts Are Free | (7 Mar – 17 May 2026)
Bard College (New York, NY), Everything That Happens Will Happen Today — Thesis Exhibitions, Student Curated Projects | (4 Apr – 24 May 2026)
Public Talks, Lectures, Conferences, Symposia
[lecture] University of New Mexico (Remote), Spatial Graphic Design Lecture Series: Kameelah Janan Rasheed (29 Jan 2026)
[panel] Vera List Center for Art and Politics (New York, NY), Grey Matter | (22 Apr 2026)
[recognition ceremony, honored speaker] Parsons BFA Photography (New York, NY), Recognition Ceremony | (15 May 2026)
[seminar presentation] Black Studies Summer Seminar - University of Toronto, Scarborough (Toronto, Ontario), We Never Die: On Zombies, Death Bots, and Perpetual Labor | (24–28 May 2026)
[performance] MoMA PS1, Chang Yuchen & Kameelah Janan Rasheed, Call Me by Your Practice: A Cross-Examination, (New York, NY) | 30 May 2026
[lecture performance] National Academy of Design (New York, NY), In Praise of Noise | (1 July 2026)
◼️ What else should I be sharing?
While I am not great at telling people about shows and events, I am trying to get better. I would like to share, not just tell. Of the following types of sharing, what would you be excited to read more about?
All the best, always,
Kameelah 👽
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