ASHA IMAN VEAL
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Exhibitions (selected)
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from Afropean, by Johny Pitts
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from We Are Like Air, by Xyza Cruz Bacani
Beautiful Diaspora / You Are Not The Lesser Part at Museum of Contemporary Photography (Chicago) March 3 –​ June 26, 2022
artists: Xyza Cruz Bacani (r), Widline Cadet, Jessica Chou, Cog
•nate Collective (Amy Sanchez Arteaga and Misael Diaz),
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şil Eğrikavuk, Citlali Fabian, Sunil Gupta, Kelvin Haizel, David Heo, Damon Locks, Johny Pitts (l), Farah Salem,
​Ngadi Smart, Tintin Wulia, and debut of Abena Appiah
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from Indigenous Woman, by Martine Gutierrez
Martine Gutierrez at Museum of Contemporary Photography (Chicago) June 3 – August 29, 2021
artist: Martine Gutierrez
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from Supernova, by Matters of Gravity (Nahum, Ale de la Puente, Juan José Díaz Infante, and Tania Candiani)
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from Black Woman, Why? and ACT 2 SCENE 2, by Kierah Kiki King
RAISIN vol. 1 as a partner program of the Chicago Architecture Biennial September 17 – December 18, 2021
artists: 
Kioto Aoki, Uraria Maciel of Coletivo Anastácia Berlin, Jared Brown, Marina Viola Cavadini,
Amy Sanchez Arteaga + Misael Diaz (Cog•nate Collective), Jory Drew, Işıl Eğrikavuk,
Max Guy, Kyle Bellucci Johanson, Kierah “Kiki” King (l), Diya Khurana, Kat Liu, AJ McClenon, Clemens Melzer,
Joelle Mercedes, Chip Moody, Joseph Mora, Matters of Gravity (Nahum, Ale de la Puente, Juan José Díaz Infante,
and Tania Candiani)(r)
,Zakkiyyah Najeebah Dumas-O'Neal, Alessia Petrolito, Delilah Salgado, Aaron Samuels,
Rohan Ayinde Smith, Brett Swinney, Maryam Taghavi, Gloria Talamantes, Tran Tran, Unyimeabasi Udoh,
Nayeli Vega, Jakob Wirth, Amanda Williams, Tintin Wulia, Zhiyuan Yang
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from Immigrant Owned, by Jonathan Michael Castillo
Dream at Hyde Park Art Center December 12, 2021 – March 20, 2022
 artists:
Cecilia Beaven Gallegos, Dorothy Burge, Cathleen Campbell, Teresita Carson,
Jonathan Castillo (l and r), Jason Dunda, Sarabeth Dunton, Tanya Gill, Brooke Hummer, Janis Kanter,
Mayumi Lake, Percy Lam, D. Lammie-Hanson, Frances Lee, JeeYeun Lee, Cydney Lewis, Susannah Papish,
Monika Plioplyte, Monica Rickert-Bolter, and Allison Svoboda
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from A Decade Faded, by Tamara Becerra Valdez
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from Not Exactly Love, by Leticia Bernaus
Preview 9: A Boldness to Dare & Try at Chicago Artists Coalition September 6 – 20, 2019
artists: Leticia Bernaus (r), Karen Dana Cohen, Jacquelyn Carmen Guerrero, Alejandro Jiménez-Flores,
Tamara Becerra Valdez (l), and Latham Zearfoss
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The Tokyo Show: Black & Brown Are Beautiful at Hyde Park Art Center June 30 – September 29, 2019
artists: 
Carris Adams, Brandon Breaux (l, r), Cog•nate Collective, Alex Bradley Cohen, Sarita Garcia (l),
​Jose Resendiz (r), Diana Quiñones Rivera, and special guest William Greaves

 

Staff Roles (selected)
Staff Role: Associate Curator at the Museum of Contemporary Photography (​present)
​MoCP 2021 introductory video, by Aaron Russman
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Staff Role: Exhibitions & Artist Residency Team at Hyde Park Art Center (2018 –​ 2019, 2021)
pictured: Fo Wilson's "Dark Matter: Celestial Objects as Messengers of Love in These Troubled Times" installation,
special performance by Ben Lamar Gay and Krista Franklin 2019
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Staff Role: Sullivan Galleries at School of the Art Institute of Chicago (2016 – 2017, 2018)
pictured: foreground sculptures by Saumitra Chandratreya 2017
Founder: The Places We've Been books (2012 – 2015)
pictured: Chicago Cultural Center panel, Marvel Comics Editor Daniel Ketchum
​and The Amazing Race producer Derek Helwig 2014
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Staff Role: V-Day global movement to end violence against women and girls (2006, 2004)
pictured:  Toni Blackman, DJ Reborn, Ishle Yi Park at the Brooklyn Museum (l)
Isabella Rossellini and Marisa Tomei at The Apollo Theater Harlem (r)

 

Programs, Publications, and Engagement (selected)
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RAISIN on Lumpen Radio Chicago 105.5FM (2021)
pictured: Gloria Gloe Talamantes, photo by Vanessa Bly
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Arts For Illinois COVID Relief Fund (2020)
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digital platform
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Ground Floor 2018 catalogue (2019)
pictured: "...writing his dream inside a rectangle" by artist Ashley M. Freeby
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emerge: Journal of Arts Administration & Policy (2017)
pictured: Paul Sepuya, Xinqi Tao, and Victoria Bradford
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The Places We've Been: Field Reports from Travelers Under 35 (2013)
paperback, hardcover, and e-book
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Arts Ecologies, Arts Organizations (2000 –)
​pictured: 3331 Arts Chiyoda Tokyo 2016, UdK Berlin 2019

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  • PROJECTS
    • Work
    • RAISIN (vol 1)
    • Beautiful Diaspora / You Are Not the Lesser Part MoCP
  • BIO
    • Bio
    • The Illustrated Story of How I Cut My Teeth
  • Academia
  • Y.O.L.O.
    • @Tumblr