Kameelah Janan Rasheed is a learner based in Brooklyn, NY.
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She stewards KJR Studios, where she studies the poetics and politics of non-compliance and disobedience across written, spoken, and visual communication systems. She makes (language-saturated installations), (film/video), (performance-adjacent improvisational artist talks), (libraries), (software), (paranormal fiction stories and loglines), (learning environments), (stand-up comedy sets), (wayward translations), (devotional kits), (walking paths), (theremin compositions), and (photographs)
- “Publishing is Ours!” Keynote Lecture: At Louis Place: Artist Publishing Practicum, At Louis Place (online), Saturday, March 22, 2025 (link)
- “On Translation” Keynote Lecture: CODEX Book Fair and Symposium, Berkeley, CA, February 5, 2024 (link)
- “Revision, Molting, and [Un]Doing.” Keynote Lecture: Contemporary Artists’ Book Conference (as part of Printed Matter Art Book Fair), New York, NY, October 14, 2022 (link)
- “(Mis)Organizing Information with Shannon Mattern.” Keynote: Information+ Conference 2021, (online), 27 September 2021- 2 October 2021 (link)
- University of Washington - St. Louis (2026)
- University of New Mexico (2026)
- Southern Methodist University - Birdwell Library (2025)
- Carnegie Mellon University - MFA Program (2025)
- University of Pennsylvania (2024)
- Yale Norfolk (2024)
- Dartmouth College (2023)
- Corcoran School of Art (2022)
- Bennington College (2022)
- School of Visual Arts - BFA (2022)
- School of the Art Institute of Chicago - Joan Flasch Artists' Book Collection + Archives (2022)
- Barnard College (2022)
- Duke University (2022)
- Rutgers University - Mason Gross School of the Arts (2022)
- Pratt Institute (2021)
- University of Arkansas (2021)
- Yale University (2021)
- School of the Art Institute of Chicago Low-Residency Master of Fine Arts (2021)
- Rhode Island School of Design (2021)
- Piet Zwart Institute - Willem de Kooning Academy (2020)
- University of Texas at Austin (2020)
- Gallery 400, University of Illinois at Chicago (2020)
- Tufts University (2020)
- Hampshire College (2018)
- Parsons School of Design, The New School (2018)
- Maryland Institute of Contemporary Art (2017)
- Columbia University (2017)
- University of Maryland (2017)
- Northwestern University (2017)
- The New School (2016)
- School of Visual Arts - MFA (2016)
- “In Praise of Noise”, National Academy of Design, July 1, 2026 (link)
- The Black Studies Summer Seminar <BLK-S3tudies>, University of Toronto at Scarborough, May 27, 2026 (link)
- “Public Talk: Kameelah Janan Rasheed Escape Orbit”, Small School, April 4, 2026 (link)
- “Artist Talk: Kameelah Janan Rasheed in Conversation with Taylor Zakarin”, High Line Art, Feb 11, 2026 (link)
- Chat Token Vector: Questioning Models of Language and Neo-Structuralism in AI symposium, Ca’Foscari University of Venice, Italy (in-person), June 11-13, 2025 (link)
- “History Lessons Artist Talk Featuring Kameelah Janan Rasheed”, University of Albany - Art Museum, Wednesday, March 12, 2025 (link)
- “Lang Arts Spring Welcome Kameelah Janan Rasheed: Learning, Play, and Curiosity”, The New School, Wednesday, February 12, 2025 (link)
- “On Opacity.” Lecture, The Royal Academy of Fine Arts (KASK) and the Royal Conservatory constitute the school of arts of HOGENT and Howest, remote, January 16, 2024 (link)
- "I had no Monarch in my life, and cannot rule myself, and when I try to organize - my little Force explodes - and leaves me bare and charred -" (Emily Elizabeth Dickinson, August 1862), Public Knowledge: Meeting Grounds: Essay as Event, remote, March 16, 2024 (link)
- “A Casual Mathematics.” Symposium Lecture, Institute for Contemporary Art at VCU – Traces of Ecstasy, Richmond, VA, March 29, 2024 (link)
- Lecture, Typographics Conference – Cooper Union, New York, NY, June 15, 2024 (link)
- “On the Poetics, Politics, and Pleasures of the Unfinished.” Lecture, Bard College, Annandale-On-Hudson, NY, April 22, 2021 (link)
- “The Computer Mouse Conference.” Panel, Culture Hub, remote, April 29–30, 2021 (link)
- “Shifter: Waiting.” Lecture, MIT List Visual Arts Center and Contemporary Arts Center (remote), November 12, 2020 (link)
- “Poetics, Politics, and Pleasure of the Unfinished.” Lecture, Vancouver Art Book Fair (remote), October 18, 2020 (link)
- “Tolstoy College Symposium.” Symposium, University of Buffalo Art Galleries (remote), August 20, 2020 (link)
- “Ways of Reading.” Symposium, KADIST and e-flux, New York, February 1, 2020 (link)
- “No New Theories Book Launch.” Panel, Printed Matter, Inc., New York, January 30, 2020 (link)
- “A Casual Mathematics.” Lecture, S A V V Y Contemporary, Berlin, Germany, November 27, 2019 (link)
- “The Black Embodiment Studios.” Lecture, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, November 15, 2019 (link)“
- Exodus Commission: Kameelah Janan Rasheed, ‘July 1, 1983.” Lecture, Denniston Hill/Triangle Arts, Brooklyn, NY, November 14, 2019 (link)
- “Launch of Michel Obultra 2: Kameelah Janan Rasheed.” Lecture, Wendy’s Subway, Brooklyn, NY, August 28, 2019 (link)
- “Advanced Knowledge Working Group Speaker Series.” Lecture, Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice - Brown University, Providence, RI, April 26, 2019 (link)
- “Code, Craft, And Catalogues: Art in the Libraries.” Symposium, The Finnish Cultural Institute of New York, March 9, 2019 (link)
- “CAG Artist Talk: Kameelah Janan Rasheed.” Lecture, Contemporary Art Gallery - Vancouver, Vancouver, BC, February 16–17, 2019 (link)
- “Message from the Library with William Kentridge.” Lecture, Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn, NY, December 9, 2018 (link)
- “A Convening on Black Institution-Building.” Symposium, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY, November 10, 2018 (link)
- “Artist’s Eye: Kameelah Janan Rasheed.” Lecture, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY, August 12, 2017 (link)
- “New Museum Seminars: (Temporary) Collection of Ideas around CHOREOGRAPHY.” Symposium, New Museum, New York, NY, February 7, 2015 (link)
- Parsons School of Design: BFA Photography Recognition Ceremony, May 15, 2026
- Parsons School of Design: MFA Fine Arts Recognition Ceremony, May 15, 2024
- “Greater New York 2026 Performances: by Tom Thayer, Chang Yuchen & Kameelah Janan Rasheed, and Kite”, MoMA PS1, May 30, 2026 (link)
- “The Hollow was Electric: Kameelah Janan Rasheed, Asiya Wadud, Serubiri Moses, and Adjua Gargi Nzinga Greaves.” Performance Lecture, Center for Art, Research and Alliances, New York, NY, March 4, 2023 (link)
- “You Have My Word”, Poetry Project, New York, NY, September 8, 2022 (link)
- “perhaps there is no sequel.” Performance with artist Jawwaad, Moody Center for the Arts, Rice University, Houston, TX, February 18, 2020 (link)
- “Poetry: Five Bodies,” Nottingham Contemporary, Online, February 11, 2021 (link)
- Reading for The Poetry Project: Camonghne Felix & Kameelah Janan Rasheed, New York, NY, November 10, 2017 (link)
- “Dial-A-Poem Radio Marathon,” Red Bull Arts, New York, NY, July 29, 2017 (link)
- “Art After Trump: a response and a gathering,” Housing Works Bookstore Cafe and Hyperallergic, December 15, 2016 (link)
- Level 1 Improv Graduation Performance, Magnet Theater, New York, NY, 2026
- Intro Improv Graduation Performance, Magnet Theater, New York, NY, 2019
- “I’m New Here, Can You Show Me Around,” Comedy Performance, Union Hall, Brooklyn, NY, July, 13, 2016 (link)
- “Poetic Promenade.” Panel, School for Poetic Computation, June 20, 2026 (link)
- “At The Table // Wrth y Bwrdd - Kameelah Janan Rasheed.” Panel, Artes Mundi, May 5, 2026
- “Grey Matter”, Vera List Center for Art and Politics, April 22, 2026 (link)
- “Dark Opacities Lab’s 2024-2026: Nazar, Capture, Liberation: Maryam Kashani x Kameelah Janan Rasheed”, Concordia University, Thursday, February 20, 2025 (link)
- “Becoming NEW: Artists on Change and Transformation”, New Museum (offsite: The Great Hall at Cooper Union), Thursday, February 6, 2025 (link)
- “Kimberly Drew, Kimberly Annece Henderson, and Kameelah Janan Rasheed in Conversation.” Panel, Pace Gallery, New York, NY, February 7, 2023 (link)
- “Moving Chains: Toward Abolition – Abolition and the Law Panelists: American Artist, Albert Fox Cahn, and Kameelah Janan Rasheed, moderated by Che Gossett.” Creative Time, New York, NY, May 20, 2023 (link)
- “Art, Ancestors, Ghosts, & The Dead A Day Of Conversations and a Screening.” Protocinema, New York, NY, June 3, 2023 (link)
- “Workshop on Generative Art, Architecture, and Engineering Collaboration.” Panel, Cooper Union, New York, NY, April 22, 2023 (link)
- “ICP Talks: Elliott Jerome Brown Jr.” Moderator, International Center for Photography, New York, NY, April 18, 2023 (link)
- “Studies into Darkness: The Perils and Promise of Freedom of Speech Book Launch.” Panel, The New School: Vera List Center for Art and Politics, New York, NY, June 7, 2022 (link)
- “Words Walking Without Masters”: Conversations on the Creative-Theoretical.” Panel, Cornell University, remote, April 21-22, 2022 (link)
- “The Education of the Un-Artist.” Panel, EXPO Chicago, remote, April 8, 2022 (link)
- “Berlin/NY Artist Dialogue.” Panel, Barnard College, New York (remote), March 31, 2021 (link)
- “in awe of geometry & mornings.” Panel, White Columns, New York (remote), March 6, 2021 (link)
- “Caring Infrastructures, Survival Strategies.” Panel, ARCO, Madrid (remote), February 3, 2021 (link)
- “Studio LIVE: Kameelah Janan Rasheed x Legacy Russell.” Conversation, The Studio Museum in Harlem (Instagram Live) October 8, 2020 (link)
- “Morgan Bassichis: ‘The Odd Years’ Book Launch.” Panel, The Kitchen, New York, September 21, 2020 (link)
- “Present! V.3.0.0 with Kameelah Janan Rasheed, RA Washington, and Tamara Sussman.” Panel, P! and FRONT International (remote), September 7, 2020 (link)
- “Pattern Recognition: A conversation with Kameelah Janan Rasheed and Chang Yuchen.” Panel, CUE Art Foundation (remote), July 30, 2020 (link)
- “Freedom of Speech: A Curriculum for Studies into Darkness - closing event.” Panel, Vera List Center for Art and Politics, The New School, New York, September 21, 2019 (link)
- “Say it Like You Mean It: On Translation, Communication, Languages.” Panel, Vera List Center for Art and Politics, The New School, March 11, 2019 (link)
- “Opening Celebration: Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power - Art as Activism. (Artists Jae and Wadsworth Jarrell in conversation with artist Kameelah Janan Rasheed)” Panel, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY, September 15, 2018 (link)
- “Space for Learning: Within and Beyond Walls.” Panel and Workshop, New Museum, New York, NY, July 26–27, 2018 (link and link)
- “A Conversation on Cultural Appropriation, Representation, and Free Speech.” Panel, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, May 2, 2018 (link)
- “Represent: A conversation about representing others.” Panel, Yale School of Art, New Haven, CT, April 11, 2018 (link)
- “Black Marks That Make up Letters.” Panel, Triple Canopy, New York, NY, December 15, 2017 (link)
- “The Kitchen L.A.B.: December 6, 2017.” Panel, The Kitchen, New York, NY, December 6, 2017 (link)
- “Conversation and Workshop with Kameelah Janan Rasheed.” Workshop, Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, December 3, 2017 (link)
- “Spirit in the Dark: The religious history of racial aesthetics.” Panel, Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, New York, NY, November 29, 2017 (link) “Radical Edits: Reassessing Cultural Narratives.” Panel, Museum of Modern Art PS1, Queens, NY, November 17, 2017 (link)
- “Mapping the Spirit: Kameelah Janan Rasheed with Marilyn Nance.” Lecture, Magnum Foundation, New York, NY, September 27, 2017 (link / link)
- “Black Textualities.” Panel, Blonde Art Books Babz Fair 2017, Maspeth, NY, June 3–4, 2017 (link) “Digital Social Memory Keynote: Ethics, Privacy, and Representation in Digital Preservation.” Panel, Rhizome and The New Museum, New York, NY, February 4, 2017 (link)
- “Guerilla Collecting.” Panel, Printed Matter Book Fair/Center for Book Arts, New York, NY, 2017 (link)
- “Triple Canopy at New York Public Library: Planned Wilds and Self-Anointed Prophets.” Panel, New York Public Library, New York, NY, December 7, 2016 (link and link)
- “KEA ARK OF NEWARK: A Life in works, Locating the Ark Part 1.” Panel, Gallery Aferro, Newark, NJ, November 5, 2016 (link)
- “Audio Interference 15: Solidarity, Distribution, Design.” Panel, Interference Archive (Podcast), May 30, 2016 (link)
- “The VOLTA Salon 2016: Confronting the Political.” Panel, VOLTA NY, New York, NY, March 4, 2016 (link)
- “Posters + Politics: The Art of Activism in New York.” Panel, Museum of the City of New York and Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum, New York, NY, July 8, 2015 (link)
- “Discussion Series: Triple Consciousness: ‘Mythologies of the Diva.’” Panel, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY, November 8, 2014 (link)
- “No Instructions for Assembly: Case Studies in Radical Archiving.” Panel, Radical Archives Conference, New York University, New York, NY, April 12, 2014 (link)
- “The Finding Aid: Black Women Archivists.” Panel, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York, NY, May 21, 2013 (link)
- Art21 Public Program/Educator Workshop, Art21, July 8, 2026 (link)
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“A Creative Writing Workshop by Kameelah Janan Rasheed, The Free Black Women’s Library, February 14, 2026 (link) “Black Earth Study Club: Speculative Diagramming Workshop with Kameelah Janan Rasheed”, Swiss Institute, Saturday, March 15, 2025 (link) “Wayward Sentences.” Workshop, Johns Hopkins University: If, Then – Technology and Poetics, remote, January 19, 2024 (link) “Xerox Art.” Workshop, Getty Center, Los Angeles, CA, June 10, 2023 (link) Kameelah Janan Rasheed in Conversation with NYU Libraries.” Workshop, New York University (Elmer Holmes Bobst Library, Gallatin School of Individualized Study), New York, NY, May 5, 2022 (link) “Algorithmic Book-Making.” Workshop, New York University (Elmer Holmes Bobst Library, Gallatin School of Individualized Study), New York, NY, May 4, 2022 (link) “Artist Talk and Workshop with Kameelah Janan Rasheed.” Workshop, Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, MA, April 30, 2022 (link) Love Café,” Workshop, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA, July 22, 2021“Study Cycle,” Workshop, The University of the Arts and Ulises, Philadelphia, PA, June 30, 2021 (link) “of things not seen.” Workshop Series at CCS Bard “Live Installation + Q&A.” Workshop, CCS Bard Galleries - Bard College, Annandale-On-Hudson, NY, April 23, 2021 (link) “NIGHT SCHOOL Workshop Series.” CUE Art Foundation
- “Approximation: Deepfakes, Archaeological Forgeries, and Magical Potions.” Workshop, CUE Art Foundation (remote), January 29, 2021 (link)
- “Collaborative Writing: Algorithmic Text Generation, Ouija Boards, and Distributed Authorship.” Workshop, CUE Art Foundation (remote), January 22, 2021 (link)
- “Nonhuman Countersurveillance: Vibrating Hawk Moth Genitalia and Whispering Cotton-Top Tamarin Monkeys.” Workshop, CUE Art Foundation (remote), December 18, 2020 (link)
“Are You Reading Closely? Workshop Series.” Brooklyn Museum “
“Kameelah Janan Rasheed: Scoring the Stacks (Experiment II).” Workshop, Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery, Haverford College, Haverford, PA, October 25, 2019–December 15, 2019 (link) “Studio Salon: Storytelling Saturdays with Kameelah Janan Rasheed.” Workshop, Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, September 21, 2019 (link) “Eschatology: Kameelah Janan Rasheed.” Lecture, Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, MA, August 8, 2019 (link) Scoring the Stacks Workshop Series at Brooklyn Public Library - Central Branch“Scoring the Stacks: ‘This is Not an Artist Talk’/Reflections on Scoring the Stacks.” Lecture, Brooklyn Public Library - Central Branch, Brooklyn, NY, April 4, 2019 (link)
“Scoring the Stacks: Artist Walk with Kameelah Janan Rasheed.” Workshop, Brooklyn Public Library - Central Branch, Brooklyn, NY, March 23, 2019 (link) “Scoring the Stacks: From Score to Choreography.” Workshop, Brooklyn Public Library - Central Branch, Brooklyn, NY, March 10, 2019 (link) “Scoring the Stacks: Score Goes Pop!” Workshop, Brooklyn Public Library - Central Branch, Brooklyn, NY, February 28, 2019 (link) “Scoring the Stacks: From Score to Speculative Lit.” Workshop, Brooklyn Public Library - Central Branch, Brooklyn, NY, February 12, 2019 (link) “Scoring the Stacks: Opening Event.” Workshop, Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn, NY, January 12, 2019 (link)
“Second Sundays: Primitive Hypertext Lab,” Workshop, Pioneer Works, Brooklyn, NY, February 10, 2019 (link) “Community Celebration: Something to Say.” Workshop, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY, October 6, 2018 (link) ECOSYSTEMS Workshop Series at the New Museum“Family Meals: Sharing Histories, Sharing Futures.” Workshop, New Museum, New York, NY, June 13, 2018 and September 12, 2018 (link) “Publishing Center.” Workshop, New Museum, New York, NY, June 7, 2018 (link) “Library Hours in The Resource Room with Kameelah Janan Rasheed.” Lecture, New Museum, New York, NY, May 31, 2018 (link) “Artist Activation: Kameelah Janan Rasheed.” Workshop, The Kitchen, New York, NY, February 1, 2018 (link) “Reading Group.” Workshop, The 8th Floor, New York, NY, April 20, 2017 (link)