Hi! I’m Jakia, a multidisciplinary artist, designer, writer, curator, and podcaster living a life full of adventure in Albuquerque, NM, with roots in Detroit, MI. I explore various forms and concepts of landscapes, specifically themes focusing on intrapersonal and interpersonal relationships and experiences, expressions of self, ecological awareness, and evolving narratives of the Black diaspora. The art, clothing, spaces, and experiences that I create bring a smile to people’s faces, spark joy, and welcome calm and stillness.
I invite and welcome you to bring your interpretation and experiences to the work.
I implement sustainability into my practice by using found materials, utilizing what is on hand, selective donations, upcycling post-consumer textiles, sewing by hand, printing limited edition artworks in small batches, and working with local businesses and creatives.
- Passionate About + Interested In
- Implementing and maintaining sustainability in my process and practice
- creating art for children that they can enjoy and be surrounded by in their homes, schools, and public spaces
- creating work that informs and brings awareness about the oceans and marine life conservation and preservation
- developing STEAM curriculum and activities and events for youth in my local community and beyond!
- collaborating with individuals to create authentic wardrobes from what they currently have
To learn more: Bio + Artist Statement + Curatorial Practice
Collaborations
Kaizoku Uncharted Podcast, 2022 – Present – Co-Host
Into the Unknown Together, 2023 – Curation Team
Facing the FearBeast, 2022 – Project Assistant
Community Organizing
Earthseed Black Arts Alliance x People’s Kitchen Collective: EARTHSEED: A People’s Journey Of Radical Hospitality 3-City Screening: 09/10/2025 – 09/14/2025
Earthseed Black Arts Alliance: Santa Fe Juneteenth Celebration – 06/19/2023
Earthseed Black Arts Alliance + Museum of Dance: Free To Move: Black Dance & Culture 2-Day Festival – 07/02/2022 & 07/03/2022
Exhibitions
The Woods Before Sunrise: Environment and Place in New Mexico’s Black Contemporary
Group Exhibition
06/20/26 – 10/18/26
Albuquerque Museum
(Un)bound to Boundless
Group Exhibition
05/21/26 – 07/02/26
City of Albuquerque Gallery One
Ocean Immersion Exhibition
Group Exhibition
09/01/25 – 09/05/25
Arts Korea Lab
Seoul, South Korea
To View
We got alot to be mad about…And yet we still rise
Solo-Exhibition
08/08/25 – 09/06/25
Gruet Winery Santa Fe Tasting Room
Ocean III
Moku X Mango: Ocean Virtual Artist Residency Group Exhibition
On view virtually
Oscillation
Solo-Exhibition
07/08/25 – 07/27/25
Vital Spaces, Santa Fe, NM
City of Albuquerque Juneteenth Exhibition
Group Exhibition
06/12/25 – 07/17/25
Albuquerque City Hall – Gallery One
SYLA Studio | Peasy Exhibition, Black Womxn’s Tears, 2020
Black Girl Magik | Reclaiming Pleasure Vol ii, It Begins From Within, 2018
Fashion Shows
Heart of Albuquerque: We Wear The Clothes
05/23/26
Albuquerque, NM
Fashion Week Brooklyn
Collection: The Modern Day Alchemist
13 Look Collection, 2024
Brooklyn, NY
Sustainable Fashion Week US
Collection: The Modern Day Alchemist
10 Look Collection, 2024
Newark, NJ
Dysonna Fashion Show Impressions of Love | 13 Look Collection, 2020
Albuquerque, NM
Curatorial Practice
Harwood Art Center x Blue Sky NM Coworking Inaugural Emerging Curator Fellow
Summer 2026 – Spring 2027
Blue Sky NM Coworking
The Art of ReUse
01/09/26 – 02/14/26
Guest Curator
Richard Levy Gallery
Truth. Memory. Joy. Resistance: Black Expressions In New Mexico
01/19/26 – 02/28/26
Guest Co-Curators: Jakia Fuller + Aaron Payne
Santa Fe Community Gallery
Events
Fine Art & Fine Wine
Featured Artist: Jakia Fuller
08/08/2025
Earthseed Black Arts Alliance presents: Word – 02/18/2023
Flowering Poetry Club: Devotion – 03/26/2023
Grants
Earthseed Black Arts Alliance Micro-grant, 04/2023
Press
5 Black-Owned Businesses We Love in New Mexico, 2026 | Abq Mom
Truth. Memory. Joy. Resistance: Black Expressions In New Mexico Interview, 2026 | NM Office of African American Affairs
Survey of Black Art in New Mexico is Rich, Insightful, 2026 | Albuquerque Journal
AAGD Member Spotlight, 2022
Publications
Colorclub Magazine
The Art of Becoming
Issue 04, 10/2025
Into the Unknown Together, a climate anthology, 06/2023
Journal of Chemical Education Cover Art, 07/2020
Residencies
Moku X Mango: Ocean Virtual Artist Residency Summer 2025 Cohort: June – July 2025
Explora Maker in Residence: May 13, 14, 27, 28, 2023
Talks + Panel Discussions
Archiving Black Expression Across Mediums
Pt 2
Panelists: Carolyn Mae Lassiter, Tintawi Kaigziabiher, Sheldon McClendon, and Yenaa
Truth. Memory. Joy Resistance: Black Expressions In New Mexico
02/19/26
Santa Fe Community Gallery
Santa Fe, NM
Archiving Black Expression Across Mediums
Pt 1
Panelists: Zero Bey, Karsten Crightney, Louie Perea, and Gwen Triay Samuels
Truth. Memory. Joy Resistance: Black Expressions In New Mexico
02/12/26
Santa Fe Community Gallery
Santa Fe, NM
C^2 | Creatives In Conversation: Sustainable Fashion In Practice, Not Theory
Panelist: Madison van Der Ligen, Kailani Mayer, Alex Vigil, and Kristi Frank Montano
Richard Levy Gallery
Albuquerque, NM
C^2 | Creatives In Conversation: Jakia Fuller & Kamaria Umi, 07/12/25
Vital Spaces
Santa Fe, NM
Reframing The Black Figure Panel Discussion, 06/21/25
Santa Fe Community Gallery
Santa Fe, NM
Sheer Creativity – Bonus: Adventures in Sustainability with Multi-Disciplinary Artist Jakia Fuller
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