Tanika I. Williams is a Brooklyn-based video and performance artist exploring mothering, ecology and spirituality.
EDUCATION
2019 Master of Divinity, Arts in Context, Union Theological Seminary, NY, NY
2006 M. Phil Seminar, University of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston, Jamaica
2005 Bachelor of Arts, with honors, Eugene Lang College, New School, NY, NY
RESIDENCIES | FELLOWSHIPS | AWARDS
2022 En Foco, Media Arts Work-In-Progress Fund, Awardee, New York, NY
2022 MORE Arts, Engaging Artist Fellowship, Fellow, New York, NY
2022 Cow House Studios, Parenting Artist Residency, Resident, Wexford, Ireland
2021 Hi-ARTS, Critical Breaks, Artist in Residence, New York, NY
2020 BRIClab Video Art, Fellow, Brooklyn, NY
2020 RISE Together Mentorship Network, Mentee, New York, NY
2019 NYFA Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program, Fellow, New York, NY
2016 Art in Odd Places (AiOP) 2016: RACE, Thinker in Residence, New York, NY
PERFORMANCES
2021 (construct)Clearing, virtual performance in collaboration with Nehemoyia Young, Hi-Arts, New York, NY
2021 ROOTwork, performance in collaboration with Nehemoyia Young, EFA, New York, NY
2020 PRESSING, virtual performance, NYFA IAP, New York, NY
2020 Prayer As Process, performed installation documented by James Briyami, SKAVO Gallery, Brooklyn NY
2019 Songs of Ascent, in collaboration with B. Anderson, Civic Art Lab, Chinatown Soup, New York, NY
2019 Communion, performance documented by Laylah Amatullah Barrayn, Beach 17, Far Rockaway, NY
2019 Mothers, performance documented by Aidah Z. Muhammad, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn, NY
2018 A Blessing for Black Babies, performance documented by Nyya Toussaint, James Chapel, New York, NY
2017 Womanist Wisdom, documented by Bass Diop, photographed by Rog Walker, James Chapel, New York, NY
SCREENINGS & BROADCASTS
2021 “PRESSING” Artists & Beers, NYFA, Brooklyn, NY
2021 “Sanctuary” Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, Project Space, New York, NY
2021 “Sanctuary” BAM CinemaFest, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn NY
2021 “Sanctuary” BRIClab Video Art Screening (Broadcast), Brooklyn, NY
2020 “PRESSING” BRIC Documentary Intensive Screening (Broadcast), Brooklyn, NY
PREACHING
2019 Black Mothers | Black Mothers, Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Hudson Valley, C-o-H, NY
2019 Caribbean Carnival, Joy in Resistance, South Nassau Unitarian Universality Church, Freeport, NY
2019 Remembering Toni Morrison, South Nassau Unitarian Universality Church, Freeport, NY
2019 The Trees are Beautiful and Wise, South Nassau Unitarian Universality Church, Freeport, NY
2018 A History Lesson On How Black Women Saved America, Union Theological Seminary, New York, NY
2016 Sanctuary, Union Theological Seminary, New York, NY
PRESENTATIONS
2021 The Roots of Rastafari, Union Theological Seminary, New York, NY
2021 The Artist, The Advocate, The Activist, Sadie Nash Leadership Project, New York, NY
2020 When Earth & Heaven Met: African Spirituality in Jamaica, Union Theological Seminary, New York, NY
2018 Decolonizing the Caribbean with Dr. Marta Moreno Vega and Dr. Sam Cruz, James Chapel, New York, NY
2018 Spirituality and Activism in the Caribbean with A. Francisco and J. Soto on WBAI 99.5, New York, NY
2018 Reverberating Altars: Rites and Rituals America, Union Theological Seminary, New York, NY
2014 Radically Inside Out, Funk, God, Jazz, and Medicine, Weeksville Heritage Center, Creative Time, NY, NY
2014 Homegrown Wellness, Funk, God, Jazz, and Medicine, Weeksville Heritage Center, Creative Time, NY, NY