He draws and paints stuff.
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2018 – University of North Texas, Master's of Science in Library Science (MSLS)
Concentration in Archival Studies and Digital Imaging
2014 – University of Houston-Downtown, Bachelor’s in Fine Arts (BFA)
2019 – Who Is You?, Texarkana Regional Arts & Humanities Council, Texarkana, TX
2015 – Abstract in Youth, MKT Bar, Houston, TX
2022 – The Big Show, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX
2019 – 20th Annual Citywide African American Artists Exhibition, University Museum, Houston, TX
2018 – The Big Show, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX
2017 – 10" x10" Exhibition, Hardy & Nance Studios, Houston, TX
2016 – The Big Show, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX
Best in Show, Box 13, Houston, TX
2015 – DebtFair, Art League Houston, Houston, TX
2013 – Holiday Mini-MART & Party, Art League Houston, Houston, TX
17th Annual Citywide African American Artists Exhibition, MFAH Glassell School of Art, Houston, TX
2012 – 16th Annual Citywide African American Artists Exhibition, Community Artist’s Collective, Houston, TX
2013 – Texas French Alliances for the Arts, Open the Door Project, Collaborative work with Michael Martin
(work later purchased by the city of Bellaire, TX)
2020 - Present - Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA), Texas-Mexico Chapter, Treasurer
2020 - Present - Artist Advisory Board Member, Art League Houston
2022 – Afrofuturism in Comics, with Byron Canady, owner of Gulf Coast Cosmos Comics. University of Houston-Downtown
2021 – BIPOC Librarians: The Anomaly in the Academy (with Nimisha Bhat, Andrew Wang, & Lori Salmon)
Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL) Conference
2013 – The Shipnes Scholarship for the Arts
2012 – The Shipnes Scholarship for the Arts
2019 – Texarkana Gazette, "Who Is You?" by Aaron Brand. January 18, 2019
2018 – Betsy Huete’s ‘Big Show’ Top Ten of 2018, Glasstire
2015 – The Bayou Review, Vol. 28.2, Spring Issue, p. 92 - 95
2014 – The Bayou Review, Vol. 27.2, Spring Issue, Cover and p. 41