PRINCE SHAKUR
Jamaican-American, b. Cleveland, OH
Lives and works in Columbus, OH.
REPRESENTED BY SAMANTHA HAYWOOD OF TRANSATLANTIC AGENCY.
EDUCATION
2015 BA, Ohio University, Athens, OH
TEACHING
PROFESSOR, LEHMAN COLLEGE, 2023 TO PRESENT
WRITING INSTRUCTOR, authors publish, 2023 to present
WRITING INSTRUCTOR, WRITERS WEEK WITH HURSTON/WRIGHT FOUNDATION, SUMMER 2023
WRITING INSTRUCTOR, LGBTQIA WRITERS IN SCHOOLS, LAMBA LITERARY, 2023
PAGES ARTIST-In-residence, spring 2020
BOOKS
FREELANCE WORK FEATURED IN
TEEN VOGUE. DAILY DOT. AFROPUNK. TRAVEL NOIRE. VICE. CULTURED MAG. LEVEL MAGAZINE. 68to05. THE APPEAL. BROADLY. PATAGONIA. THE CLEANEST LINE. COMMUNE MAG. DAZED MAGAZINE. INTOMORE. MASK MAGAZINE. OUTSIDE MAGAZINE. ReWIRE NEWS. TRAVEL NOIRE. WELL + GOOD. WEARYOURVOICE.
CONTRIBUTED TO
IT CAME FROM THE CLOSET, ANTHOLOGY, FEMINIST PRESS, FALL 2022
the first and the last, PDX based workshop/exhibition, 2022
NOCTURNE, AUDIO INSTALLATION, COLUMBUS MUSEUM OF ART, 2020
IN OUR DNA, PRINT CAMPAIGN, SHOOTING WITHOUT BULLETS (CLEVELAND, OH), 2020
ARRESTED MOBILITY, documentary trailer (screenwriter), shorepoint productions
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
2019 SANGAM HOUSE
2020 TWELVE ARTS, THE STUDIOS OF KEY WEST
2021 NORTON ISLAND, ATLANTIC CENTER FOR THE ARTS
2022 LA MAISON BALDWIN
READINGS/APPEARANCES
“BEYOND THE WHITE GAZE AND TOWARDS BLACK, REVOLUTIONARY QUEERNESS”, SPEAKER, BANGALORE INTERNATIONAL CENTRE (2019)
“BURNING CANE” PREMIERE, Q&A HOST, NEW ORLEANS FILM FESTIVAL (2019)
“WHY VOTING MATTERS”, PANELIST, COLORS OF CHANGE (2020)
“THE IMPORTANCE OF INDEPENDENT MEDIA”. PANELIST, MATTER MONDAY WITH MATTER MEDIA
“BLACK SHEEP MONOLOGUES”, SPEAKER (2020)
INTERVIEWS/FEATURED MEDIA
AWARDS AND GRANTS
2017 Rising star award (GLAAD)
2019 COLUMBUS GREATER ARTS COUNCIL INDIVIDUAL ARTIST GRANT, diversity fellow (society for features journalism)
2021 Hurston/wright crossover award