JFK T8's "A Traveling Dream: Reverie" - Damali Abrams

Damali Abrams, the Glitter Priestess, is a New York City-based artist and educator. Damali attended the Whitney Independent Study Program and earned an MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts, with a BA in Culture, Gender & the Arts from New York University’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study.

Damali is a member of SEQAA (Southeast Queens Artist Alliance). She is a recipient of grants from Women's Studio Workshop, Queens Council on the Arts, NYFA, and Flushing Town Hall. Damali has been a fellow at Culture Push, the Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, A.I.R. Gallery, and apexart in Seoul, South Korea. She has been an Artist-in-Residence with RU (Residency Unlimited), Fresh Milk in Barbados, Groundation Grenada, The Center for Book Arts, Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning (JCAL), and LMCC on Governors Island. She was a Creative-In-Residence at Brooklyn Public Library and is currently a Teaching-Artist-In-Residence with Chashama and an Ankhlave Fellow on Governors Island. Her work has been featured in Artforum, Women & Performance: a journal of feminist theory, and on the art21 blog. Her writing has been published by Harlequin Creature and Women's Studio Workshop.

Learn more about her on her website and follow her on Instagram.