Muzae Sesay
b. 1989 Long Beach, California
Based in Oakland, California
studio@muzaesesay.com
Solo Exhibitions
The Breeze and I - Philip Martin Gallery - Los Angeles 2023
When We Were Here Last - Pt.2 Gallery - Oakland 2023
Laguna Peralta - Eighteen Gallery - Copenhagen 2022
Multi-Purpose Room - Pt.2 Gallery - Oakland 2021
Peacemaker - Public Gallery - London 2021
Mass Vax - The Cabin - Los Angeles 2021
Cut Trees - San Francisco Museum of Modern Art - San Francisco 2020
Freetown Veranda / The Purest Air I've Ever Known - Pt.2 Gallery - Oakland 2020
Skeletons - Pt.2 Gallery - Oakland 2019
Only You Know and I Know - I.M.A. - San Francisco 2019
Domestic Dive - Pt.2 Gallery - Oakland 2018
Selected Group Exhibitions
Arcadia and Elsewhere - James Cohan Gallery - New York 2024
Bay Area Now 9 - Yerba Buena Center for the Arts - San Francisco 2023
Crafting Radically - de Young Museum - San Francisco 2023
Group Shoe 3 - House of Seiko - San Francisco 2023
Alicia McCarthy/Muzae Sesay - Pt.2 Gallery - Oakland 2023
The Holographic Principle - Philip Martin Gallery - Los Angeles 2023
Creativity in the Golden State - Governor's Mansion - Sacramento 2023
Walk Against The Wind - Parker Gallery/Micki Meng - New York 2023
Pocket Universe - Philip Martin Gallery - Los Angeles 2023
Winter Group Show - Pt.2 Gallery - Oakland 2022
Night Painting - Philip Martin Gallery - Los Angeles 2022
V1XX - V1 Gallery- Copenhagen 2022
Collective Arising - Museum of Sonoma County - Santa Rosa 2022
Drawing With Scissors - Berggruen Gallery - San Francisco 2022
Chasing Phantoms - The Pit Gallery - Los Angeles 2022
Hues - Hannah Traore Gallery - New York 2022
Wild Frontiers - The Pit Gallery - Los Angeles 2021
Rites of Passage - Unit Gallery - London 2021
Californisme: Partie 2 - Bim Bam Gallery - Paris 2021
Path of the Storm - SUNNY NY Gallery - New York 2021
Sites of Memory - United Talent Agency: UTA Artist Space - Los Angeles 2021
Flag Show - Delaplane Gallery - San Francisco 2021
Personal Alchemy - San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art - San Jose 2020
No Time Like The Present (online) - Public Gallery - London 2020
Secret Santa - Guerrero Gallery - San Francisco 2019
October Group Show - Pt.2 - Los Angeles 2019
Major Contemporary Works - Berggruen Gallery - San Francisco 2019
Celebrating Contemporary Black Artists - San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Artists Gallery - San Francisco 2019
Forever, A Moment - SOMArts - San Francisco 2019
FISK and Friends - FISK Gallery - Portland 2018
Alicia McCarthy - V1 Gallery - Copenhagen 2018
Division of Labor - Minnesota Street Project - San Francisco 2018
Inscape/ Escape - Spaceship - New York 2018
House Plant - Swim Gallery - San Francisco 2018
Paradigm Shift - Keane Eyes Gallery - San Francisco 2017
Call for Beauty - Root Division - San Francisco 2017
Confessions - Little Lodge Gallery - San Francisco 2017
Materialism - Layer Studios - Oakland 2017
Lil’ Swim - Luggage Store Gallery - San Francisco 2017
Keh-Meel-E-Yun - Pro Arts -Oakland 2017
Winter Group Exhibition - Athen B. Gallery - Oakland 2016
6-Years at Incline Gallery - Incline Gallery - San Francisco 2016
Black Mail 2 - Space236 - San Francisco 2016
Four Years Later - Book and Job Gallery - San Francisco 2016
New Radius - Athen B Gallery - Oakland 2016
Obstacle - Merchants of Reality Gallery - San Francisco 2016
Swimmin’ in the Playground - Fifty24SF Gallery - San Francisco2016
Out with a Bang! - Book and Job Gallery - San Francisco 2015
Black Mail - Luggage Store Gallery - San Francisco 2015
Bibliography
"An Oakland made of Legos." Alta Magazine. 2023, https://www.altaonline.com/culture/art/a45921762/muzae-sesay-oakland-murals-jessica-klein/
"When We Were Here Last: Muzae Sesay at pt.2" Variable West. 2023, https://variablewest.com/2023/07/10/muzae-sesay-vanessa-pw/
"Spotlight: Muzae Sesay." Platform Art. 2022, https://www.platformart.com/features/muzae-sesay-interview
"Muzae Sesay's Cut Tree's." San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. 2021, https://www.sfmoma.org/read/bay-area-walls-muzae-sesay/
"In The Artist's Studio-Muzae Sesay." Museum of the African Diaspora. Interview. January 11th, 2021, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQmLEot_tYI&t=1516s
"11 Influential California ArtistYou Haven't Heard Of." California.com, 2021, https://www.sfmoma.org/read/bay-area-walls-muzae-sesay/
"The Colorful Canvases of Muzae Sesay Tackle the Personal and the Political Through Paint." Elephant Art. 2021, https://elephant.art/the-colourful-canvases-of-muzae-sesay-tackle-the-personal-and-the-political-through-paint-26072021/
"Community, Friends Inspire Artist Muzae Sesay." Oakland Magazine. 2019, https://www.oaklandmagazine.com/community-friends-inspire-artist-muzae-sesay/
"Muzae Sesay: Living One Life." Juxtapoz Magazine. Volume 208 Winter 2019. Pg.142-151.
"Muzae Sesay." ARTMazeMag. Issue 10, 2018. Pg.136-137.
“Downtown Oakland's Athen B. Gallery Reopens as Part 2." East Bay Express (Cover Story). March 7th, 2018, https://www.eastbayexpress.com/oakland/downtown-oaklands-athen-b-gallery-reopens-as-part-2/Content?oid=13905077
"Muzae Sesay's Domestic Dive: The Inaugural Exhibition at Pt.2 Gallery in Oakland." Juxtapoz. March 10th, 2018, https://www.juxtapoz.com/news/painting/muzae-sesay-s-domestic-dive-the-inaugural-exhibition-at-pt-2-gallery-in-oakland/
“The Artistic Benefits of Forgetfulness.” Vice/ Broadly. March6th, 2018, https://broadly.vice.com/en_us/article/evmwzp/rewina-beshue-muzae-sesay-artistic-benefits-of-forgetfulness
“Episode 28: Muzae Sesay.” The(art)scene. March 15th, 2018, http://www.artscenepc.com/episode-28-muzae-sesay/
“Episode 70” Kunstcapades. February 10th, 2018, https://soundcloud.com/kunstcapades/kc-episode-70
"Muzae Sesay: Thought Based on Theories." Juxatpoz. October 24th, 2017, https://www.juxtapoz.com/news/painting/muzae-sesay-thought-based-on-theories/
"Emerging Bay Area Artists Show Their Work in an Oakland Group Show." Juxtapoz. October 6th, 2017, https://www.juxtapoz.com/news/painting/emerging-bay-area-artists-show-their-work-in-an-oakland-group-show/
“Muzae Sesay.” Create! Magazine. September 25th, 2017, https://create-magazine.com/features/muzae-sesay
"'New Radius' at Athen B. Gallery, Oakland." Juxtapoz. July 9th, 2016, https://www.juxtapoz.com/news/painting/new-radius-athen-b-gallery-oakland/
“Four Artists Explore Two Different Branches of Abstract Art.” Vice/ Creators. July 8th, 2016, https://creators.vice.com/en_us/article/4xqmmp/four-abstract-artists-explore-two-opposing-branches
“The Black Mail Show: Helping ‘San Francisco Bring Black Back’.” SFWeekly. October 29th, 2015, https://archives.sfweekly.com/exhibitionist/2015/10/29/the-black-mail-show-helping-san-francisco-bring-black-back