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

WHEN THEY TELL YOU TO BE GOOD, MEMOIR, TIN HOUSE PRESS, FALL 2022

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

2017 Casual Racism and the Outdoors: A Conversation with Prince Shakur

2017 Lekhana 2019 Returns with the Theme of the Refracted Self - Indulge Express . Hooked on Books - New Indian Express

2020. Black LGBTQIA Leaders Reclaim Pride for Black Liberation . VRNT Magazine Feature . Portrait of a Friendship . Sacrosanct Feature . Breakfast for Dinner with Alpha Buddha | Art After Stonewall . Some residents want Mayor Ginther recalled. What happens then? . Black Artists in Ohio Are Coping and Creating During Social Unrest . 12 Newsletters Worth Subscribing To For Writers . Our Data Bodies . VERGE FM: A Conversation About “Lover’s Rock” and “Soul”

2021 Black writers matter all year, not just during Black History Month | Writers Of Colour Deserve To Be Paid For More Than Just Their Takes On Racial Trauma | Afronauts Podcast - The Hero’s Journey with Prince Shakur | 10 Must-Read Articles From This Week | Hanif Abdurraqib on Decoration, Aminah Robinson and Lifting Up the Writing of Others

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