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 Xaviera Simmons completed a Bachelors degree in Photography from Bard College in 2004, after she spent two years retracing the Trans Atlantic Slave Trade with Buddhist Monks. In 2005 she was a studio recipient of The Whitney Museum's Independent Study Program. She has participated in numerous exhibitions at The Studio Museum In Harlem, including Frequency. She was the 2005-2006 Workspace Artist at The Jamaica Center For Arts and Learning and received the Visual Knowledge Program artist educator award from The New Museum of Contemporary Art. Commissions include Art In General and The Santa BaBarbara Contemporary Arts Forum. Xaviera received the 2006 Artist In Residence Award from The Center For Photography At Woodstock. Upcoming for her will be installations, performances and videos as part of "black alphabet" at ZaZachetan Warsaw, Poland as well as a 2 person exhibition of photographs at Context Galleries in Derry, Ireland.
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