Sea Dax
www.seadaxartist.com
contact@seadaxartist.com
@sea.dax
Cincinnati, OH

Education:

Master of Fine Arts
Summa Cum Laude, UC DAAP School of Art, Cincinnati, OH, 2026

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Drawing
Art Academy of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 2012

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Awards:

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2026     Artist Archives of the Western Reserve NewNow2026 Second Runner Up

             DAAP Outstanding Fine Arts MFA Student Certificate
2025     Patricia A. Renick MFA Fellowship
2024     Sara and Michelle Vance Waddell Scholarship Promoting Arts for All Recipient

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Teaching & Mentorship:
 

2026    Community Education Instructor
            Figuring Drawing: Movement and Gesture, Art Academy of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH

            Undergraduate Instructor

            Painting and Drawing: Voice and Vision, Art Academy of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
25-26   Graduate Assistant 

            UC DAAP School of Art, Cincinnati, OH 

2018    Community Education Instructor
            Embroidery Workshop Class Series, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH

2014    Community Education Instructor
            Mixed Media Collage, Art Academy of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
 

Presentations & Panel Discussions:
 

2026    Across Generations: Lived Experiences Panelist, Ohio Trans Symposium, Cincinnati, OH
            Trans Healthcare Experiences Panelist, Ohio Trans Symposium, Cincinnati, OH
2025    Professional Pathways Panelist, Invited by Mo Buri; UC SOA Faculty, Cincinnati, OH

Solo Exhibitions:

 

2026     Remember We Must Live, Clifton Cultural Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH
2025     Palimpsest, Boxelder Community Room, Cincinnati, OH
             fellow feeling, Tabula Rasa Gallery, Cincinnati OH
2024     trans[land]scapes (abridged), Tabula Rasa Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
             trans[land]scapes, Boxelder Community Room, Cincinnati, OH
2023     May Show, Roh’s Street Cafe, Cincinnati, OH
             April Show, the 86, Cincinnati, OH
2022     Six, Digital Album Release, Cincinnati, OH
2017     ugly // healing, Clifton Cultural Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH

 

Group Exhibitions:

 

2026     Golden Ticket, Clifton Cultural Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH
             2026NewNow, Gallery East, Highland Hills, OH
             Fragmented, Thrd Space Studio, San Antonio, TX
             Soft Portals, 120710 Gallery, Berkley, CA
             States of Becoming, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH
             Winter Art Show, Shamala Hamala, Cincinnati, OH
             Collected, Kinhouse Gallery, Fort Wayne, IN
2025     Hanky Code, Artemisia Gallery, Windsor, Victoria, Australia 
             Transmission vol. 5, Basketshop Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
             Respair, DAAP Annex Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
             Elsewhere, Basketshop Gallery, Cincinnati, OH 
             Great American Nudes, Limner Gallery, Hudson, NY
2024     Manifesting the Intangible, DAAP Annex Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
             Group Show, DAAP Annex Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
             After (Work) Hours, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH
2023     Face Value, Clifton Cultural Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH
2021     Artist As Residue of Action, The Carnegie Galleries, Covington, KY
             New Images of Humans, Wavepool Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
             Minumentals, Art Academy of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
             Artistic Visions of Race and Identity, NKU Galleries, Highland Heights, KY
2020     Inside Out Transgender Art, Digital Portrait Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2019     Secret Artworks, Memorial Hall, Cincinnati, OH
             Pride Show, Art Academy of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
             Minumentals, Art Academy of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
2018     The Elephant In the Room, Art Academy of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
             Second Glances, Kennedy Heights Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH
             Minumentals, Art Academy of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
2017     Still They Persist, Wavepool Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2016     Minumentals, Art Academy of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
2014     Minumentals, Art Academy of CIncinnati, Cincinnati, OH
2012     Welcome to Allegoria, Art Academy of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
2011     Plexart: SOULstice, The Mockbee, Cincinnati, OH
2010     Black and White, 2010, Art Academy of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
             Fugitives and Refugees Pt. 4, The Mockbee, Cincinnati, OH
             Fugitives and Refugees Pt. 2, The Mockbee, Cincinnati, OH
2009     Halloween Show, 13th Street Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
             Fugitives and Refugees Pt. 1, The Mockbee, Cincinnati, OH
             Pretentious, Spack Dock Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
             Minumentals, Art Academy of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH

 

Publications:

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2026     Suboart Issue #66, Interview and Art Feature, International Art Magazine. Cincinnati, OH
             Shamala Hamala, Interview with Kevin J. Thornton, printed quarterly magazine. Cincinnati, OH
             Fruitslice: Trans*, Art Feature, digital release and printed art magazine.

2025     Artist Commune Journal with Ohio State University, Digital Release
2020     Inside Out Transgender Art, Printed Book, Cincinnati, OH
             FAKfulness Art Magazine by Piotr Kuszynski, Digital Release
2019     OPTIC: A Visual Tribute to the Independent Eye, Cereal Box Studio Printed Zine, Cincinnati, OH
             Have You Seen Me? By Ally B. Cat, Limited Release Zine, Cincinnati, OH
2017     Still They Persist, Exhibition Catalogue print series, Cincinnati, OH
             Five Dots Cincinnati, Interview with Megan Bickel, Digital Release