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About



Oak and Palm Movement








Najee Wilson, is an Multi-disciplinary Artist based in Brooklyn New York whose work is interwoven with Intuitive Movement,Soundscapes, Film, Photography and Textile. Najee’s work  explores ephemerality,gesture,and gaze as a means of self discovery.



Education

Savannah College Of Art and Design, BFA Interior Design and Architecture 2009



Musings/ Collaborations

Lynceus , Sculpture Plaster and Wood ,Miguel Del Rey, Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, Muse 2018

Cross Hairs, Acrylic on Canvas, Gordon Shadrach, Muse 2019

Memento , Acrylic on Canvas, Gordon Shadrach, Muse 2019

Rumors of War, Patinated Bronze and Limestone, Kehinde Wiley, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts , Sitter/Muse 2019

Black Skin/Shibori Mask-BS/SM (Series)- Photographer Justin French, Model Tariq, 2017

THIS PLACE NYC , Muse, 2017-Present

Grand Central Atelier , Fine Art Muse, 2017-2019

New York  Academy of Art , Fine Art Muse 2019-2020

Muses (film) , Film by Najee Wilson, Featuring Yumemi, Lila and Pearl,Music by Carela, Meditating for Black Lives, End of Season Finale Celebration, Runtime 4 mins, November 2020

Solitude: In A Landscape, Self Portrait Film, Runtime 54 mins. 2020

Alice Coltrane,  Kirtan: Turiya Sings, Visualizer by Justin French, Hand dyed Backdrops, Backdrop Artist , Runtime 1:02:16, Verve Records, 2021

Re-Edition Magazine, Topaz Jones Editorial, Backdrop Artist, May 2021

A Series of Beautiful Repairs,MU Painting Meditation,Yolande Milan Batteau, Wind Song Soundscape-Najee Wilson, Guest Flautist, Inoa. 2022.


Movement/Sound

200 hr Yoga Alliance Certified Instructor, Ashtanga,  Iygengar and Rocket Yoga, 2020

Guest Teacher Series, The Practice Linda Lopes,Root To Rise- 60 min Virtual Yoga Class, November, 2020

Guest Teacher Series, Ganesh Space,Chakra Flow-60 min Virtual Yoga Class, May 2021

Oak & Palm Movement With Najee, Yoga Practice,Small Group and Private Clients, Online Offerings, 2021-Present

Heal Haus, Yoga Practitioner,  Sound Practitioner , In Studio and Virtual, Ashtanga,Iygengar and Rocket Yoga,
2021-2024

Prema Yoga, Yoga Practitioner, Sound Practioner, In Studio, Ashtanga, Iygengar and Rocket Yoga 2024

Weeksville Heritage Center- Rest & Restore-Yin Yoga Series, Yoga and Drumming/Live Soundscapes August 2022- June 2023

Reflections,Artist Talk and Live Sound Meditation,Ludlow House,March 2023
 



Design

Calico Wallpaper, Creative Director/ Product Designer,Wabi,Night,Willow,Aurora,Brasscloth, Lunaris,Inverted Spaces,, Brooklyn NY, 2013-2016


Exhibitions/Installations

Converse Rubbertracks, Recording Artist in Resident, Taupe Y Beige, 2016-2017

Black Skin/Shibori Mask-BS/SM, Mix Medium Installation ,BLK Design X NYC Design Week June 2018

Highly Viscous Various Materials- Buy Some Damn Art (Online Exhibition) September 2018

Black Skin/Shibori Mask(BS/SM) The New Black Vanguard - Photography Between Art and Fashion Aperture Foundation- October 2019

Blaze of Glory-BS/SM, Mix Medium Installation, In Support of Boutique, 2019

An Evening With Muses- Sessions and Gallery Show, Yumemi Arai (collaborator) ,Artist Residency, Ace Hotel NYC Fall 2019

Solitude:In A Landscape,Art Installation/Film Screening,Live Sound Bath Performed by Ben Brown, Naval Cemetery Landscape, Brooklyn NY, 2021

Rare Editions By Najee_, Grace Issues (Artist Collective and Publisher), Black Zine Fair, PoweHouse Gowanus Brooklyn New York, 2024



Talks/Lectures/Labs

Listen & Heal Stories of Healing in the BIPOC Community, Hosted by Ganesh SPACE, Febuary 2021

The Gaze as Inspiration- Pattern Brands Artist Talks, Emmett Shine, October 2020

 Podcast Race Capitol - Meet The Muse behind the Monument, Chelsea Higgs Wise, Moderator Jasmine Marley, December 2019

Computer Technology Week Virginia- Children’s Science Museum , Code VA ,Richmond VA December 2019

Central Park II School, Guest Speaker , Representation in Art- Rumors of War Q&A Harlem, NY 2019

Binford Middle School- Guest Speaker-Representation In Art- Richmond VA December 2019

The Black Iris- Najee, Artist Inspirations . Richmond VA, December 2019

Candela Gallery- In Conversation With Najee Wilson Richmond VA. December 2019


Costuming/Styling

Kalup Linzy As Da Art World Might Turn , Backdrop Artist, 2013

Kalup Linzy Live: Art Jobs and Lullabies , Costume Designer, Joe’s Pub, 2014

Capsule Collection- Print All Over Me X Calico Wallpaper X Sword Smith Brooklyn 2015

Fusilier- Dueling EP Cover, Hand Dyed Mask, 2018

Black Skin Shibori Mask , Photographic Portrait Series (w/Justin French) 2017

The Hip Hop Nutcracker, Tapped Performance at New Jersey Center of Performing Arts , Snowflake Costumes, Costume Designer 2019

The Curfew, Stage Dance Performance,The Joyce Theatre NYC, Costume Designer, 2019

A Better Half, Short Film ,Dark Comedy ,Costumer Designer 2019


Music- Singer Songwriter

Move Your Body, Music by Taupe Y Beige, Singer/ Songwriter, Violet & Violet Productions 2018

Look and See, Music By Taupe Y Beige , Singer/Songwriter , Vibe Inn Productions 2017

Lament Marathon- LP , Singer /Songwriter , Violet & Violet Productions
Unpublished Album 2020

U R Loved,EP,Rav Vast Instrumental Record ,Najee_ 2023, Taupe Y Beige Records


Awards/Acknowledgements 

First Artist to Create a Site Specific Art Installation at The Naval Cemetery Landscape, Solitude: In A Landscape, 2021

New York City Artist Corps Grantee, Solitude: In A Landscape, 2021

Honored by Richmond City Council, Councilwoman,Kimberly B. Gray-Arts Education Welcoming Rumors of War, December 2019

Architizer Award 2015 Popular Choice - Wall-coverings -Best In Show Calico Wallpaper 

Architectural Digest- Innovative Booth Design Spring 2015 (Calico Wallpaper)


Past Exhibitions

Architectural Digest  Home Show February 2013-2014

International Contempoary Furniture Fair, 2013-15

Salone De Mobile, Spazio Rossana Orlandi Milan, Calico Wallpaper X BCXSY, Inverted Spaces April 2015

London Design Week Mallett 150th Anniversary September 2015  

Sight Unseen Offsite May 2013 & 2014

Kips Bay Showhouse April 2015


Media

Sonic Interventions,Sounds of Rest,
In conversation with Najee & Erika Harper at Weeksville Heritage Center,Febuary 2023

Untapped New York,
Solitude:In A Landscape,16 New Public Art Installations In NYC September 2021,Irene Madrigal

They Seem Cool: Najee Wilson, The Cut, Editor Devine Blacksher, Photography Director Liane Radel, Fashion Direction Rebecca Ramsey, August 2020

An Evening With Muses, Art This Week: Sci-fi Meets Reality and Holiday Shows, Cassidy Graves, Bedford and Bowery, December 2019

Making New Histories: Rumors Of War Sculpture Unveiled In Richmond | VPM NPR News

Richmond Replaces Confederate Statue With One Of Black Man | Black America
Web


Richmond middle school students meet man who helped inspire ‘Rumors of War’ sculpture NBC 12

Race Capitol- Meet The Muse Behind the Monument- Chelsea Higgs Wise, Moderator Jasmine Marley, Richmond Va. 2019

Muse who inspired ‘Rumors of War’ speaks to Richmond students | WTVR.com


London Design Festival: The Art of making Innovative Wallpaper By Brooke Bobb, Vogue Online, 2015




Rare Editions 

Offers an up close view of various book binding projects, handcrafted rare editions By Najee_






Solitude: In A Landscape (2 examples), Protoype, 5.5”h x 4.5”w x 1”d, Cotton Rag Paper 65lbs, Inkjet Pigment, Cardboard, Linen Fabric and Archival Glue. September 2023


Celebrating the 5 year (2024) Anniversary of the Film Solitude: In A Landscape This Drum Leaf Bound Prototype offers an in-depth view of Solitude in the form of a book.


This project was created in responce to the upheval of 2020, a personal reminder to acknowledge the beauty of the present. the artist inhabiting and exploring the space, and also reframing it both in terms of personal point of view and also the passage of time.

The  2020 video piece, “Solitude: In A Landscape” (54m) by Najee Wilson is a celebration of bucolic beauty within an urban oasis, yearning for comfort and the nostalgic pleasures of enjoying nature.

Pricing and Waitlist request for Rare Editions Contact najeewilson@gmail.com



Printed Exhibit Guide Pamphlet, Recycled Kraft Paper, Inkjet Pigment, 2024 11”h x 4.5” w 






Clouds, Atmosphere and Light Phenomenon 2021-2023, 3rd Edition, 5 copies made. (SOLD OUT)

The Third of Five editions created.

5.5”h x 4.5”w x 1 1/4”d, Inkjet Print on Recycled Kraft and Colored Paper, Cardbord,Archival Glue ,2021-2023

a three year long project of documenting various ubiquitous and rare cloud and light phenomena as seen by Najee_ 

Launched with  Grace Issues, Black Zine Fair 2024, PowerHouse, Goawnus Brooklyn New York

Pricing and Waitlist request for Rare Editions Contact najeewilson@gmail.com


Edition Five In Progress 



Mantra Books, Various Examples and Dimensions

Recycled Paper, Cardboard, Fabric Cover, Archival Glue.

The words we use have a powerful ability to manifest our reality.  Mindfully create and manifest in your Mantra Book, a deconstructed approach to  the creation of Drum leaf bound books  handmade by Najee Wilson.








Pricing and Waitlist request for Rare Editions Contact najeewilson@gmail.com

Zines and Ephemera



A collection of instrumental ideations by najee_ on the Rav Vast Steel Tongue Drum.
U R Loved
taupe y beige records 2023





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About Najee Wilson (Najee_) is a Multidisciplinary Artist and 200 hr certified yoga practitioner, whose insights are rooted in Ashtanga, Rocket, and Iyengar philosophy. He came to the mat for the first time in 2013, inspired to build strength from the inside out after a transformative weight loss. This was the catalyst for the cultivation of intentional growth through meditative movement. As a student of the practice, he is deeply grateful for the loving wisdom his teachers have shared. His /Sādhanā/ consists of philosophy, body positivity, yoga, pranayama, sound and chakra alignment asana practice. His sequencing for classes is improvisational, dynamic, and most of all playful in nature. Always finding moments to impart gratitude, joy, mindfulness, and intuitive movement in each session.Najee is inspired to help others thrive in life by nurturing body, mind, and soul with yoga, hoping that you step off the mat feeling invigorated, nourished, and balanced. Asé.





Najee Wilson is a Sound practitioner from Charleston South Carolina, based in Brooklyn NY. who specializes in percussion, ancestral frequencies inspire experimental improvisational soundscapes and arrangements. Najee_ believes in the power of sound to facilitate transformative healing experiences . Often utilizing many different percussion techniques and a range of vibratory instruments to free the mind and body from stress and create moments of inner peace and balance.