Amir Saadiq

From Oakland to Greenwood: Radical Cinema and Black Cultural Imagination Join us for a panel discussion exploring how radical cinema shapes Black cultural imagination across time and place. Presented by Amir Saadiq and Tulsa Artist Fellowship in partnership with Dreamland and Kinship Frame, this conversation connects the histories of Oakland and Tulsa’s Greenwood District—two places shaped by powerful traditions of Black cultural production, political struggle, and artistic innovation. In conjunction with the Dreamland Theater’s upcoming screening of I Love Boosters @iloveboostersmovie , the panel will examine how artists use film and visual culture as sites of storytelling, critique, and future-building. Moderated by Dr. Tiffany Barber @tiffanyebarber , the panel features filmmaker and musician Boots Riley @bootsriley , Dreamland Theater founder Kolby Ari @dreamlandtulsa , artist and filmmaker Adrian Burrell @adrianlburrell , and artist Amir Saadiq @oxymoron310 . 📍 Flagship 112 N. Boston Ave, Tulsa, OK 🗓 Friday, May 8 Schedule 6:30 PM — Doors Open 7–8 PM — Panel Discussion + Q&A 8 PM — Dinner + Drinks RSVP link in bio

I’m excited to share that I’ve been selected as an awardee for the 2026–2028 Tulsa Artist Fellowship. Through December 2028, I’ll be relocating from Los Angeles to Tulsa to join nine other artists, writers, and scholars. During this time, I’ll be expanding Brother Don’t Sing through sustained engagement with Tulsa—its histories, its silences, and the everyday lives shaped by them. Inspired by Ralph Ellison and his novel Invisible Man, the project approaches self portraiture and landscape as a vessel for memory, holding what has been buried, denied, or left unnamed. I’m especially excited to work in conversation with the community, developing relationships over time and allowing those exchanges to shape the work. @tulsaartistfellowship , supported by @gkff , is a place-based, durational award that fosters an environment for visionary artists invested in community impact and innovation. The Fellowship strengthens Tulsa’s arts identity through meaningful, forward-thinking projects. #TulsaArtistFellowship #TulsaArtistFellow #TAF26

I would like to thank everyone for such a memorable evening bringing Oakland and Greenwood into conversation. It was truly a powerful night with a dope panel, thoughtful dialogue, and an incredible sense of community. Deep gratitude to everyone who came out, participated, and helped make the evening feel so meaningful. @bootsriley @adrianlburrell @tiffanyebarber @dreamlandtulsa @tulsaartistfellowship

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I’m excited to announce that my film How & Why will be shown for the first time in the United States as part of the group exhibition The Recompense for the Righteous at Saint Joseph’s Arts Foundation in San Francisco, CA. The exhibition will be on view from January 22 through March 27. How + Why interrogates the power of white imagery as it operates within the Black psyche, revealing how representation functions not merely as depiction, but as a psychological and ideological force—one that shapes perception, and identification. I’d like to thank my friend and collaborator @_professorford for being an essential part of this project. Saint Joseph”s Art Society 1401 Howard Street San Francisco, CA 94103 Jan 22- March 27 2026

I’m excited to share I will have work in a group show for Black Art Week in SF/ Bay Area Vessels For Collective Liberation Black artists across a diverse range of media—from painting and photography to video and sculpture—employ the vessel as a powerful and multifaceted metaphor for containment, transformation, and defiance. Drawing on critical frameworks from Black feminist and cultural studies, the works on display move alongside and beyond the ceramic form to conceptualize the Black body, the captured photograph, painting, performance, or the community itself as a profound container for history and memory. Following the foundational insights of Black scholars (such as Saidiya Hartman, Tina Campt and Fred Moten to name three), the art here powerfully traces Black diasporic life, rediscovering, reclaiming, and re-narrating erased histories through a rich visual language. Through their artistic practices, they turn a site of historical trauma into a vessel of profound empowerment. The exhibition also spotlights Black (Space) Residency as both a literal and metaphorical vessel—a protected, nurturing space that holds and elevates Black artistic expression. In doing so, it functions as a vital site of collective resistance, allowing for the sacred transmission of ancestral knowledge and the forging of new narratives, echoing the powerful idea that a vessel can be a repository for the legacies of the past while also shaping the possibilities of the future. The opening reception is this Friday, October 3, 2025, 5:00 - 7:00 pm Black (Space) Residency at 1240 Minnesota St., San Francisco, CA 94107. If you can’t make the opening reception, the galleries are open Sat & Sun 11-6pm