Client: Dhamma Dena Meditation Center
Instagram images for programs and retreats
2020-2021
Client: Abundant Beginnings
Print flyer and Instagram image for school fundraiser party.
December 2019
Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts (MoCADA)
Brooklyn, NY | April 2015
Curator, Exhibition Designer, and Exhibitions Director
Developed exhibition concept, selected artists and artworks, wrote curatorial statement. Collaborated to design exhibition visual identity. Created layout and made all display choices.
“With Vision Quest, Komada-John has organized an exhibition that relies not on didactic interpretations of a singular feminism. Instead, the show insists on the existence of multiple feminist narratives that arise when women have the opportunity to tell their own stories.”
Jessica Lynne, Hyperallergic
Images by Roy Rochlin
Client: Ancient Blends Apothé-Care
Logo design, branding, and product label design for Brooklyn-based herbal hair, bath, and body product company.
Winter 2019
Client: Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The New York Public Library
Harlem, NY | December 2017
Exhibition Designer and Exhibition Manager
Collaborated to develop exhibition concept, select materials, and draft curatorial writing. Designed exhibition visual identity including colors, fonts, layout, and all display choices.
Co-Curated with Sylviane Diouf
Images by Julia Scalfani
Client: North Carolina Climate Justice
Digital flyer design for environmental activism organization.
April 2019
Client: Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The New York Public Library
Harlem, NY | March 2017
Exhibition Designer and Exhibition Manager
Designed exhibition visual identity including colors, fonts, graphics, build-outs, layout, and all display choices.
Images by Roy Rochlin
Client: Deirdre Hollman
Print publication design for arts and social justice educator.
Spring 2018
Client: Zora’s Apothecary
Branding and Instagram images for healing justice practitioner and product line.
2020-2021
*Some photographs by Naomi Lee
Client: El Puente
Flyer design for Brooklyn-based community non-profit’s annual street festival.
August 2015
Client: Between Earth & Sky
Digital flyers and interpretive graphics for astrology consultant.
2020-2021
Client: Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The New York Public Library
Harlem, NY | Fall 2019
Exhibition Designer
Designed exhibition visual identity including fonts, intro wall layout, promotional materials, and other display choices.
Images by Shante’ Cozier
Client: YES!
Digital flyer design for international social justice non-profit.
Summer 2015
Client: Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The New York Public Library
Harlem, NY | December 2018
Exhibition Designer
Developed exhibition visual identity including fonts, and signature wall layouts.
Images by Shante’ Cozier
Client: Biggie Maules
Logo design, business cards, stickers, buttons, and other swag for Brooklyn-based DJ.
Fall 2017
Client: Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The New York Public Library
Harlem, NY | May 2018
Exhibition Designer
Designed exhibition visual identity including fonts, graphics, build-outs, layout, and display choices.
Images by Roy Rochlin
Client: YES!
Digital flyer design for international social justice non-profit.
Summer 2018
Client: Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The New York Public Library
Print promotional materials for exhibition curated by teens in after school program.
Spring 2019
Client: North Carolina Climate Justice
Logo and style development, digital flyers, posters, and program design for annual state-wide environmental justice convening.
2014-2019
Client: Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The New York Public Library
Harlem, NY | Fall 2016
Curator, Exhibition Designer and Exhibition Manager
Researched to develop exhibition concept, select materials, and draft curatorial writing. Designed exhibition visual identity including colors, fonts, layout, and all display choices for this foyer show.
Images by Isissa Komada-John
Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts (MoCADA)
Brooklyn, NY | April 2014
Curator and Exhibitions Director
Worked with artist Shantell Martin to developed exhibition concept. Wrote curatorial statement. Collaborated to design exhibition visual identity, create layout and, make all display choices.
Images by Roy Rochlin
Client: Pajón
Logo design for Brooklyn-based stylist and herbal hair product company.
January 2018
Client: Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The New York Public Library
Harlem, NY | June 2017
Exhibition Designer
Collaborated with teens from a curatorial after school program to develop exhibition visual identity including colors, fonts, and signature wall layouts.
Images by Shante’ Cozier
Client: Liberation Cuisine
Logo and identity development for Brooklyn and Puerto Rico-based community chef.
Fall 2017
Client: YES!
Digital flyer design for international social justice non-profit.
Spring 2018
Client: Black Comics Collective
Logo and identity development, as well as print and digital event flyers and social media graphics for New York City-based arts group.
2017-2018
