Artist CV

Edreys Wajed (www.edreys.com)

Solo Exhibits

  • Upcoming – Flight Gallery (Buffalo, NY) – 12/2019
  • Private Showing – Garret Club (Buffalo, NY) – 11/2019
  • Check Out My Melody –Argus Gallery (Buffalo, NY) 6/2019
  • Tri-Mania – The Brew Room (Buffalo, NY) 4/2018
  • White Lines Matter – Western New York Book Arts Center (Buffalo, NY) 2/2017
  • One Who Masters the Pen – Gallery 51 (Buffalo, NY)– 2006

Installations

  • Niagara Street Tesla Mural – (Pineapple Co.) Hired Artist – National Grid Building 2019
  • John ‘Spider’ Martin – Niagara Falls National Heritage Area Mural Project 2019
  • Love Wins Projection Installation – in collaboration with Projex, Silo City 2019
  • Silo Summer Readings – Just Literary Buffalo, Live painting; Silo City
  • Beacons – Digital Portraits, Niagara Falls Underground Railroad museum
  • Beverly Gray – Portrait Installation; Beverly Gray Business Exchange Center
  • Freedom Wall – Albright Knox Art Gallery Public Works (Corner of Michigan Ave Avenue and Ferry Street, Buffalo, New York) 2017
  • The Protector of Dreams – Collaboration with Team Razor Wire for Bailey fights blight. Two murals were installed at the corners of Bailey Avenue and East Amherst Street. Buffalo, New York 2017
  • Where Opportunity Meets Skill– Upton Hall Buffalo State College. Sponsored by the Dr. Margaret E. Bacon Visiting Visual Artists Series Fund. Buffalo, New York 2017

Commissions

  • MIRABO Press Print Series – release date TBD 2019
  • Empress Amina – Afro-Futurism portrait 2019
  • Goodness Gracious, Cover Art – Poetry Chapbook by Nicholas Molbert Foundlings Press
  • Ode to Joy – Tipico & Buffalo String Works Benefit Poster 2019
  • Lil’ Melonae, John Coltrane digital portrait for promotional web, mailing and poster –
    The Burchfield Penney Art Center and Pappy Martin Legacy Jazz Concert Series 2019
  • Pappy Martin Portrait Commemorative Art – for promotion online, mailing, banners, tees, etc. – Pappy Martin Legacy Masten Jazz Festival 2019

Group Shows

  • Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center Members Show – 2019
  • Mid-Summer Drawing Rally – Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center 2019
  • Contemporary Portraiture – Burchfield Penney Arts Center 2019
  • Buffalo Arts Studio Members Show – 11/2018
  • Mid-Winter Drawing Rally – Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center 2018
  • Mid-Summer Drawing Rally – Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center 2018
  • WNY Urban Arts Collective 2018 Annual Exhibit – Main Street Gallery – 3/2018
  • Merging Mediums (ASI-Art Services Initiative of WNY) – Main Street Gallery – 3/2018
  • Buffalo State Alumni Artists – Works from Gerald Mead Collection – 2/2018
  • Beyond the Wall (Resource:Art) – The Buffalo Center for Arts & Technology – 11/2017
  • Sugatory Sweetening our Existence – ArtReach of WNY 11/2017
  • Image and Identity IV Featured artist with wife (Alexa Joan) – Artspace 2014
  • Visions of Greater Buffalo – CEPA Gallery 2012 
  •  No Boundaries: New Expressions in Black Art – Baobab Cultural Center 2/2011
  • Music Is Art Live (MIA Live -Featured artist) UB Center for the Arts – 2007
  • Arts Council Annual Members Show (2 pieces) – 2007

Literary Works

  • Buffalo by Bike – Narrator & Co-writer; GoBike | Reddy Bike
  • The Sidewalk Stageplay – Creator, Producer, Co-writer & Actor; Paul Robeson Theater 2019
  • Acapella Poetry Book – Poet Self-Published Available on Amazon.com 2018

Speaking Engagements/Interviews

Other Accomplishments

2019: Artie Award nominee for Best New Original Play: The Sidewalk Stageplay

2019: Mayor’s Black History Award – City of Buffalo, NY

2019: Trailblazers Award – Canisius College 

2018: Honored by HOME at 55th Annual Dinner – Housing Opportunities Made Equal – Freedom Wall Artists: Edreys Wajed, Chuck Tingley, Julia Bottoms and John Baker
2018: Herculean Father of the Year Award – Buffalo United Front

2017: Honored by Buffalo State and UB Black Student Union Gala – Freedom Wall Artists: Edreys Wajed, Chuck Tingley, Julia Bottoms and John Baker

2011: Featured artist for UB on the Green
2011: Special Guest Performer for “Musicians Wanted” at Google/YouTube HQ NYC

2011: Storyboard, Creative Director and Co-Director for 7-Minute film short “Run”

2011: Homepage Feature Artist on YouTube “Just Doin’ It” video (400K+ views)
2011: Homepage Feature Artist on YouTube “Run” video (currently at 500K+ views)

2011: Signed as artist to Neon Entertainment (Exclusive College Tours Booking)
2010: ARTVOICE: Best of Buffalo – Best Hip Hop Act
2009: Paul Robeson Theatre: Revenge of a King – Lead Role (Hamilton King)
2009: ARTVOICE: Best of Buffalo – Best Hip Hop Act
2009: Buffalo Spree: Best of WNY – Best Solo Musical Act
2008: Sneaker sponsorship/ product endorsement from NIKE from YouTube feature

2008: Featured poet for Arts Council in Ripley, NY – March
2008: First Hip Hop Artist featured on WBFO 88.7 Wednesday Concert Series
2008: Featured Artist video on Youtube.com “I Like It” – 300k+ views in 4 days
2008: Featured Artist in “Now Hear This” Section – Billboard Magazine Mar. 22 issue

2007: Featured visual artist on Music Is Art Live (MIA Live) UB Center for the Arts

2007: Selected as a new member of the Buffalo Society of Artists
2007: Coordinated and performed in heavily sought after Hip-Hop event at the Albright- Knox Art Gallery “The Art of Hip Hop 2”
2007: Lions Gate Movie: “Farce of the Penguins” Produced track for artist Flame
2007: Niagara Arts Community Center (NACC) – 3rd place in Show – Niagara Falls

2007: Community Service Award from S.T.E.P. program at UB for Villages Children

2006: Artwork by Edreys: One who masters the pen: Solo show at Gallery 51
2006: HBO Unscripted reality show: Produced track for artist Flame (Flagrant)
2006: Lifetime Television: Movie “Officer Down” Co-Produced song “Gang Wars”

2004: Coordinated and performed in FIRST ever Hip-Hop event at the world renown Albright-Knox Art Gallery “The Art of Hip Hop”
2001: Buffalo Music Awards winner for “Best Hip Hop Producer”
1999: Buffalo Music Awards winner for “Best Hip Hop Artist”

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