---
title: NIA JUNE
url: 'https://www.artsume.com/a/nia-june'
type: artist
createdAt: '2026-09-12'
updatedAt: '2026-10-08'
disciplines:
  - Writer
  - Poetry
  - Film
  - Dance
  - Performance Art
location: 'Randallstown, MD, United States'
---

# NIA JUNE

*Writer, Poetry, Film, Dance, Performance Art | Based in Randallstown, MD, United States*

## Curriculum Vitae

### Education

- **2020** - Bachelor of Science, Writing, Towson University, Towson, MD, United States
- **2020** - Program Fellow, Baltimore Youth Film Arts Program, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States, 2020 & 2023

### Solo Exhibitions

- **2024** - *A Black Girl's Country*, Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD, United States

### Group Exhibitions

- **Oct. 4, 2026–Feb. 21, 2027** - *Flashback: Two Centuries of Baltimore Photography *, Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD, United States, Selected group
- **2026** - *Somewhere Over The Rainbow of Row Homes, We Fly*, Center for Art Design and Visual Culture, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, United States, Selected group
- **2024** - *The Culture: Hip Hop & Contemporary Art in the 21st Century*, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, ON, Canada, Selected group
- **2023** - *The Culture: Hip Hop & Contemporary Art in the 21st Century*, Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD, United States, Selected group
- **2023** - *The Culture: Hip Hop & Contemporary Art in the 21st Century*, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO, United States, Selected group
- **2023** - *The Culture: Hip Hop & Contemporary Art in the 21st Century*, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, Germany, Selected group
- **2023** - *The Culture: Hip Hop & Contemporary Art in the 21st Century*, Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH, United States, Selected group
- **2021** - The Colored Girls Museum, Philadelphia, PA, United States, Group

### Awards, Grants & Fellowships

- **2024** - Saul Zaentz Innovation Fund, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States
- **2023** - Rubys Artist Grants, Robert W. Deutsch Foundation, Baltimore, MD, United States
- **2023** - Best Filmmaker, Baltimore Magazine, Baltimore, MD, United States, Best of Baltimore
- **2022** - Woman of Impact Award, Black Arts District, Baltimore, MD, United States
- **2020** - Best Poet, Baltimore Magazine, Baltimore, MD, United States, Best of Baltimore
- **2019** - Excellence in Poetry Scholarship Award, Towson University, Towson, MD, United States

### Commissions

- **2026** - Taking Care: Portraits from Baltimore, Health Care for the Homeless, Baltimore, MD, United States, Directed and produced documentary about unhoused population in Baltimore.
- **2026** - Power of One, CLLCTIVLY, Baltimore, MD, United States, Original poetry and voiceover work for CLLCTVLY Power of One campaign
- **2024** - The Body Politic, PBS, Baltimore, MD, United States, Original poetry and voiceover work for the PBS documentary The Body Politic.

### Collections

- Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD, United States, Public

### Publications

- **2026** - *In Light and Verse*, BmoreArt
- **2025** - *Jerrell Gibbs: No Solace in the Shade*, Rizzoli International Publications
- **2025** - *Brandon Woody Album Biography*, Blue Note Records
- **2023** - *Homegrown: A Message to Baltimore by Baltimore*, CHARM Lit Mag
- **2023** - *DGX Magazine Issue No. I*, DGX
- **2020** - *FIYAH Literary Magazine of Black Speculative Fiction Issue 16: JOY*, FIYAH Literary Magazine
- **2020** - *Paper Trails of the Undying*, Self
- **2019** - *Obsidian Literature & Arts in the African Diaspora Vol 45.1*,  Illinois State University

### Bibliography

- **2022** - *Black Creatives Pay Cinematic Homage to Baltimore With ‘A Black Girl’s Country’*, Baltimore Magazine

### Lectures & Presentations

- **2026** - What Goes Down When You Love Somebody: Family Archives, Black Sitcoms, and Vintage Furniture, Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD, United States, *7x7 Presentations*
- **2026** - Poetry & Film Night with NIA JUNE, Brandywine Museum of Art, Chadds Ford, PA, United States, *Jerrell Gibbs: No Solace in the Shade*
- **2025** - Intrinsic Rebellion in Interdisciplanary Storytelling, Muse 360, Baltimore, MD, United States, *Young Artist Archival Fellowship*
- **2022** - The Black Experimental Film Screening + Panel, BlackStar Film Festival, Philadelphia, PA, United States, *William + Louise Greaves Filmmaker Seminar*
- **2022** - Film Works of NIA JUNE, Andy Warhol Foundation of Visual Arts, Baltimore, MD, United States, *Parkway Theatre's Breaking Codes Series*
- **2022** - Black Girls: Bone Black & Breathing, Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore, MD, United States, *CityLit Festival*

### Curatorial Projects

- **2020** - *Somewhere in the Reflection*, CityLit Project, Baltimore, MD, United States

### Projects

- **2026** - *What Goes Down When You Love Somebody, Verse I*, NIA JUNE, Writer, director, and producer
- **2024** - *Threads I 'Leroy H. Carolina' by Brandon Woody and UPENDO*, Reginald F. Lewis Museum, Poet/performer
- **2022** - *Keep What You Sow: Homegrown Industries of Baltimore*, The Medicine Show, Director and producer
- **2021** - *The Unveiling of God / a love letter to my forefathers*, NIA JUNE, Writer and director
- **2019** - *A Black GIrl's Country*, NIA JUNE, Writer and director