Bakpak Durden
(they/We/Us)
Instagram: @bakpakdurden
Detroit, MI
Email: [email protected]
2023 INTERMEDIUM - Stamps Gallery - University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, MI
2022 The Eye of Horus - Cranbrook Art Museum - Bloomfield Hills, MI
(Curated by Laura Mott and Kat Goffnett)
2021 I Feel Like I’ve Been Here Before - Playground Detroit - Detroit, MI
2025
Domestic Dialogues: The Art of Living in Detroit - Art Basel Paris in the Grand Palais -
Paris, FR (Curated by Juana Williams)
The Hendrie Salon: A Survey of Black Artists in Detroit - Arts Extended Gallery - Detroit, MI
(Curated by James Charles Morris)
Hold The Vision - Open Gallery - Long Beach, CA
Urban Art Fair: Thinkspace - Le Carreau du Temple - Paris, France
Luminosity: A Detroit Arts Gathering - The Charles H Wright Museum of African American
History - Detroit, MI
2024
How We Make The Planet Move: The Detroit Collection Part I - Cranbrook Art Museum -
Bloomfield Hills, MI
SHINE Year 10 exhibition - Morean Arts Center - St. Petersburg, FL
Hawaii Walls Invitational 2024 - Gangway Gallery - Honolulu, HI
Dark matter - Museum of Creative Human Art - Peninsula, OH
Visions of Excellence: Unveiled - Southfield Civic Center - Southfield, MI
53rd Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Photography - Scarab Club - Detroit, MI
Together With Friends & Strangers - 16000 E Warren - Detroit, MI
Sacred Garden Secret Service - Scarab Club - Detroit, MI
NSFW - The Riverside - Detroit, MI
Visions: 16 Detroit Artists - Muskegon Museum of Art - Muskegon, MI
Beyond Topography - Janice Charach Gallery - West Bloomfield, MI
2023
Skilled Labor: Black Realism in Detroit - Cranbrook Art Museum - Bloomfield Hills, MI
(Curated by Laura Mott and Mario Moore)
CAGLIOSTRO III - The Narthex - Detroit, MI
Resonance|Reverence - Galerie Camille - Detroit, MI
Get Together - Reyes/Finn - Detroit, MI
2022
Actual Size - Detroit Contemporary - Detroit, MI
MOCAD GALA Auction - MOCAD - Detroit, MI
Mighty Real Queer Detroit - Playground Detroit, NorWest Gallery, Detroit Artists Market -
Detroit, MI
Embodiment - Heron Arts - San Francisco, CA
Salon Redux - David Klein Gallery - Detroit, MI
2021
SCOPE Miami 2021 (Playground Detroit at Miami Art Basel) - Miami Beach, FL
SHINE exhibition - Morean Arts Center - St. Pete, FL
2020
Intersect Chicago/SOFA Online - Virtual
Summer Camp Exhibition - Paradigm Gallery - Philadelphia, PA
Multifaceted Narratives: An Exploration of Black Figurative Art
(Curated by Juana Williams) - Detroit Artist Market - Detroit, MI
ArtMileDetroit - Playground Detroit, Paper Street Press - Virtual
Artist Fellows Exhibition - Playground Detroit - Detroit, MI
WE EXIST: The Future Is Fluid (Billboard exhibition) - SaveArtSpace - Detroit, MI
Black History Month: Black Artist Showcase - Campbell Ewald - Detroit, MI
2019
Heal Art Show (Jax Anderson EP Release) - Assemble Sound - Detroit, MI
City Walls x 1XRun Season II Art show-NorWest Gallery - Detroit, MI
ELEMENTAL- Arab American National Museum - Dearborn, MI
Tell Me How You Feel **(Artist/Curator) - KO Studio Gallery - Hamtramck, MI