Rashid Zakat

Rashid Zakat (b. 1984, Baltimore) is a multidisciplinary artist, filmmaker and dj. His work over the past two decades consists of short films, documentaries, music videos, internet art, photography, dance parties and installations.

Rashid has been exhibited by Black Star Projects, The Philadelphia Museum of Art, The Fabric Workshop in Philadelphia, The Portland Museum of Art, Critical Distance Center, The Leonard Pearlstein Gallery, Mural Arts Philadelphia, Common Field, The Black Soil Film Festival, The Lenfest Institute, The Barnes Foundation, The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, The Wave Farm, Movement 4 Black Lives, Theater In Exile, The Black Library and many more.

He has been generously supported by The Independence Media Foundation, The Pennsylvania Council for the Humanities, The Velocity Fund and is a 2021 Pew Fellow.