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Kiki
Cooper



Kiki Cooper is a designer-activist, organizer and facilitator. They received their undergraduate degree in Landscape Architecture from The Pennsylvania State University and are currently at the Harvard Graduate School of Design working towards a Masters of Landscape Architecture in Urban Design and a Masters in Design Studies in Publics. Their practice and core design principles intersect at the crux of food security, design justice, education, community building, youth empowerment, queer identities, and mental health. Alongside Design As Protest, Dark Matter University and Bruxas Bruxas, Kiki activates their passions through collaboration, art, research, and academia.



OVERVIEW

Publications

  • ARCHITECT Magazine: The Dark Matter Issue
  • Curating with Care
  • “YOU ARE ANTI RACIST” Newspaper
  • Breaks

Exhibitions

  • DMUxLisbon
  • YOU ARE A(NTI) RACIST
  • In Prison Pink
  • Osaze was a Freedom Fighter

Presentations &  Speaking Engagements

  • DAP Youth: Design Justice
  • DAP Index, Land & Labor
  • Experiential Code: accessible design
  • Black in Design Conference: The Black Home

Skills

  • Landscape Architecture
  • Urban Design
  • Design Education
  • Sustainable/Environmental Design
  • Public Art
  • Participatory Design
  • Project Management
  • Event Planning




Organizations

Design As Protest
Dark Matter U
Bruxas Bruxas

Collaborators & Friends

Sophie Weston Chien
christin hu
Sovona Ghatak
Ciara Newton
Xalli Zúñiga
Hillel O’Leary
Kristina Davis
Torey Akers
Taylor Holloway