PROVIDES OFFERINGS OF 
ANGEL SHANEL EDWARDS UTILIZES THE CREATIVE MODALITIES OF MOVEMENT, POETICS, BRAIDING, TEXTILES,  FILMMAKING, AND PHOTOGRAPHY TO WITNESS AND RE/MEMBER BLACKNESS AS IT MOVES THROUGH DAILY LIFE, LOVE, INTIMACY, AND TRANSITIONS [*GENDERED AND OTHERWISE]. ANGEL STUDIES ACROSS DISCIPLINES TO EXPLORE THE COMPLEXITY AND CONNECTEDNESS OF LIVENESS. ANGEL HAS COLLABORATED WITH MAKINI, JONATHAN GONZALEZ, MARGUERITE HEMMINGS, BLACK QUANTUM FUTURISM, YOLANDA WISHER, ARIELLE JULIA BROWN, PAMELA HOOKS, AND MARIA BAUMAN THROUGH CHOREOGRAPHIC, PERFORMANCE, AND VISUAL MEDIUMS.

VOX POPULI, THE CENTER FOR PERFORMANCE RESEARCH, URBAN MOVEMENT ARTS, THE PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART, ICEBOX PERFORMANCE SPACE, AND JUDSON MEMORIAL CHURCH’S BLACK AESTHETICS HAVE FEATURED THEIR CHOREOGRAPHIC, CURATORIAL, AND VISUAL WORKS. THE LEEWAY FOUNDATION, WEST PHILADELPHIA ARTS INITIATIVE, CREATIVE PHILADELPHIA, CANNONBALL FESTIVAL, MURAL ARTS PHILLY, AND QUEER ART’S EVA YAA ASANTEWAA GRANT HAVE SUPPORTED THEIR CREATIVE PRACTICE.

IN 2021, ANGEL WAS AWARDED A PEW FELLOWSHIP FROM THE PEW CENTER FOR ARTS AND HERITAGE. ANGEL RECEIVED A BA IN PSYCHOLOGY AND AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES FROM TEMPLE UNIVERSITY AND, IN 2024, RECEIVED THEIR MFA IN DANCE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS. IN 2025 ANGEL WAS AWARDED AN ARTIST2ARTIST GRANT THROUGH THE ART MATTERS FOUNDATION.

CURRENTLY, ANGEL IS A LECTURER OF DANCE IN THE THEATRE DEPARTMENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, AN ARTIST IN RESIDENCE AT THE ARTS LEAGUE AND A MEDIA ARTIST IN RESIDENCE WITH THE LEEWAY FOUNDATION IN COLLABORATION WITH BLACK SPATIAL RELICS.