1 For inquiries, writing, and speaking engagements, contact me via email at bilalbikile@gmail.com. For gallery/curatorial inquiries, schedule an appointment at Deixis Gallery or contact bilal@deixisofficial.com.
2 I am active on Instagram, where I post work, updates, and remain responsive to messages. I am the founder and director of Deixis Gallery in San Diego, a multidisciplinary creative space featuring emerging and established artists.
3 Press/Media: A mini-documentary on Deixis Gallery by filmmaker Luke Lace offers an in-depth look at the gallery and its programming.
4 Selected interviews and features: The Deixis Newsletter featured micro-interviews I conducted with artists, filmmakers, architects, and writers including Kamyar Mohsenin, Jay Lee, Nahoua Sorho, and Mukama Madoshi. My interview "On Serving the People" with Devon Turnbull explores craft, community, and cultural work. An interview with architect Lucas Almassy on architecture's ability to connect the spiritual to the material appeared in Deixis Journal.
5 My short story "Mountain Man" will appear in Obsidian: Literature & Arts in the African Diaspora (2026). "Nobody Wants to be an Exorcist" was published in The Perfect Healthy (2025), and "Sand, It Gets in Everything" in Deixis Journal (2022). My essay "Power and Expression" appeared in Pacific Review (2020).