[5][4] Since at least 2017, Blake has opted to use “they/them” pronouns, a decision that they explained was made partly in solidarity with those whose gender expression does not fit a binary, as well as a nod to their own hybrid racial and sexual identity.

[8] Another well-known work is Starting Over (2000), a video of the artist dancing with taps on their shoes in a bunny suit made to weigh the same as his partner at the time.

[12] Maura Riley curated a retrospective of 30 years of Blake's art, "Behavior," which was presented in late 2008–early 2009 at Location One in New York City.

[13] In October 2017 Nayland Blake participated in the performance series Crossing Object (inside Gnomen)[14] hosted by the New Museum in Manhattan (2017–18).

In 2018 Nayland curated Tag: Proposals on Queer Play And The Ways Forward[16] at Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia.