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Windgate-Lamar Fellowship
2014
An Afro-Caribbean multi-disciplinary Textile Artist, my family’s cultural background, conversations with others, and Ghanaian experience influence my art practice. My art is born from the traditional craft of weaving and transitions into sculpture, performance, textile or “garment” pieces, and installations. My new body speaks on the stages of grief. Weaving synthetic-hair tells a story about an experience shared with the women in my life that I love and hold dear to me. Braiding, Bantu knotting and plaiting represent the hairstyles I grew up with, and celebrate ideas of sisterhood, womanhood, sacred space, intimacy, identity and beauty.
Selected works
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Black Hair with Gold Trimming, 2020, synthetic hair, cotton, yarn, & trimming 41.5 X 17.5 inches (LXW) Kristin Eckstein Collection
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Motherland Drip, 2020, 32” (L) X 26” (W) woven, +3-4 inches for braids length. Synthetic & Kankelon hair, cotton, silk, polyester, & wooden beads. Photo: G Nicole Studios
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Cowrie Me Black, 2020, 30 (L) X 20 (W) inches woven, +14 inches for braids length. Kankelon hair, cotton, cowrie shells, rubber bands, & hair accessories. Photo: G Nicole Studios
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Black on Black Overshot, 2020, synthetic hair, cotton, yarn, & metallic pin 34 X 15 inches (LXW) Juana Bordenave Collection
Detail_Motherland Drip, 2020, 32 (L) X 26 (W) inches woven, +3-4 inches for braids length. Synthetic & Kankelon hair, cotton, silk, polyester, & wooden beads. Photo: G Nicole Studios
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