1971, Brooklyn, NY) is a photographer and visual artist of Mende and Bubi descent. glass, beads, wood, pebbles, 26” x9”x 9”Īdama Delphine Fawundu (b. Image: Woman Who Married a Snake, 2017, Fabric, sequins. The artist states that, “in connecting to our past, places and cultures, I’m interested in repairing our fragile human kinships and want to encourage the oneness we share.” The work centers on the subliminal, fantastic realities of myth and memory, evoking a sense of awe from that which is familiar. Through the lens of these experiences, she calls upon a wide variety of mediums such as wood, glass, paint, beads, clay, found objects and video to reimagine the spiritual memory that came from Africa to the Americas. Her familial and ancestral ties in Maryland, North Carolina, and the Caribbean influence a visual language imbued with Black culture and spirituality, while her social practice and residency engagements range from culturally diverse countries like Haiti, South Africa, Abu Dhabi, Italy, the EU, Israel and Thailand. In 2022, the artist will unveil two monument projects: “The Memorial to Those Enslaved and Freed” in Owings Mills, MD, and a public art memorial in Baltimore’s Lexington Market. Lewis Museum, and she is the recipient of numerous awards, grants and commissions. Her work is in permanent museum collections at the Baltimore Museum of Art and the Reginald F. 1950, Baltimore, MD) is a multidisciplinary artist who explores political narratives, social identities and cultural interpretations. Image: Cantilevered #58, 2020, 47" x 45”, oil on Mylar She received her BA from Oberlin College, Ohio, and studied abroad her junior year at the Accademia Belle Arte, Perugia, Italy. She is an Emeritus Tenured Associate Professor at Pratt in Brooklyn. She has received numerous grants that include National Endowment for the Arts, Jerome Foundation, Gottlieb Foundation, The Pollock-Krasner Foundation, New York Foundation for the Arts, and The Mayer Foundation. and internationally in Damascus and Aleppo, Syria Kyoto and Osaka, Japan Habana, Cuba Perugia, Italy Lome, Togo London, England Sao Paulo, Brazil and Hamilton, Bermuda. Carter’s works have been exhibited across the U.S. Her works are in the permanent collections of Columbus Museum of Art, OH Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Habana, Cuba The Pennsylvania Academy of Arts, PA Perez Art Museum, FL Saint Louis Art Museum, MO The Studio Museum in Harlem, NY and Yale University Art Gallery, CT. CIntangible ideas around contemporary issues are the motivating force for her art. 1954, Columbus, OH) is known for her abstract paintings on sheaths of frosted Mylar.
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