Making visible the interior lives of women whose stories of resistance and resilience have been left out of dominant cultural narratives Okwui Okpokwasili received a B.A. (1996) from Yale University. Her performance work has been commissioned by the Walker Art Center, Danspace Project, Performance Space New York, the Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA, the 10th Annual Berlin Biennale, and Jacob’s Pillow, … Continue reading Profile: Okwui Okpokwasili
Nicholas Hlobo was born in Cape Town, South Africa, in 1975 and grew up in Transkei, South Africa. His works on paper, sculptures, installations, and performances utilize rubber, ribbon, leather, and a variety of domestic objects to explore both his identity as a gay Xhosa man and issues of masculinity, sexuality, and ethnicity in South African culture. Continue reading Profile: Nicholas Hlobo (1975-)
Diamond Stingily is an American artist and poet. Stingily’s art practice explores aspects of identity, iconography and mythology, and childhood. Stingily lives and works in New York City. Continue reading Profile: Diamond Stingily (1990-)
Jordan Casteel was born in 1989 in Denver, Colorado. She now lives and works in New York. Since graduating with an MFA from Yale University in 2014, Casteel has received acclaim for her painted portraits depicting black men. Long committed to social justice, Casteel was working as a teacher in Colorado and painting in the evenings when she realized that she needed to devote herself … Continue reading Profile: Jordan Casteel (1989-)
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