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History + Culture
I am incredibly interested in the link between history and culture, especially for Black identities in the Americas. In many ways, our ancestry and memory inform who we are culturally; braided plantation escape routes have deepened a spiritual connection to Black hair; the familial feeling of a Black cookout overshadows the privileged history of July 4th; consistent gentrification erases a culture of shared land and community. Over and over, Blackness exists through the ways that joy—a form of resistance—persists despite traumatic history and present.
Buffalo Soldiers2024 48"w x 30"h Acrylic, Oil and Charcoal on Canvas | Beauty Supply2023 40"w x 30"h Acrylic Paint, Oil Paint, and Oil Pastel on Canvas (Both figures are pastel) | To Those Who Chose the Sea2024 60"w x 48"h Acrylic on Canvas | The Great American Barbecue (July 4th)2022 51"w x 43.5"h Oil and Charcoal on Canvas | Sound of Da Police2020 38"w x 48"h Oil on Canvas |
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Allyship Theater2019 60" x 60" (5ft x 5ft) Oil Paint on Canvas | Card Players2023 30"w x 48"h Oil on Canvas | Jinette's Dominican Hair Salon2020 40"w x 40"h Oil, Acrylic, Paper, and Thread on Canvas | Inferno2020 30"w x 40"h Marker and Embroidery on Canvas | A Geechee Griot (Vol. 8)2018 80"w x 30"h Scratchboard on Painted Cardboard |
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