Nkechi
Born and Raised in Los Angeles, California, Nkechi is a multimedia artist and the first Artist in Residence at The Colored Girls Museum. Nkechi is a recent graduate of Bryn Mawr College whose passion for reading and storytelling pushed her to obtain a degree in English Literature. While at Bryn Mawr, Nkechi created and directed The Faculty Diversity Initiative, the College’s first professional development component tackling diversity related classroom conflicts. As such, themes of race, social hierarchy, and displacement are all quite present in her work. During her residency, Nkechi is working on a series of essays tackling literacy, black womanhood, black joy, intersectionality, and more. Stay tuned for updates about her progress.
Awarded Grants
2017
Art and Change Grant (ACG)
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Overview
Nkechi will pilot an artist in residency program at The Colored Girls Museum by creating an installation featuring a customized bed, a wall mural, art curated by Nkechi and donated by Philadelphia artists, and her own personal writing. Nkechi will live, work, and write at the museum; create a toolkit for Black women in the process of self examination; and curate and document the space for the next Black female artist in residence, who will be able to live in Nkechi's installation and add to it by creating their own documentation, art, and writing.
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