Noire Femme is an art installation inspired by my journey as an African American woman. Dedicated to my Ancestors, the greatest inspiration behind each piece came from a time of mourning and deep reflection. We are inundated with messages of discontentment and many times look outwardly to find our definition of self. The message of Noire Femme is to love yourself , appreciate your unique genetic code, true beauty comes from within, and our intrinsic value is more than skin deep.
Noire Femme aka The Four Queens were featured at the Washington State History Museum which hosted Tacoma Art Group 100th Monkey event ( I was the featured Artist). Noire Femme showed at the Festival Sundiata in Seattle as a part of the Black Artist Exhibition 2014 , and at C Art Gallery in Seattle in a collective showing called 40 and Under: Up and Coming Artist August 2013. Most currently the “Four Queens” have been apart of the Boundaries of African Diaspora Exhibition December 23rd thru February 4th 2016 at the University of Washington School of Social Work in Seattle Washington. Noire Femme has also been shown at the Tacoma Main Library “Black Diamonds and Pearls” a collaborative show I curated with Eric D. Salisbury 2017; Noire Femme showed at the Tacoma Urban League “Art Explosion” a collaborative show with Donna Manier 2018.
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