Challenge convention with artist Azikiwe Mohammed on 'Guests and Gusto'
Azikiwe Mohammed’s multidisciplinary practice merges painting, photography, sculpture, performance, and found ephemera. His work prioritizes the experiences, needs, and subjectivities of people of color in the U.S., foregrounding their histories and potential futures and creating physical spaces in which they can thrive. In this Guests and Gusto conversation, Mohammed expounds on the process of ideation, creating place-based work, identifying sites of intervention, and strategies to transform traditional norms.
About Azikiwe Mohammed
Azikiwe Mohammed’s artwork has been shown in galleries both nationally and internationally and has been published extensively in VICE, i-D, Artforum, Forbes, BOMB, and Hyperallergic. He is the recipient of a 2015 Art Matters Grant and a 2016 Rema Hort Mann Emerging Artist Grant and was an artist in residence at Pioneer Works in Brooklyn and a BSMT resident at Mana Contemporary in Jersey City, New Jersey. Mohammed has presented solo exhibitions at Knockdown Center, Maspeth, New York; Ace Hotel Chicago; IDIO Gallery, Brooklyn; Mindy Solomon Gallery, Miami; and Anna Zorina Gallery, New York, as well as multiple solo offerings at SPRING/BREAK Art Show, New York. In 2019, the SCAD Museum of Art presented his solo exhibition Blackest Night: A Survey in Blackness. Mohammed has also participated in group exhibitions at MoMA PS1, Queens; Antenna.Works, New Orleans; Charlie James Gallery, Los Angeles; and The Studio Museum in Harlem, among others. He lives in New York and bases his studio at Mana Contemporary.
About 'Guests and Gusto'
Tune in to Guests and Gusto, the SCAD series you want with the people you need to know. All quarter long, Zoom in on exclusive virtual hang-outs, real-time talks, and cool digital content with the creators and innovators remaking culture — from big celebs to top pros to boss alumni.
Guests and Gusto is open to all SCAD Card holders.
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