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Enam Gbewonyo | |
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| Born | 1980 London, United Kingdom |
| Known for | Textiles, Performance Art |
| Notable work | Nude Me, Under the Skin - A Resurrection of Black Women's Visibility |
| Website | https://enamgdesigns.com/ |
Enam Gbewonyo (born 1980 in London) is a British Ghanian textile and performance artist.
Biography
editEnam Gbewonyo was born in London in 1980. She studied Textile Design at the Bradford School of Art and Design and moved to New York, USA to work in fashion design for several years before returning to the UK to pursue a career in artwork.[1] She currently lives in London.
Career
editGbewonyo is a textile and performance artist. Her work explores themes of identity, womanhood, spirituality, healing, and human connection to nature. She draws on her Ewe Ghanian heritage to inform her work, particularly the traditions of weaving and storytelling.[1] [2] A recurring medium in her textile work is women's stockings and hosiery, an example of which is her mixed medium piece In the Wake of Barely Black (2019). In her work, she interrogates the history and social implications of stockings and represents where that intersects with Black women's history. Her body of work Nude Me/Under the Skin responds to the UK National Health Service (NHS)'s post-World War Two recruitment of nurses from British Colonies, using the stockings in various shades, manipulations and configurations to explore themes such as marginalisation and trauma for Black women.[3]
Her textile craft involves knitting, printing, weaving and embroidery. Her practice also incorporates movement inspired by ballet and traditional Ewe dance.[2]
Major exhibitions as artist
She is also a curator, working on xyz.
Henry Moore Institute 2019
Ashmolean (?)
Major exhibitions as curator
Gbewonyo is a founding member of the Black British Female Artists Collective (BBFA) in 2015. Other BBFA members include painter and performance artist Adelaide Damoah, painter Ayesha Feisal, and street artist Carleen de Sozer.[2] The Collective aims to support Black women's artistic careers as well as advocate for inclusivity and diversity in the art world.
She was highlighted in Harper's Bazaar UK as an up-and-coming name to know by the multimedia artist Larry Amponsah in February 2021.[4]
Works
edit- Famous work here
- Nude Me/Under the Skin (Textile series with performance). Exhibited at the Venice Bienniale 2018, Christie's
- We invoke the Black. To Rest. (performance piece). 2020. Collaboration with Lynette Yiadom-Boakye and Liz Gre at the Tate London.[5]
- https://enamgdesigns.com/artist-cv
External links
edit- Artist's website https://enamgdesigns.com/
- Black British Female Artists (BBFA) Collective on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/BBFAcollective/
- Black British Female Artists (BBFA) Collective archived website https://web.archive.org/web/20190830033116/http://bbfacollective.org/
https://www.visualcollaborative.com/enam_gbewonyo/
https://decoratingdissidence.com/2020/03/10/enam-gbewonyo/
https://www.proquest.com/newspapers/light-as-air-tough-boots/docview/2307252291/se-2?accountid=14154
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jade.12359
https://nataal.com/enam-gbewonyo
https://artaufeminin.fr/article/conversation-with-enam-gbewonyo
https://www.internationalcuratorsforum.org/profiles/enam-gbewonyo/
link to Senga Nengudi as inspiration and Adelaide Damoah
References
edit- ^ a b Westall, Mark (September 29, 2020). "Textile & Performance Artist Enam Gbewonyo". FAD Magazine. Retrieved May 27, 2022.
- ^ a b c Challis, Daniel (June 2, 2020). "A Moment with: Enam Gbewonyo". Turnbull & Asser - Off the Cuff. Retrieved 2022-05-27.
- ^ Visual Collaborative (April 2020). "Enam Gbewonyo - TwentyEightyFour". Visual Collaborative Polaris Series. Retrieved 2022-05-27.
- ^ Lee, Helena (February 2021). "Family Lines: The shared heritage of Jane Sarpong and the artist Larry Amponsah has led to a powerful collaboration on canvas". Harper’s Bazaar UK.
- ^ Tate. "Lynette Yiadom-Boakye: Stillness". Tate. Retrieved 2022-05-27.