This exhibition by Massachusetts-based artist Imo Nse Imeh features 12 paintings from 2019 to the present, exploring mental health, faith, and divinity within the Black community. Key highlights include the Bioforms Series and Divinity Series.

The Bioforms Series comprises six portraits commissioned by the Biological Psychiatry journal, exploring Black identity through the lens of biological psychiatry, historical trauma, generational memory, faith, spiritualism, and collective healing. The Divinity Series represents a reimagining of the Icarus myth, presenting an African boy with dual identities who symbolizes themes of migration, home, spiritual journeys, and transcendence.

Imeh’s work combines India and acrylic inks with charcoal and graphite, creating dynamic and layered canvases that convey deep emotional and historical narratives. His choice of materials significantly influences his process and control over the final piece. The figures in his work are more than representations or abstractions; they are ways of seeing the mind at work, a channeling of memory and thought through the actions of the artist’s hand and eye.

Imo Nse Imeh is a Nigerian American visual artist and scholar of African diaspora art. He explores historical and philosophical issues around the Black body and cultural identity. He is a professor of art and art history at Westfield State University in Massachusetts. Imeh contributes to the visual arts discourse through publications, lectures, exhibitions, and thought-provoking studio art projects.

Delivery Method

  • In Person

Category

  • Exhibitions

Location

  • NAS Building
  • 2101 Constitution Ave., N.W.
  • Washington, D.C.

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