C. Davida Ingram

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C. Davida Ingram is a conceptual artist specializing in gender, [1] race and social practice. [2] Her art explores desire, space, time and memory, while questioning 21st century black female subjectivity. [3] She is also a public speaker and civic leader. [4] She received the 2014 Stranger Genius Award in Visual Arts. [5] In 2016 she was a Kennedy Center Citizen Art Fellow, [6] a finalist for the 2016 Neddy Arts Award, [7] and 2018 Jacob Lawrence Fellow. [8] Ingram, along with Prometheus Brown of Blue Scholars, and Tony-nominated choreographer and director, Donald Byrd at the 2016 Crosscut Arts Salon: The Color of Race. [9] In 2017 she was featured in Seattle Magazine's Most Influential Seattleites of 2017. [10] In the same year she received the Mona Marita Dingus Award for Innovative Media. [11]

She was engaged in the fight against institutional racism [12] [ failed verification ] in the Seattle Art Museum library [13] [ failed verification ] where she was head of Civic Engagement Programs. [14]

Her work has been exhibited widely, including at Frye Art Museum, [15] the Northwest African American Museum, [16] the Intiman Theatre, [17] Bridge Productions, [18] WaNaWari, [19] Tacoma Art Museum, [20] and the Jacob Lawrence Gallery at the University of Washington. [21]

Davida's interest in art began when her father taught her how to draw a face. [22]

Her work has a post-modern sensibility because she is particularly influenced by theory and cultural studies. [23]

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  2. ↑ Sillman, Marcie (2018-10-24). "Artist C. Davida Ingram: 'What It Means To Dream About Justice'". kuow.org. Retrieved 2020-01-09.
  3. ↑ Lin, Melissa. "Davida Ingram practices art in the 5th dimension | Crosscut". crosscut.com. Retrieved 2020-11-03.
  4. ↑ "C. Davida Ingram". Wa Na Wari. Retrieved 2020-01-09.
  5. ↑ Graves, Jen. "C. Davida Ingram". The Stranger. Retrieved 2020-01-09.
  6. ↑ "C Davida Ingram". PICA. Retrieved 2020-01-09.
  7. ↑ "8 local artists in running for $25,000 Neddy Awards". The Seattle Times. 2016-08-26. Retrieved 2021-07-31.
  8. ↑ "C. Davida Ingram: A Book with No Pages | School of Art + Art History + Design | University of Washington". art.washington.edu. Retrieved 2020-01-09.
  9. ↑ "Crosscut Arts Salon: The Color of Race". The Stranger. Retrieved 2021-07-31.
  10. ↑ "Most Influential Seattleites of 2017: C. Davida Ingram". Seattle Magazine. 2017-10-15. Retrieved 2020-01-09.
  11. ↑ "Sept. 13, 2017: MoNA Luminaries Artist Awards | MoNA". www.monamuseum.org. Retrieved 2020-01-09.
  12. ↑ Margolis-Pineo, Sarah. "Interview with C. Davida Ingram". Art Practical. Retrieved 2020-01-09.
  13. ↑ Cunningham, Jonathan (2015-06-23). "Keeping It Lit". City Arts Magazine. Retrieved 2020-01-09.
  14. ↑ "PechaKucha 20x20". www.pechakucha.com. Retrieved 2020-01-09.[ dead link ]
  15. ↑ "Artist Talk". Frye Art Museum. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
  16. ↑ Sillman, Marcie (2018-10-24). "Artist C. Davida Ingram: 'What It Means To Dream About Justice'". kuow.org. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
  17. ↑ "Archival Art: C. Davida Ingram talks centering Black womanhood, her solo art show at UW and growing up in Chicago". www.realchangenews.org. Retrieved 2020-11-03.
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  19. ↑ "C. Davida Ingram". Wa Na Wari. Retrieved 2021-07-31.
  20. ↑ "To Sing of Beauty: Paul Stephen Benjamin and C. Davida Ingram". Tacoma Art Museum. Retrieved 2021-07-31.
  21. ↑ Pothast, Emily. ""I Want to Live in a World That Loves Women, Not Simply a Society That Doesn't Rape"". The Stranger. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
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