Cerebral Women Art Talks Podcast Phyllis Hollis

Ep.202 Adebunmi Gbadebo (b. 1992 in Livingston, NJ) is a multidisciplinary artist working with paper, ceramics, sound, and film, exploring Gbadebo explores the archival record of her family’s ancestry. Through her research, material selection, and technical process, the artist emphasizes the prejudice of the historical record, activating her practice to restore Black subjectivity.

She received a BFA from the School of Visual Art, New York. In 2023, she was the recipient of the Maxwell and Hanrahan Craft Fellowship and the Keynote speaker for the American Ceramic Circle annual conference. In 2022, she was a Pew Fellow at the Pew Center for Arts & Heritage. Gbadebo is currently an Artist in Residence at The Clay Studio and has exhibited across the US and internationally in Africa, Europe, Asia and Australia. Her work is now on view in major exhibitions such as the 24th Sydney Biennale: Ten Thousand Suns; Minneapolis Museum of Art: Collage/Assemblage Part II: 1990-Now; and Hear Me Now: The Black Potters of Old Edgefield, South Carolina, which opened at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, in 2022, and has traveled to the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, University of Michigan Museum of Art, and is now at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta.

Gbadebo’s work is in the public collections of the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, Washington, D.C.; Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Washington D.C.; Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA; Minnesota Museum of American Art, St. Paul, MN; Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis MN; Weisman Museum of Art, Minneapolis, MN; Newark Museum of Art, Newark, NJ; and South Carolina State Museum, Columbia, SC. Her public commissions include an ongoing sculpture project in collaboration with students and faculty from Clemson University, SC, and the Harriet Tubman Monument (2021), Newark, NJ.

Photo Credit:Tobias Truvillion


Articles
● Past Present Projects Magazine: Past Present No. 4
● The Pew Center For Arts and Heritage: Fellow to Fellow: Adebunmi Gbadebo and Odili Donald Odita on Meaning in Materiality
● WHYY: Philly artist wins $100K craft prize for her work remembering Black ancestors
● PBS: Treasures of New Jersey
● Penn Today: Ritual and Remembrance
● The Boston Globe At the MFA, enslaved Black potters’ work brings lives into the light in ‘Hear Me Now’
● The Post and Courier At the Met, in Harlem and beyond, acclaimed artist honors enslaved SC ancestors
● Forbes, Haunting Generational Trauma In “Remains” By Adebunmi Gbadebo At Claire Oliver Gallery In Harlem
● Brooklyn Rail, Abstraction in the Black Diaspora
● New York Times, Critic’s Pick: The Magnificent Poem Jars of David Drake, Center Stage at the Met
● New York Times, New Shows That Widen the Beaten Path

Ep.201 features Lindsay Adams (b. 1990, Washington, D.C.) , an Artist working across traditional mediums. Embracing her intersectional identity, Lindsay’s work serves as both a reflection and extension of self, challenging narratives of both race and representation, reflecting on personal and collective histories and memories, while simultaneously mining through the complexity of the black experience. Lindsay’s current body of work is a visual and conceptual investigation of the balance between certainty and imagination, examining themes of place, liberation, memory, and psychological space. She reflects on personal and collective histories and memories, while simultaneously mining through the complexity of the black experience. Adams’ abstracted florals serve as an index for marking and reclaiming her black ancestral connection to land, embracing both personal and shared narratives while reflecting on the importance of the sites that have accumulated histories of social, cultural, and political life. Drawing connections to place and space, she responds to each mark intuitively while making both formal and narrative considerations. She renders layers of texture and color, alternating between abstracted and defined forms, composing multiple paintings within one. Employing her educational foundation as a social scientist, with a background in foreign relations, sociology, and cultural anthropology, she systematically engages in her work with precise critical analysis and a perceptive understanding of the complex fabric of social dynamics. Lindsay received her B.A. in International Studies: World Politics and Diplomacy and Latin and Iberian Studies from The University of Richmond.
Lindsay has been the recipient of the New Artist Society Merit Award at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago where she is currently pursuing an MFA in Painting and Drawing, and she has had solo presentations at Eaton DC, Washington and Riverhill Art Residency, Upstate Art Weekend. Her works were recently exhibited at Baltimore Museum of Art; James Cohan Gallery, New York, NY; Alpha Arts Alliance, Brooklyn; Gavlak Gallery, Los Angeles; Allouche Gallery, New York. Her work is in the collection of the Baltimore Museum of Art and Northwestern Law School.

Photo credit: Lana Jackson

Artist https://www.lindsay-adams.com/
“Lindsay Adams’s Intimate Paintings Explore Place, Self, and Memory”
https://www.nga.gov/stories/lindsay-adams-intimate-paintings.html
Baltimore Museum of Art https://collection.artbma.org/people/32189/lindsay-adams
James Cohan https://www.jamescohan.com/exhibitions/arcadia-and-elsewhere
Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/05/30/lindsay-adams-dream-day/
University of Richmond https://urnow.richmond.edu/features/article/-/21779/an-artist-and-an-advocate.html?utm_source=www&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=features-story
LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/lindsaybadams/
Gavlak https://www.gavlakgallery.com/artists/lindsay-adams
National Gallery of Art https://www.nga.gov/stories/lindsay-adams-intimate-paintings.html
DCist https://dcist.com/story/22/04/29/lindsay-adams-debuts-first-solo-exhibit-dc/
Green Family Art Foundation https://www.greenfamilyartfoundation.org/exhibitions/22-in-the-know-show/
Visionary Projects https://visionaryprojects.org/interviews/lindsay-adams
Loeffler Randall https://loefflerrandall.com/blogs/lr-stories/inthestudiowithlindsayadams
Soho House https://www.sohohouse.com/en-us/house-notes/issue-006/art-and-design/lindsay-adams
Marie Claire Magazine https://www.marieclaire.com/fashion/a36805666/lindsay-adams-artwork/
Refinery29 https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2020/07/9923617/black-disabled-artist-cerebral-palsy-lindsay-adams-interview

EPISODE 200 Pamela J. Joyner has nearly 30 years of experience in the investment industry. She is the Founder of Avid Partners, LLC where her expertise has been the alternative investment arena. Currently, Ms. Joyner is focused on her philanthropic interests in the arts and education.
Ms. Joyner is a Trustee of The Art Institute of Chicago, the J. Paul Getty Trust and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. In 2020, she joined the board of trustees of the Museum of Modern Art in New York and in 2021 she became the chair of the Painting and Sculpture Committee. In 2020 with several others she also founded the Black Trustee Alliance for Art Museums.
Previously, Ms. Joyner’s philanthropic involvements have included serving as: a member of President Obama’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities; a Trustee of Dartmouth College; a Trustee of the New York City Ballet; a Trustee and Co-Chair of the San Francisco Ballet Association; as well as other arts and educational organizations.

Photo credit: Drew Altizer

MoMA https://www.moma.org/about/trustees
Black Trustee Alliance https://blacktrusteealliance.org/about/our-team/
Art Institute of Chicago https://www.artic.edu/about-us/leadership/board-of-trustees
Getty https://www.getty.edu/news/pamela-j-joyner-joins-j-paul-getty-trust-board/
https://www.getty.edu/about/leadership-governance/board/#current- trustees
SFMOMA https://www.sfmoma.org/press-release/sfmoma-announces-major-gift-from-the-pamela-j-joyner-and-alfred-j-giuffrida-collection-celebrating-black-american-artists-of-the-20th-century/
President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/president-obama-announces-more-key-administration-posts-2510
Smart Museum of Art https://smartmuseum.uchicago.edu/exhibitions/solidary-and-solitary/
NYTimes 2024 https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/25/arts/design/may-new-york-art-scene.html
" https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/10/arts/design/adriano-pedrosa-venice-biennale.html
NYTimes 2023 https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/25/arts/design/richard-mayhew-painter-gallery-review.html
NYTimes 2022 https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/09/arts/design/san-francisco-museum-christopher-bedford-baltimore.html
NYTimes 2021 https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/21/arts/art-basel-fair-returns-switzerland.html
NYTimes 2020 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/09/arts/design/black-trustees-art-museums-diversity.html
The Art Newspaper https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2020/02/12/championing-african-american-abstraction-inside-the-collection-of-pamela-joyner
Architectural Digest https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/this-san-francisco-mansion-is-a-stunning-celebration-of-black-artists
ARTnews https://www.artnews.com/gallery/art-news/photos/sfmoma-pamela-joyner-gift-1234586626/
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/pamela-j-joyner-collector-shaping-art-2020s-1202675034/
Artnet https://news.artnet.com/art-world/sfmoma-gift-pamela-joyner-alfred-giuffrida-1950427
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/what-i-buy-and-why-pamela-joyner-1811700
First Republic Bank https://www.firstrepublic.com/insights-education/art-collecting-with-purpose-pamela-joyners-mission-to-elevate-african-american-artists
Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pamela_Joyner
Books ~ Four-Generations-Giuffrida-Collection http://bit.ly/3WoA19p and https://amzn.to/4aZlGoe
Art Collection https://artcollection.io/blog/pamela-j-joyner-an-activist-collector-reframing-art-history
Mansion Global https://www.mansionglobal.com/articles/collector-pamela-joyner-made-her-san-fran-home-an-ode-to-black-artists-its-now-selling-for-nearly-15-million-cd1bedcd

Ep.199 Luke Agada is a Nigerian artist living and working in Chicago. His practice examines themes of globalization, migration and cultural dislocation within the framework of a postcolonial world, as he reflects on the African diaspora and its impact on neo-cultural evolution. He obtained an MFA in Painting and drawing at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2023. In recent years, Agada has participated in shows in Lagos, New York, Chicago, Beijing, Accra, Berlin, Casablanca. His work has been featured in several publications including Newcity Magazine, Culture type, The Pinch Journal publication at the University of Memphis, Tennessee, Nigeria Art archives, Juxtapoz, Whitewall. He has also been a recipient of various awards and fellowship including the Global warming international art prize, AII, New Yorkin 2020, Janet and Russell Doubleday Award at The Art Students league of New York in 2022, The Helen Frankenthaler Award in 2022 and The James Nelson Raymond Fellowship Award in 2023. Agada was Resident Fellow at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art in 2023. He was recently named a 2024 Breakout Artist by NewCity Magazine and is currently a Teaching Fellow at the Painting and Drawing Department at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL. 

Photo: Courtesy The Artist and moniquemeloche Chicago, IL.  
Artist https://lukeagada.com/
moniquemeloche https://www.moniquemeloche.com/artists/208-luke-agada/biography/
Newcity 2024 https://art.newcity.com/2024/04/02/breakout-artists-2024-chicagos-next-generation-of-image-makers/
Newcity 2023 https://www.newcity.com/2023/10/04/today-in-culture-october-4-2023-report-says-arts-sector-not-so-healthy-equity-jeffs-love-goodman-chicago-is-still-the-best-says-conde-nast-traveler/
School of The Art Institute of Chicago https://sites.saic.edu/gradshow2023/artists/luke-agada/
Culture Type https://www.culturetype.com/2023/10/12/latest-news-in-black-art-luke-agada-joined-monique-meloche-gallery-new-atlanta-art-fair-black-studies-x-art-history-more/
La voce di New York https://lavocedinewyork.com/en/new-york/2023/09/16/luke-agada-arms-feet-and-fitful-dreams-at-monique-meloche-gallery/ 
Artsy https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-6-rising-artists-discovered-galleries-summer-group
The Artists Feature https://theartistsfeature.com/features/luke-agada

Ep.198 Allison Janae Hamilton (b. 1984 in Kentucky, raised in Florida) has exhibited widely across the U.S. and abroad. Her work has been the subject of institutional solo exhibitions at the Georgia Museum of Art, the Joslyn Art Museum, Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA), and Atlanta Contemporary, as well as a commissioned solo project with Creative Time. Her sculpture, Love is like the sea… (2023) is currently on view in the Poydras Corridor Sculpture Exhibition, presented by The Helis Foundation in New Orleans, LA. Select recent group exhibitions include The Dirty South: Contemporary Art, Material Culture, and the Sonic Impulse, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts; Shifting Horizons, Nevada Museum of Art; Enunciated Life, California African Art Museum; More, More, More, TANK Shanghai; and Indicators: Artists on Climate Change, Storm King Art Center. Work by the artist is held in public collections such as the Studio Museum in Harlem, the Hood Museum of Art, The Menil Collection, Nasher Museum of Art, Nevada Museum of Art, and Speed Museum of Art, among others. Hamilton has participated in a range of fellowships and residencies, including at the Whitney Independent Study Program, New York, NY; the Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY; and Fundación Botín, Santander, Spain. She is the recipient of the Creative Capital Award and the Rema Hort Mann Foundation Grant. Hamilton holds a PhD in American Studies from New York University and an MFA in Visual Arts from Columbia University. She lives and works in New York.

Portrait: Heather Sten

Artist https://www.allisonjanaehamilton.com/
Marianne Boesky Gallery https://marianneboeskygallery.com/artists/60-allison-janae-hamilton/press/
Storm King Art Center https://indicators.stormking.org/allison-janae-hamilton/
Georgia Museum of Art https://georgiamuseum.org/exhibit/allison-janae-hamilton-between-life-and-landscape/
University of Georgia https://www.wuga.org/show/museum-minute/2022-10-28/museum-minute-allison-janae-hamilton
Nasher Museum of Art https://nasher.duke.edu/stories/allison-janae-hamilton-floridawater-ii-sisters-wakulla-county-fl-and-when-the-wind-has-teeth/
Helis Foundation https://www.thehelisfoundation.org/pcse/love-is-like-the-sea...
Pippy HouldsworthGallery https://www.houldsworth.co.uk/exhibitions/140-tales-of-soil-and-concrete-brett-goodroad-allison-janae-hamilton-yun-fei-ji-arturo/works/
The Highline https://www.thehighline.org/art/projects/allison-janae-hamilton/
Contemporary Art Library https://www.contemporaryartlibrary.org/artist/allison-janae-hamilton-6327
Artpil https://artpil.com/allison-janae-hamilton/
The Clark https://www.clarkart.edu/microsites/humane-ecology/about-the-artists/allison-janae-hamilton
UGA Today https://news.uga.edu/nature-is-at-the-center-of-allison-janae-hamiltons-work/
Rema Hort Mann Foundation https://www.remahortmannfoundation.org/allison-janae-hamilton/
Ogden Museum https://ogdenmuseum.org/event/florida-stories-a-conversation-with-author-lauren-groff-and-visual-artist-allison-janae-hamilton/
Kids Kiddle https://kids.kiddle.co/Allison_Janae_Hamilton
WWD https://wwd.com/feature/allison-janae-hamilton-marianne-boesky-gallery-art-exhibition-1234792142/
Whitewall Art https://whitewall.art/art/allison-janae-hamilton-interrogates-myths-around-landscape-and-stories-of-paradise/
Whitewall Art https://whitewall.art/whitewaller/allison-janae-hamilton-a-romance-of-paradise/
Where y’at https://www.whereyat.com/allison-janae-hamilton-lauren-groff-florida-new-orleans
The Bitter Southerner https://bittersoutherner.com/summer-voices/aunjanue-ellis/allison-janae-hamilton
C& https://contemporaryand.com/exhibition/allison-janae-hamilton-a-romance-of-paradise/
The University of Texas at Austin
https://repositories.lib.utexas.edu/items/3f37e356-f2a7-4f3b-a9d4-7614ddfac848
Urban Milwaukee https://urbanmilwaukee.com/people/allison-janae-hamilton/

Ep.197 Peter Uka (b. 1975,Nigeria; lives and works in Cologne, Germany) devises figurative paintings which draw from his childhood memories of Nigeria. With a classical training in realistic figuration Uka combines various image references of time specific objects with images from his memory to convey innate and timeless human emotion.  Scenes of growing up in Nigeria, including elements like afro hair styles and bell-bottom jeans, bright mannerisms, and local customs are captured in vibrant, visual narrative.  His compositions also capture international trends from the late 20th century and the ways globalization connects countries around the world. These narratives uncover historical precedents of globalization and dynamic cultural signifiers connecting two countries that Uka calls home, while reminding the rest of the world of collective reciprocity, closeness, and connection.  Uka completed his studies in2017 at the  Kunstakademie in Düsseldorf (Germany) and has exhibited at National Museum Onikan(Lagos, Nigeria), Haus der Kunst (Munich, Germany),  Kunsthaus  Mettman (Germany) and DIDI Museum(Lagos, Nigeria). His work has been shown at the Flag Art Foundation and is included in collections such as the Long Museum.  

Portrait of Peter Uka by Kai Schmidt. Courtesy of Mariane  

Marian Ibrahim  https://marianeibrahim.com/press/247-peter-uka-galerie-magazine/
Financial Times https://marianeibrahim.com/press/115-peter-uka-financial-times-weekend/
Long Museum https://marianeibrahim.com/news/89-being-in-the-world-peter-uka-i-long-museum/
Flag Art Foundation https://marianeibrahim.com/news/68-peter-uka-remembrance-peter-uka-the-flag-art-foundation/
Colossal  https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2024/03/peter-uka-portraits/
Culture Type https://www.culturetype.com/2022/01/12/longing-new-paintings-by-peter-uka-channel-fond-memories-of-nigeria-this-for-me-is-a-moment-in-time-a-time-when-all-was-well-all-was-good/
Newcity Art https://art.newcity.com/2022/01/10/unapologetically-authentic-a-review-of-peter-uka-at-mariane-ibrahim/
It’s Nice That https://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/peter-uka-art-080421
African Digital Art  https://www.africandigitalart.com/on-painting-nigerian-contemporary-artist-peter-uka/
Galerie Magazine https://galeriemagazine.com/5-must-see-exhibitions-see-paris-month/
The Jealous Curator https://thejealouscurator.substack.com/p/art-delivery-112323
WhiteWall https://whitewall.art/art/best-paris-exhibitions-art-imitating-life/
Juxtapoz  https://www.juxtapoz.com/news/magazine/features/peter-uka-abc-to-xyz/
Metal Magazine https://metalmagazine.eu/en/post/peter-uka
W Magazine https://www.wmagazine.com/culture/peter-uka-longing-mariane-ibrahim-gallery-interview
Artnet https://www.artnet.com/artists/peter-uka/