Uploaded April 2025 | Updated September 2026, 4 hours ago
As a weaver of synthetic hair and other fiber materials, Chicago-based artist SHENEQUA creates art objects that explore the dynamism of Black identity, beauty, and culture. In "Identity Column III," a piece made in collaboration with Germane Barnes for the exhibition "Germane Barnes: Columnar Disorder," SHENEQUA draws on Black diasporic craft practices to articulate her reverence for history, community, worldmaking, and ancestral memory and presence.
Hear from SHENEQUA and artist/scholar Nnaemeka Ekwelum for a conversation about the intersection of craft, culture, and decolonial narratives in both "Columnar Disorder" and SHENEQUA’s broader body of work.
As a weaver of synthetic hair and other fiber materials, Chicago-based artist SHENEQUA creates art objects that explore the dynamism of Black identity, beauty, and culture. In "Identity Column III," a piece made in collaboration with Germane Barnes for the exhibition "Germane Barnes: Columnar Disorder," SHENEQUA draws on Black diasporic craft practices to articulate her reverence for history, community, worldmaking, and ancestral memory and presence.
Hear from SHENEQUA and artist/scholar Nnaemeka Ekwelum for a conversation about the intersection of craft, culture, and decolonial narratives in both "Columnar Disorder" and SHENEQUA’s broader body of work.
