Exhibition Tour with Azikiwe Mohammed

Join us for a virtual exhibition tour with artist Azikiwe Mohammed. The artist will share insights into the process and research behind his current exhibition at St. John’s University’s Yeh Art Gallery, 11439 – 39202.

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For this exhibition, Mohammed created more than 30 new textile works about the experiences of Black, brown, and other marginalized people living between the zip codes of Jamaica, Queens and Jackson, Mississippi. Some of these works were inspired by stories contributed to Queens Memory’s COVID-19 project. Yeh Art Gallery Director Owen Duffy will moderate the conversation.

11439-39202 by Azikiwe Mohammed is generously supported by The Coby Foundation, Ltd.

About Azikiwe Mohammed
A Bard College graduate, Azikiwe Mohammed has received the Art Matters and the Rema Hort Mann Emerging Artist grants, and held residencies at Pioneer Works and Mana Contemporary. Mohammed has presented solo exhibitions in venues including Ace Hotel, Chicago; Anna Zorina Gallery, New York; Knockdown Center, New York; Mindy Solomon Gallery, Miami; and SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah. He has participated in group exhibitions at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin; Antenna Gallery, New Orleans; MoMa PS1, New York; and the Studio Museum in Harlem, among others. His work has been acclaimed by such media outlets as The New York Times, Hyperallergic, Forbes, Frieze, artnet News, and Artforum, among others.