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]
References edit
- ^ Ingram, C. Davida (2019-11-06). "C. Davida Ingram | Obsidian". obsidianlit.org. Retrieved 2020-01-09.
- ^ Sillman, Marcie (2018-10-24). "Artist C. Davida Ingram: 'What It Means To Dream About Justice'". kuow.org. Retrieved 2020-01-09.
- ^ Lin, Melissa. "Davida Ingram practices art in the 5th dimension | Crosscut". crosscut.com. Retrieved 2020-11-03.
- ^ "C. Davida Ingram". Wa Na Wari. Retrieved 2020-01-09.
- ^ Graves, Jen. "C. Davida Ingram". The Stranger. Retrieved 2020-01-09.
- ^ "C Davida Ingram". PICA. Retrieved 2020-01-09.
- ^ "8 local artists in running for $25,000 Neddy Awards". The Seattle Times. 2016-08-26. Retrieved 2021-07-31.
- ^ "C. Davida Ingram: A Book with No Pages | School of Art + Art History + Design | University of Washington". art.washington.edu. Retrieved 2020-01-09.
- ^ "Crosscut Arts Salon: The Color of Race". The Stranger. Retrieved 2021-07-31.
- ^ "Most Influential Seattleites of 2017: C. Davida Ingram". Seattle Magazine. 2017-10-15. Retrieved 2020-01-09.
- ^ "Sept. 13, 2017: MoNA Luminaries Artist Awards | MoNA". www.monamuseum.org. Retrieved 2020-01-09.
- ^ Margolis-Pineo, Sarah. "Interview with C. Davida Ingram". Art Practical. Retrieved 2020-01-09.
- ^ Cunningham, Jonathan (2015-06-23). "Keeping It Lit". City Arts Magazine. Retrieved 2020-01-09.
- ^ "PechaKucha 20x20". www.pechakucha.com. Retrieved 2020-01-09. [dead link]
- ^ "Artist Talk". Frye Art Museum. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
- ^ Sillman, Marcie (2018-10-24). "Artist C. Davida Ingram: 'What It Means To Dream About Justice'". kuow.org. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "C. Davida Ingram". The Stranger. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
- ^ "C. Davida Ingram". Wa Na Wari. Retrieved 2021-07-31.
- ^ "To Sing of Beauty: Paul Stephen Benjamin and C. Davida Ingram". Tacoma Art Museum. Retrieved 2021-07-31.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Archival Art: C. Davida Ingram talks centering Black womanhood, her solo art show at UW and growing up in Chicago". www.realchangenews.org. Retrieved 2020-08-05.
- ^ "C.Davida Ingram".
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