artist statement

My artistic and social practice is informed by Black femmedom and its influence on self-curated domestic sites as an extension of imagination and healing. I present narratives that position refuge as place through the nostalgia of interiors I have called home. I highlight the specificity of my experience through the inclusion of matrilineal objects that have been passed down to me. Though they are familiar, the rebirth of these spaces presents opportunity for rediscovery through a simultaneous process of disruption. 

Within a self examination of home and identity, I am interested in a contemplative study of the objects, tones, scents, symbols, rituals and sounds that define shared and unique experiences of Blackness within the language of the Black Interior.  These truths inform my work as an artist, organizer, and educator and serve as a grounding palette of choice. The material and mark making techniques that follow are in relationship to collage in its ability to mend and transform. Using colorful marked papers, graphite, family heirlooms, techniques of afro botany, and multisensory installation, my work relies on collaborative approaches that are also borrowed, gifted, found, and made anew. My work is evidence of the living archive and ongoing research of Black dwelling spaces as a source for interrogation, socio-political change, and liberation. 

bio

glyneisha is a poly-disciplinary artist, educator, and community caretaker archiving the inherent healing nature of matrilineal Blackness through processes of ethical collaboration informed by Black feminist scholarship.

She organizes workshops, spaces for communal reflection, produces publications, living archives, installation and exhibition work examining the public and private experiential nature of the Black Interior as a source of refuge, healing, and imagination. 

She is co-founder of Strange Fruit Femmes, a Black and Brown femme lead collective that provides free programming for youth and adults centering transformative healing through the arts. 

glyneisha is a 2024 Futures Fund Grantee through the Luminary Arts in St Louis, MO. She is a 2022 Cultural Producers Grantee and 2020 Charlotte St Award Fellow and recipient of the 2020 Bryon C. Cohen Award through Charlotte St Foundation in Kansas City, MO. She has exhibited, presented, and been in residence at Art Omi, Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Juanita J. Craft Residency, The Nerman Museum for Contemporary Art, SCAD Museum of Art, Springfield Museum of Art, and more.