The power of image: Nikesha Breeze explores her ancestry through portraiture and sculpture
"Black Cane Carver," Nikesha Breeze.
"Mary and Isadora Noe Freeman," Nikesha Breeze.
"W.E.B. Du Bois's Negro Woman," Nikesha Breeze.
”Anonymous African American Woman With Basket: 1855,” Nikesha Breeze, 2020, oil paint, cracked gesso on canvas, handcrafted walnut frame with velvet and cold cast bronze, 80x68 inches.
A detail of artist Nikesha Breeze’s chairs she stuffed with raw cotton and African American hair with portraits of Black women on the back.
Artist Nikesha Breeze works on installing a site-specific sculpture in preparation for her upcoming show in Albuquerque.
Stereographs are part of artist Nikesha Breeze’s show at Richard Levy Gallery in Downtown Albuquerque.
Artist Nikesha Breeze, who is an African American/Assyrian interdisciplinary artist, activist and educator, stands by two chairs she transformed, stuffed with raw cotton and African American hair, with portraits of Black women on the back.
Pieces from artist Nikesha Breeze’s upcoming show at Richard Levy Gallery.
A piece by Nikesha Breeze will be at Richard Levy Gallery in Downtown Albuquerque.
Artist Nikesha Breeze works on installing a site-specific sculpture.
Artist Nikesha Breeze’s chairs she stuffed with raw cotton and African American hair, with a portrait of a Black woman on the back. Breeze is preparing for her upcoming show at Richard Levy Gallery in Downtown Albuquerque.
Artist Nikesha Breeze, who is an African American/Assyrian interdisciplinary artist, activist and educator, stands by two chairs she transformed, stuffed with raw cotton and African American hair, with portraits of Black women on the back.
Artist Nikesha Breeze is an African American/Assyrian interdisciplinary artist, activist and educator. Breeze is showing at Richard Levy Gallery in Downtown Albuquerque.