Artist Conversation: SHENEQUA—Handwoven Reflections on Identity

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.

Join 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.