Women Heal through Rite and Ritual
Lavett Ballard | Tawny Chatmon | Oletha DeVane | Shanequa Gay | Delita Martin | Elsa Muñoz | Renée Stout | exhibition page
Shanequa Gay
summoning, 2020
Acrylic, aerosol, oil, flashe on wood panel
36"h x 48"w
Price: $4,250
heaven’s gate, 2019
Acrylic, aerosol, oil, flashe, collage paper, black glitter on wood panel
40"h x 30"w
Price: $3,500
the place where you are now, 2020
acrylic, aerosol, oil, flashe on wood panel
40"h x 30"w
Price: $3,500
acceptance, 2019
limited edition black and white photograph on somerset velvet
34.75"h x 35.25"w
Edition
Price: $1,750
in praise, 2019
limited edition black and white photograph on somerset velvet
44"h x 30"w
Edition
Price: $1,750
in unison, 2019
limited edition black and white photograph on somerset velvet
44"h x 30"w
Edition
Price: $1,750
My work evaluates place, tradition, storytelling, and subject matter to develop imaginative dialogues and alternative strategies for self-imaging. Through installations, paintings, performance, video, and monumental sculptural figures, I am fabricating environments of ritual and memorial, depicting amalgamated images of new gods and mythical figures whose lives have been impacted by systemic inequalities. By developing counter and re-imagined narratives that live within the duality of physical and spiritual worlds, I am exploring the historical and contemporary social concerns of hybrid cultures, through the gaze of the African-Ascendant female progenitor.
Photo Courtesy of Harold Daniels
Biography | Resume
Biography
Shanequa Gay, an Atlanta native, received her AA in Graphic Design and Fashion Marketing from the Art Institute of Atlanta (1999), a BA in Painting from The Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), summa cum laude (2015), and an MFA at Georgia State University. Gay was one of ten selected artists for OFF THE WALL a city-wide Mural initiative led by WonderRoot and the Atlanta Super Bowl Host Committee (2018). In 2013, Gay was chosen by The Congressional Club to be the illustrator for the First Lady’s Luncheon hostess gift for First Lady Michelle Obama. Gay’s work includes features in the Lions Gate film Addicted, the BET television series Being Mary Jane and Zoe Ever After, and the OWN series Greenleaf.
Video
Artist’s Short
The Crooked Room, 2018 by Shanequa Gay