"Transmission/Transformation"
Exhibition View
wall pieces; by Grace Kisa
pedestal pieces by ;
Grace Kisa & Ellex Swavoni
2024
JOURNEY(ING)
JOURNEY(ING) represents a map depicting national and transnational migration routes. Investigating the concepts of mobility and navigation, place and displacement
2022 Installed at The Atlanta Contemporary Sliver Space
Curator Lauren Harris
JOURNEY(ING) II
JOURNEY(ING) represents a map depicting national and transnational migration routes. Investigating the concepts of mobility and navigation, place and displacement
2024
Gathered Vl MOCAGA "Georgia Artists Selecting Georgia Artists"
curators; Betsy Cain, Joseph Peragine, and Bojana Ginn
COGITATIVITY
Cognitive power or action. Contemplating a future beyond work. With the rise of Ai, machines and automation the conventional ideas around labor become a thing of the past. In this new landscape, a population free from exploitation imagines new realities to unlock new levels of freedom with an equitable distribution of resources
on view at The Walsh Gallery at Seton Hall University presents
"African Spirituality In Art"
curated by Atim Annette Oton curator/director of Calabar Gallery
New York, New York
"ALL IN ONE"
collaboration between Grace Kisa and Ellex Swavoni
The sky goddess blankets us with the starry blue of her flesh. She has the power to swallow the sun in the evening and give birth to it again in the morning. We have followed her brightest star to freedom and bathed in her light until our skin glowed blue black. The Goddess is the mighty mirror and we are her star children
2021 Commissioned by The Atlanta Beltline as part of Art On The Beltline Program. Installed on the Westside Trail. Atlanta, Georgia
curator Miranda Kyle
photo: Maurice Evans
"AVENUES OF ENGAGEMENT"
In this fast paced world, connectivity has become an essential aspect of our lives. We rely on networks to enable access to support systems that uphold our communities . These networks embody the intricacy of connectivity in a tangible way.
Networks encompass much more than physical infrastructure , they reflect the pulse of communities, their rich ecologies and the endless possibilities that they hold.
designed by Grace Kisa commissioned by Midtown Atlanta in collaboration with Powerhaus Creative located at Commercial Row Commons, Peachtree Place in Midtown Atlanta, Georgia
photo: Grace Kisa
Grace Kisa is a Kenyan-American artist based in Atlanta, Georgia.
A multimedia artist whose primary expression is sculpture, her process is
improvisational, combination of creative play and problem solving. The materials that she
uses vary from clay, metal, wood, fiber, and resin. with a focus on recycling and repurposing
ordinary objects .
Her work draws inspiration from the experiences of a childhood spent in Kenya,
Ethiopia, Botswana, Virginia, and as a practicing artist Georgia.
By taking what is familiar and transforming it, she creates narratives that engage various
histories while working through concepts of intersectional identities, examining the processes
of migration and cultural exchange beyond borders. Particular attention is given to ideas of
comfort, alienation, adaptation and assimilation. Set against how that relates in a globalized
world
Grace graduated from the Art Institute in Atlanta, Georgia and has worked as a professional
artist for over 20 years exhibiting in Solo and group exhibitions across the United States.
Notably,
In 2024 Grace Kisa is exhibiting with the European Cultural Centre in Venice Italy in the
exhibition titled “Personal Structures: Beyond Boundaries” in the context of the Venice
Biennale.
2023 International Sculpture Conference keynote presentation artists Wilie Cole and
Grace Kisa
2021 Public Art Commission by The Atlanta Beltline collaboration , artists Grace Kisa and Ellex
Swavoni purchased for their permanent collection.
2020 Nu Africans exhibition at Hammonds House Museum , Atlanta Georgia, curator
Leatrice Ellzy
Grace has been published In The New York Times, Forbes, The Atlanta Journal and
Constitution, and ArtsAtl, Black Art In America, and Rolling Out .
“Transmission/ Transformation” merges speculative imagination, future
dreaming and world-building to create a recipe for powerful creativity that
enables humans to tap into their innate potential. Through this body of
work, Grace Kisa proposes that through speculative imagination, humans
can fuel our future dreams and develop detailed worlds that resonate with
their visions of the here and now.expressive.
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