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About the Artist
Aisha Tandiwe Bell is inspired by the fragmentation of our multiple identities. Her practice is committed to creating myth and ritual through sculpture, performance, video, sound, drawing, and installation.
Bell (b. 1974) currently lives in Brooklyn with her husband and two children. She holds a BFA and an MS from Pratt, and an MFA from Hunter College. Bell received a NYFAFellowship in Performance Art/Multidisciplinary Work and has had multiple artist residencies and fellowships at Skowhegan, Rush Corridor Gallery, Abron’s Art Center, LMCC’s Swing Space, The Laundromat Project, BRIC and more. She has been a fellow with DVCAI on International Cultural Exchanges (Jamaica 2012, Surinam 2013, Antigua 2014, Guadeloupe 2015 and 17).
Bell has exhibited her work at The Museo De Arte Moderno’s Triennial, the Jamaica Biennial, the BRIC Biennial, the Venice Biennial, MoCADA, the Rosa Parks Museum, CCCADI, Columbia College, Space One Eleven, Welancora Gallery, and Rush Arts.
Her work is in the collections of the Peggy Cooper Cafritz, Columbus Museum of Art, Studio Museum in Harlem, and The National Museum of African American History and Culture.
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