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1. What type of work does this artist create?
This artist is a digital illustrator, whose focus lies in characters.
2. What subject matter does this artist explore?
They draw a lot of characters in relation or interacting with other characters-- mostly seeming to be their own characters and scenarios.
3. What about their work appeals to you (material, subject matter, color, form, texture, etc)?
Their colour choice and lighting is beautiful-- as well as their character design. I love their art style in general, and the way that they draw different ways of characters being together is very appealing to me. I was excited to see this username on the list because one of my favourite artists on Instagram also likes them and often shares their work!
4. What questions does the work raise?
Their work makes me want to know more about their characters. I also would love to see their process of creating-- such as, do they begin with a sketch? Or do they jump right in like a lot of digital artists? Very simple questions. Their art is very beautiful:)

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Artists website: https://monicaikegwu.wixsite.com/monicaikegwu/2021-present
https://www.bandofvices.com/artists#/monica-ikegwu/

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2. What type of work does this artist create?
She creates paintings rendered in the three dimension while accompanied with two dimensional design elements.
3. What subject matter does this artist explore?
Portraiture and depiction of African Americans to bring about the occurrences that go unnoticed to the public as well as a means of sharing thoughts on certain subject matter. She also focuses on the perception of individual people.
4. What about their work appeals to you (material, subject matter, color, form, texture, etc)?
I love her painting style as well as they way she mostly uses one or two colors in different tones in her pieces. Her simple yet unique backgrounds also add to the paintings.
5. What questions does the work raise?
What story do the people that are depicted in the paintings have to tell? Why are they portrayed in that specific color?

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2. Oil Portrait Paintings of Black Men and Women.
3. Race, Gender, Sexuality, and Representation.
4. How the artist can create a connection with such different pieces; how she creates a series.
5. These pieces raise an interest in who these people are and what lives they all live.
Artist Website

http://www.amysherald.com/

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2. What type of work does this artist create?
She combines realism with stylistic choices and uses mark making to create interesting illustration
3. What subject matter does this artist explore?
Portraiture
4. What about their work appeals to you (material, subject matter, color, form, texture, etc)?
Mark making and detail contrast.
5. What questions does the work raise?
Why do they use color in such a unique way? Why are their backgrounds so different from the foreground?

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Bea Jackson

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Websites:
http://www.fabiolajeanlouis.com/about
https://whitehotmagazine.com/articles/new-narratives-fabiola-jean-louis/4034

Video: https://vimeo.com/197565438

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1. Add one photo of the artist's work.
https://www.stephenarboite.com/metamorphosis
2. What type of work does this artist create?
Mixed Media
3. What subject matter does this artist explore?
Self Discovery
4. What about their work appeals to you (material, subject matter, color, form, texture, etc)?
The colors and materials used as well as textures
5. What questions does the work raise?
How he comes up with ideas and creates these pieces

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2. What type of work does this artist create?
Sculpture and painting, all portraits/faces
https://chukesart.com/section/15793.html
3. What subject matter does this artist explore?
The history and beauty of life, spiritual connection to the earth through clay.
4. What about their work appeals to you (material, subject matter, color, form, texture, etc)?
Sculptural, clay isn't 'perfectly smooth' like most clay pieces are. Pieces focus mainly on the faces of women. The textures blend together, snake-like pieces molded into the faces. Elements of nature, a snake motif in most of the pieces - snakes as hair, snakes framing the face, etc.
5. What questions does the work raise?
Why this color palette? Dark grey or white and blues in most of the pieces Why the snake motif?

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2. What type of work does this artist create?
- sculpture
3. What subject matter does this artist explore?
- Understanding the cultural difference of not only race but where we come from and embracing those differences are what make us unique and artistically human.
4. What about their work appeals to you (material, subject matter, color, form, texture, etc)?
- All of his sculptures seem to connect the roots of animals and african americans. Deeply grounded in the culture of african jewelry, and how most of the product used by them, come from natural sources like the earth or other living organisms. Speaks volumes to the way they live and use colors and patterns from the natural world to enhance traditional african style.

5. What questions does the work raise?
- I wonder how long it takes him to do one sculpture and does he use models or starts from scratch to build up a human form?

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“Enough About You” (2016)
2. Kaphar creates art where they add black men and women into art where, at the time, black models were not commonly used and where’s not represented in art.
3. Representation and Historical Recreation.
4. The recreation of historical paintings to add more modern ways of thinking intrigues us.
5. Why not include black models in art?

Artist Website: https://www.kapharstudio.com/

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2. What type of work does this artist create?
3. What subject matter does this artist explore?
4. What about their work appeals to you (material, subject matter, color, form, texture, etc)?
5. What questions does the work raise?

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2. digital
3. they explore body positivity and living as a queer woman
4. I like the colors and style the artist uses
5. no questions

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2. What type of work does this artist create?
She creates book based art as well as mixed media, paintings.
3. What subject matter does this artist explore?
She explores the relationships between herself and the way she interacts with her home, her hair, the elements, and body.
4. What about their work appeals to you (material, subject matter, color, form, texture, etc)?
Combining the concept of color theory and the absorption of light with Black identity through the medium of box book was executed effectively with the splattered rainbow color palette and abstract embroidery techniques contained in the sleek black box and white script.
5. What questions does the work raise?
How and why are Black stories and identities told the way they are? What is the connection between personal experiences and expression of ideas through media?

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1. What type of work does this artist create? Fabiola Jean-Louis primarily creates photography and paper sculpture.
2. What subject matter does this artist explore? Fabiola's work researches the intersectionality of being black and being a woman throughout history.
3. What about their work appeals to you (material, subject matter, color, form, texture, etc)? I love Fabiola's subject matter, choice of materials, artistic process, and intense attention to detail. I love how she transforms her models through set design, costume design, and a dedication to research. I also enjoy how her models in her photographs confront the viewer.
4. What questions does the work raise? How could narratives been written differently if the agency of Black and Brown women had not been expunged?  How did the practice of art itself leave most people, specifically black women, out?