Reclaim, Reconfigure, ReRemember
Afatasi the Artist, The Three Wise Women: Samoan Ia Lava Lava fabric, Indigenous Polynesian Tapa cloth, African Fabric Panel, Patches
Afatasi The Artist, Afro Bloc Party: You're Invited!, Block Print on Canvas, 18"X 24", $1,000
Alexandra Rene, Emergence, (12"x12" Oil painting of the moment of crowning/Emergence in birth)
"The birth of our children changes us in so many ways…"
Corinne Basabe, Madonna
Madonna is a painting that looks at the notion that it is believed that the mother of Christ was a teenage girl. Madonna is a depiction of her as a Black Teenager.
Corinne Basabe, Holy Women, Tempera and pencil 5x7in 2000 NFS
Holy Women is an image of 3 Devine women.
Corinne Basabe, Three Sisters
Three Sisters is about sisterhood. All black women are sisters
Joan Tarika Lewis, Dancers are West African as I. 2' x 4'-house paint, all pieces painted with exterior house paint on plywood.
Daria Belle, Untitled, Linoleum print with markers
A representative of contrast between minority and majority in America.
Kytana Winn, “ and in those eyes ...” Digital Collage, 2019
“as soon as I started up the masks protocol sequence, the universe murmurs were muted, and I no longer felt the warm embrace of their bodies. But through her eyes, they spoke “do not feel alone, remember you are also a we. Simply look at your reflection and in those eyes…”
Kytana Winn, “ and roots murmur…” Digital Collage, 2020
It would seem our time is running out Envoy and you must leave these corridors soon. But before you take this, let me ask you a simple question. Bathed in Blue, why do tree trunks hum deafeningly and roots murmur…”
Kytana Winn, “ and supposed she was...” Digital Collage, 2018
“her skin was every color that had yet to be named and a had a crown made of home. I couldn’t see her face, but I knew she could see me. “Who’s that and what is she creating,” I asked the familiar being next to me. They responded patiently “well she is whomever you name her to be, for she is creating a home just for you, a creation for her creation”. I had no response. So I sat there quietly and supposed she was ...”
Snowwhite Chinwendu Silas, Agbomma
Agbomma is beauty personified. The woman is a special being. Created for completeness. Our beauty lies on our essence.
Snowwhite Chinwendu Silas, Outburst
At times when the weight of life and the world is upon me and I yearn for change, I can't hold it but let it out and speak out. Shout out that change!
Snowwhite Chinwendu Silas, Bond so deep
The bond between the mother and the child. A bond so deep and mysterious. The mother recreates, nurtures and preserves. The woman is god indeed!
Ashleigh Alexandria, 5th Dimension, Polaroid Photography, 3.24 x 4.25, 2,000
Depicts the Black Woman as the human consciousness entering a new stage of awareness.
Ashleigh Alexandria, Wildflower, Film Photography, 2,000.
A futuristic foreseeing of the Black Woman.
Ashleigh Alexandria, Solo, Film Photography, 2,000
A Black Woman visual take on the "bad-ass" troupe mostly depicted by White women.
Stacy Mootoo, “I AM” , Paper Sculpture 24” x 32” $1500
The piece is created using glue and paper. The paper is cut, bent, scored and curled in order to achieve the desired outcome. The angle of the light source and shadows it casts, brings out the details of the piece.
KT InfiniteArt, The Bone Reader, Digital Art, 24 x 24 inches, price varies by print size
KT InfiniteArt, Great Black Mother: I am the Darkness that Births the Light, Digital Art, 36 x 36 inches, price varies by print size
Nichole Washington, The Choice is Yours, Photo, gouache, and acrylic on canvas, 36x48 inches, $2350
Ebony Iman Dallas, Bliss Internal, Acrylic and Gold Leaf, 33" x 12," $1,200
Bliss Internal captures the peace felt in the present moment when tuned in.
Ebony Iman Dallas, Hope for The Horn, Acrylic and Gold Leaf, 48" x 48," $3,500
Hope for the Horn highlights a Somali child looking to the present and future for better days.
Ebony Iman Dallas, 13 Queens, Acrylic, 36" x 36," $1,200
This dedicated to the 13 women who testified against former OKC police officer Holtzclaw. It highlights their vulnerability, courage, and strength.
Nicole Dixon, Arrow of the Intangible Army, Acrylic, charcoal, fabric, watercolor, magazine paper, marker, graphite, sunprint, gold leaf on canvas, 24" x 36", 2020
Nicole Dixon, The Snake and the Raffia Tree, Acrylic, charcoal, watercolor, gold leaf, 20" x 16", 2018
Shonna McDaniels, Nubian Woman, Acrylic/ Oil Paint and Beads Dimension: 48x48 Price: $10,500
Shonna McDaniels, “Shoulders of the Ancestors (Women in the Black Panther Movement)”, Paper Collage Dimension: 24 x24 Price: $3,750
Shonna McDaniels, Madagascar Woman ( A celebration of hair) Acrylic paint, paper collage and beads Dimension: 4x4 ft Price: NFS
Marissa Arterberry, Amethyst Meditation, Watercolor and gouache on paper with purple glitter and amethyst stone, tulle and yarn streamers, hand sewn tulle pouch filled with dried lavender flowers
Cynthia Brannvall, The Threads That Bind a Divided Nation, Vintage and antique textiles painted on stretched crinoline, white thread in long stitches. 36 x 58", 2020, $6,000.
Cynthia Brannvall, Continents, Vintage and antique cotton textiles painted on stretched crinoline. 3 panels 48 x 68 inches. 68 x 154 inches installed. 2014-2016, $9,000.
Cynthia Brannvall, Present Council, 19th century blouses and clothing fragments and encaustic, 2018, 20" x 40 " x 16" $ 1,200.00
Delgreta Brown, Upgrades, Acrylic & Mixed Medium, 24x36, $700.00
Portrait of a Woman with vertical gold lines and a swirling geometric pattern.
Lakiba Pittman, Spirit of Wakanda, Pen & Ink -
Original drawings NFS /
Variety of sizes on canvas
Small 20x24 $60,
24x36 $100
30x40 $150
36 x 48 $200
Lakiba Pittman, Dream of a Land, Pen & Ink -
Original drawings NFS /
Variety of sizes on canvas
Small 20x24 $60,
24x36 $100
30x40 $150
36 x 48 $200
Yemaya, 30 x 40 Acrylic on canvas, $1,250
Water Goddess in Yoruba tradition, Moon, cowrie shells, tears represent water influences
Lauren Catalina, Our Lady of the Scars, 26 x 46 Acrylic on canvas, framed $3,500
Madonna and child. The original mother, not to be forgotten
Yasmin Sayyed, Bones of My Ancestors, Acrylic, 24 x”,30”, 2019, $2,500
Pays homage to the millions of Africans who lost their lives in the Trans Atlantic Holocaust
Yasmin Sayyed, Night Watch Bird
Watercolour ink, 18 x 24”, 20015NFS
Symbolisms of the awaiting of the Emancipation Proclamation
Yasmin Sayyed, I Can't Breathe: Research Recover Resist, Acrylic, 24 x 30”, 2020, $2,500
-Depicts the struggles of being despised and oppressed in the land of our birth
Yasmin Sayyed, Hope, Acrylic, 24 x”,30”, 2015 $2,000
Salutes the forces of positive anticipation
Akanbi Motunrayo
The First Son: Oil color on canvas 30 by 36 inches
A black young child living a carefree life and he never realizes the more he grows the more responsibility awaits him, except he is willing to run away from his duties.
Akanbi Motunrayo, Unlimited Joy, Oil on Canvas, 3 by 3 and a half feet
Unlimited joy the happiness that will never fade no matter what comes her way.
Your Shadow, Oil color on canvas 33 by 36 inches
Our shadow interprets the other way of life
Akanbi Motunrayo, The Joyful Dancer interprets a joyful woman who is willing to let go of all her worries and ready to live a happy life no matter what.
Akanbi Motunrayo: The Strong Woman, Oil color on canvas 30 by 33 inches
The Strong Woman is about the pains and the way we have been bullied in the white communities
Rae Akino, Release, Acrylic paint
16x 20, 36x36, 36x36, 16x20, 24x22
the Release of everything they put on Us. She’s the shame, resentment, self-hatred.
Rae Akino: We Got Us- BLACK WOMEN are always called on in a crises and there to put the pieces back together yet left out of the story.
Tiffany Conway, Your Soul Knows the Way
"Your Soul Knows the Way" falls in line with "Heal thy Damn Self" with the intention of showing a genderless subject. A conclusion that I also arrived at when faced with indecision is to listen to the depths of who you are and to look inside of self for guidance.
Tiffany Conway, Yem-MY-Ya, Acrylic
"Yem-MY-Ya" is a play on her name, she visited me in my dreams and told me that I'm her daughter. When I showed up to paint her, this is what Yemoja or Yemaya looked like to me.
Tiffany Conway, Young Elder, Acrylic
"Young Elder" is an acknowledgment of those who have always been wise beyond their years like myself. I also think this is a conclusion that I arrived at where in your seeking of truth, you become younger in spirit because your heart is lighter.
Tiffany Conway, Heal thy Damn Self
"Heal thy Damn Self" refers to a moment in my life where I was in the midst of doing my healing work and received a lot of guidance through dreams.
Paula deJoie, African Indian Earth Mother Goddess
This is my most recent mixed media piece created while taking a course in women’s spiritual healing. There are many symbols and stories That unfolded during this process. It was a joy to excavate old pain and make room for new blessings. NFS
Lemia Monet Bodden, MOUTHPIECE, digital collage, 16 x 20, NFS
It is a collage of two old school group photos: the bottom half of the collage is the beaming, white woman smile of their teacher while the top half is of top half of her black student's faces within wild expressions.
Ali Montgomery, Great One of Magic, Photography of Interaction with Art Printed on Frameless Wood 24x36 $555.00
Tijera S. Williams, "The Annunciation of the Transatlantic Black Woman", 2020, 48" x 60" Acrylic on Canvas
"The Annunciation of the Transatlantic Black Woman" is a self-portrait painting. Created as my first painting of 2020, this painting symbolizes my experiences and struggles as a Black woman who knows of her heritage as a true descendant from Africans who were stolen from their homelands and enslaved to work in the Americas and around the world. This piece shows a Black woman warrior, who has denounced her forced nation and erupted from the sea onto a familiar yet new land, with the power of Oshun and Yemaya radiating from her. She has taken on the responsibility to fight for her people who she loves but is still blinded with vulnerability and uncertainty as her land is slowly being approached by the enslavers. This piece was created to uplift and storm the brigades on any insecurities that have been placed on Black women. She is here to be a wake-up call to inequities and announce that she has arrived.
Tijera S. Williams, The Birth of the Black Woman Statement, 2019, 60 x 40 in, Digital Photo Collage
Description: To continue the pursuit and story of my life as it connects to the Black experience and a merging with my hybridized themes, I created "The Birth of the Black Woman". This image, of course, is a nod to Sandro Botticelli's "The Birth of Venus" fresco, which depicts the goddess Venus arriving at the shore after her birth, when she had emerged from the sea fully-grown. This image is infamous to connect to an arrival, christening, and anointing of innocence, love, and femininity.
As a Black woman historically, growing up too fast is something that has happened because of stereotypes. Black women can not always be seen as young and innocent, due to the racially heated social status that we exist in. "The Birth of the Black Woman" was made to be an oozing confident call to all women, with self-loving and accepted bodies in tow, denouncing to never be covered up by haters, culture vultures, or even by our own self-inequities. This bright, love letter to a Los Angeles Black queen is a piece to myself and all women to know they are queens. It commands power and has a historical context to Santorian god Shango and goddesses Yemaya and Oshun.
Tijera S. Williams, "The Seven Sins and Virtue Facing Judgement", 2018, 30' x 40', Digital Photo Collage
In a play-on with the parable, I wondered, "When I die, who will speak for me before I will be decided to spend eternity in Heaven or in Hell?"
The idea dawned to dig even deeper and reflect on the storyline as if my representative for myself would be outnumbered, considering that in Christian belief that we are all born sinners. The Seven Sins of Pride, Wrath, Greed, Lust, Envy, Gluttony, and Sloth would sit at the table to be witnesses to my life and showcase how I possessed them in various balances in front of a Judge (who is the viewer). The sole representative for all my good behavior would be a sole Virtue, as a way to contradict and scrutinize against my belief that in this world we are innocent until proven guilty. By allowing the viewer to be the Judge, I also excise the fact that Black people but specifically Black women overall are immediately judged in numerous ways based on which characteristic sin they possess. Whether they are deemed "too sexual" and forever casted hyper-sexually or stuffed into the "Angry Black woman" trope amongst the other Deadly sins, "The Seven Sins and Virtue Facing Judgment" allows for the viewer to decide what they want to see, who they want to believe, and which side of judgment receives the final call.
KaliMa Amilak, "CHRYSALIS." Photography, NFS
“Promise me just this-when the world's done resetting, I will reflect this too.”
KaliMa Amilak, "CHRYSALIS." Photography, NFS
“And somehow, I feel safe in this cocoon that is my security.”
This represents Oakland to me and the diversity of Blackness. There are no wrong ways to be a black woman in this world. We are all worthy of love, respect, kindness, and the opportunity to express ourselves freely.
I find comfort in our collective presence.
Tajianna Okechukwu, Director of "Queen" Music Video | Breana Janae Parks, "Queen" Behind the Scenes Photographer
