An interview by
, curator and curator
Onyinye Alheri
Thank you for offering me a platform to explain my practice and its motivations . Firstly , just to correct one thing : I did not actually receive any formal art training , aside from a few classes taken here and there . However , I can say without a doubt that the experience of growing up as both a racial minority and an immigrant in the United States has influenced my perspective as an artist , though it is only one aspect of my practice . Specifically the notion of liminality , of existing in between multiple worlds ( be they physical , cultural or imagined ) is one that I am constantly exploring .
Whether I want it to be this way or not , my status as a “ foreigner ” in this country will always be evident in my body and my name . I recognize the place that identity
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