July 2023 AIR EVENT
ARTIST TALK WITH ZAKKIYYAH NAJEEBAH DUMAS O'NEAL
ARTIST TALK WITH ZAKKIYYAH NAJEEBAH DUMAS O’NEAL
Thursday, July 6th from 6:30-7:30 PM
at LATITUDE Chicago ( 1821 W. Hubbard Street, Suite 207, Chicago, IL 60622 )
On July 6th, 2023 at 6:30 pm we will host an intimate artist discussion led by zakkiyyah najeebah dumas o'neal. zakkiyyah is a visual artist, educator, curator, and arts organizer whose work is most often initiated by personal and social histories related to family, queer identities, self interiority, and belonging. zakkiyyah is also a Co-founder of CBIM (Concerned Black Image Makers).
The discussion will focus on work zakkiyyah made during the Latitude Artist in Residency and current projects, and it's close alignment with Black literary texts by Kevin Quashie, Anaïs DuPlan, Ladi'Sasha Jones.
Latitude is a mask-friendly and accessible space. If you need any accommodations, please contact Colleen@latitudechicago.org
zakkiyyah najeeabah dumas-o'neal
zakkiyyah najeeabah dumas-o'neal is an artist, educator, curator, and arts organizer whose work is most often initiated by personal and social histories related to family, queer identities, self interiority, and belonging. Within her projects there's an overlying theme of trying to make sense of, and complicating what and who she belongs to across time, location, and space.
zakkiyyah has been included in numerous group exhibitions and has had several solo exhibitions at Mana Contemporary, Blanc Gallery, Indiana University, and South Bend Museum of Art. Her work has been presented in various forms at Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, NADA, The Art Institute of Chicago, The August Wilson African American Cultural Center, Chicago Humanities Festival, DePaul University, and Harvard Graduate School of Design to name a few. She has also curated exhibitions at spaces such as Chicago Art Department, Blanc gallery and Washington Park Arts Incubator at the University of Chicago to name a few. She was recently a 2021 Artist in Residence at Arts and Public Life at University of Chicago and a 2021 Artist in Residence at Indiana University in Bloomington, IN.
zakkiyyah is a co-founder and organizer of CBIM (Concerned Black Image Makers): a collective of Black artists, thinkers, and curators that prioritize shared experiences and concerns by lens based artists of the Black diaspora.