About
The Artist
As a self-educated visual artist, Indigene utilizes diverse art media including her collage art.
Indigene has been a professional visual artist since 2000, with group and solo exhibits nationally and internationally. She has been published in a wide range of publications, from magazines to books. Now in her sixties (60s); she continues to challenge herself in the collage medium, pulling together her lifelong experience in art making to continue growing as an artist. Born in Bronx, New York from Caribbean heritage, she currently resides in Pennsylvania.
The Artist
As a self-educated visual artist, Indigene utilizes diverse art media including her collage art.
Indigene has been a professional visual artist since 2000, with group and solo exhibits nationally and internationally. She has been published in a wide range of publications, from magazines to books. Now in her sixties (60s); she continues to challenge herself in the collage medium, pulling together her lifelong experience in art making to continue growing as an artist. Born in Bronx, New York from Caribbean heritage, she currently resides in Pennsylvania.
Awards, Grants, and Commissions
2024 | Summer Homiens Art Prize – Selected as Highly commended Artist for Summer 2024 Prize
2023 | Feb Painted Bride Art Center – The Resistance Garden Project – Cultivating Abundance – Commission – Cover Art – Artwork for Entire Magazine
2022 | Summer Create! Magazine – Finalist – Honorable Mention – Call For Art – Curator: Alayo Akinkugbe
2004 | June Leeway Foundation Window of Opportunity Grant
2002 | April Commission – 2002 Senior Gift Committee, Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary
2002 | April Commission – Logo – Hazon Ministry – “Good News Backyard Club”
2001 | November Leeway Foundation Window of Opportunity Grant
2001 | September Commission – Austen K. DuBlois Library, Wynnewood, PA
Associations & Affiliations
2002 – 2004 | Asian Arts Initiative – Community Arts Activist
2001 – 2002 | Board Member, The Other Side Magazine, Philadelphia, PA
2001 – 2002 | “Christians in the Visual Arts (CIVA)”, Minneapolis, MN
2000 – 2002 | Mother Artists (“MA”), Philadelphia, PA
Awards, Grants, and Commissions
2024 | Summer Homiens Art Prize – Selected as Highly commended Artist for Summer 2024 Prize
2023 | Feb Painted Bride Art Center – The Resistance Garden Project – Cultivating Abundance – Commission – Cover Art – Artwork for Entire Magazine
2022 | Summer Create! Magazine – Finalist – Honorable Mention – Call For Art – Curator: Alayo Akinkugbe
2004 | June Leeway Foundation Window of Opportunity Grant
2002 | April Commission – 2002 Senior Gift Committee, Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary
2002 | April Commission – Logo – Hazon Ministry – “Good News Backyard Club”
2001 | November Leeway Foundation Window of Opportunity Grant
2001 | September Commission – Austen K. DuBlois Library, Wynnewood, PA
Associations & Affiliations
2002 – 2004 | Asian Arts Initiative – Community Arts Activist
2001 – 2002 | Board Member, The Other Side Magazine, Philadelphia, PA
2001 – 2002 | “Christians in the Visual Arts (CIVA)”, Minneapolis, MN
2000 – 2002 | Mother Artists (“MA”), Philadelphia, PA
Artist's Statement
All my collages speak from my experience as a Black Woman responding to my environment in some way, shape or form.
Each piece I create begins with a strong personal connection to a short phrase, song lyrics, poetry, dreams or ideas that matures into a deeper “story” in my imagination. Being connected to this story is essential for me breathing life into the work. Each of my pieces becomes richer, deeper, and more complex by layering images upon images, adding cut papers, at times paint, pencil, ink and the written word.
I work on creating narrative collages by interweaving and superimposing a plethora of symbols and forms — from hearts and flowers to humans, animals, landscapes, letters and words. The elements flourish in a reverie of color. Every collage I create is a prompt for the viewers’ mind to go on their own journey.