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 has been publish in a wide range of publications, from magazines to books. Indigene continues to challenge herself in the collage medium, pulling together her lifelong experience in art making to continue growing as an artist. Raised in the 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
I am an Afro Caribbean visual artist and storyteller raised in New York City.
My work centers on the powerful legacies of women, past and present, exploring themes of heritage, history, and spirit. I use mixed media collage to bring the heart and soul of my subjects to life through bold color and layered textures. I often say, “I bring color to the black and white moments of life”, infusing them with rhythm, resilience, and cultural memory.
Deeply inspired by the histories, myths, and spiritual traditions of the African diaspora, my collages blend paint, fabric, paper, and found materials. This allows me to move between figurative, narrative, and symbolic styles. Each piece is grounded in my perspective as a Black woman shaped by both Caribbean and Black American traditions. Completing a piece feels like a personal and cultural unveiling, honoring my lineage and revealing parts of myself.