I grew up in America and in Ward 7 neighborhood. I grew up examining the colors, textures, and materials available to me searching for answers to the many questions floating within me. I grew up in a household without my siblings and father absence. Thus, I consider myself like an only child and alone in a world filled with racism, discrimination, prejudice, violence and corruption. I express my experiences that I have encountered through my visual artwork. Painting the world, society and community that I have witnessed as a black female in America using dull, vibrant, and dark colors.
You ask me time and time again, how was growing up in America for me? I say all the time, it was an experience filled with sorrow, trauma, grief, hope, and absence. Furthermore, I grew up during the time when Washington, DC was chocolate city.
Growing Up in America.Digital art created on canvas. Afrika Abney
Quote found on the Internet
"Lorraine Vivian Hansberry was a playwright and writer. She was the first African-American female author to have a play performed on Broadway. Her best known work, the play A Raisin in the Sun, highlights the lives of Black Americans living under racial segregation in Chicago." - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorraine_Hansberry
You ask me time and time again, how was growing up in America for me? I say all the time, it was an experience filled with sorrow, trauma, grief, hope, and absence. Furthermore, I grew up during the time when Washington, DC was chocolate city.
Growing Up in America.Digital art created on canvas. Afrika Abney
Quote found on the Internet
"Lorraine Vivian Hansberry was a playwright and writer. She was the first African-American female author to have a play performed on Broadway. Her best known work, the play A Raisin in the Sun, highlights the lives of Black Americans living under racial segregation in Chicago." - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorraine_Hansberry