Nontsikelelo Mutiti: Visual Philosophy of a Pedestrian
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Black Thang (2021), from Stable, Washington, DC. image / provided
Abstract
Reflections on the artist's career from the perspective of time, landmarks, and travel companions, providing a look into the relational aspects of an art and design practice.
Biography
Nontsikelelo Mutiti is a Zimbabwean-born visual artist and educator. She is invested in elevating the work and practices of Black peoples past, present, and future while also acknowledging interconnected histories and serving those whose narratives have been under-recognized. Mutiti's work appears through a conceptual approach to design, publishing, archiving practices, and institution building. Mutiti holds a diploma in multimedia from the Zimbabwe Institute of Vigital Arts (ZIVA) and an M.F.A. from the Yale School of Art, with a concentration in graphic design. Mutiti is the Director of Graduate Studies for Graphic Design at Yale School of Art. She has held academic positions at Zimbabwe Institute of Vigital Arts (ZIVA), SUNY Purchase College, and VCUarts at Virginia Commonwealth University.
Residencies and awards include: DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Program (2022); Soros Arts Fellowship, Open Society Foundation (2019); History of Art: Women in Publishing, Center for Book Arts (2019); Joan Mitchell Foundation Emerging Artist Grant (2015); Ruka (To Braid/ to knit/ to weave) for Recess Session (2014). Recent group exhibitions include: Entryways, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia; TEXTURES: The History of Black Hair, Kent State University Museum, Ohio (2021); Sampled Ground, DAADGalerie, Berlin (2021); BOXWALLPOTS, Stable, Washington DC (2021); Living in America, ICPNY, New York (2020); Surfacing, Mono Practice, Baltimore (2020).
