Emboldened, Embodied

Shanna Strauss, When she rises, mixed media on found wood, 2018

Nov. 21, 2019-Feb. 16, 2020

Presented by USF’s MA in Museum Studies Curatorial Practicum class, Emboldened, Embodied features seven Bay Area artists whose work reveals the power and challenges of intersectional experiences.

Through portraits, artists Kim Anno, Lenore Chinn, Jessica Sabogal, and Shanna Strauss offer empowered representations of individuals whose identities are often excluded from the larger narrative. Installations by Yolanda López and Na Omi Judy Shintani demonstrate women’s roles and the ways dress is used as a social and cultural signifier. Angela Hennessy’s new installation expands her use of African and Victorian hair weaving traditions to illuminate the Black body. An invitation to reflect on the systemic political and societal inequities at play in our world today, Emboldened, Embodied creates space for reflection, celebration, and community building.

Emboldened, Embodied exhibition catalog

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  • Kim Anno
    Charlie (from 90 Miles from Paradise)
    2015
    Photograph accompanied by sound loop 
    Courtesy of Patricia Sweetow Gallery

    Kim Anno
    Oedipus At The Tea House (from Water City, Berkeley)
    2014
    Photograph

    Kim Anno
    Gimme Shelter (from Water City, Berkeley)
    2013
    Photograph

    Kim Anno
    Gaze (from Water City, Durban)
    2012
    Photograph

    Kim Anno
    Our Calling (from Water City, Durban)
    2011
    Photograph

    Lenore Chinn
    Before the Wedding
    2000
    Acrylic on canvas

    Lenore Chinn
    Butler’s View (Self-portrait)
    1993
    Acrylic on Canvas
    1993

    Lenore Chinn
    Son Cuates
    1981
    Acrylic on Canvas 

    Lenore
    Lenore Chinn
    The Family
    1991
    Acrylic on Canvas

    Angela Hennessy
    Body for a Black Moon
    2019
    Synthetic and human hair, artist’s hair, wood, plumbing parts, foam, athletic tape, wire, hand-carved Ivory soap beads, gold leaf, copper sheet, glitter, black lava sea salt and paint

    Yolanda López
    The Nanny, from Women’s Work is Never Done series 
    1994
    Mixed media

    Jessica Sabogal
    Este Barrio No Se Vende
    2018
    Acrylic on wood panel

    Jessica Sabogal
    Walls Can’t Keep Out Greatness
    2018
    Acrylic on wood panel

    Jessica Sabogal
    It Runs in Her Marrow
    2019
    Photo transfer and acrylic on wood panel 

    Na Omi Judy Shintani
    Deconstructed Kimono (Black)
    2012
    Vintage altered kimono, ceramic, wood and bamboo

    Na Omi Judy Shintani
    Deconstructed Kimono (Multicolored)
    2019 (work in progress)
    Vintage altered kimono, ceramic, wood and bamboo

    Na Omi Judy Shintani
    Deconstructed Kimono (White)
    2011
    Vintage altered kimono, ceramic, wood and bamboo

    Shanna Strauss
    When she rises
    2018
    Mixed media on found wood

    Shanna Strauss
    The World in Her Hands
    2015
    Photo transfer and acrylic on found wood

    Shanna Strauss
    Bibi
    2015
    Mixed media on found wood

    Jessica Sabogal & Shanna Strauss
    Ave//Blessed Art Thou Among Women
    2019
    Photo transfer, acrylic, and spray paint on found wood

View images of the opening reception here.