C. Davida Ingram

C. Davida Ingram is a conceptual artist specializing in gender,[1] race and social practice.[2] Her art explores desire, space, time and memory, while questioning 21st century black female subjectivity.[3] She is also a public speaker and civic leader.[4] She received the 2014 Stranger Genius Award in Visual Arts.[5] In 2016 she was a Kennedy Center Citizen Art Fellow[6] and 2018 Jacob Lawrence Fellow.[7] She was engaged in the fight against institutional racism[8] in the Seattle Art Museum library[9] where she was head of Civic Engagement Programs.[10] In 2017 she was featured in  Seattle Magazine’s Most Influential Seattleites of 2017.[11] In the same year she received the Mona Marita Dingus Award for Innovative Media.[12] Her work has been exhibited in the Frye Art Museum,[13] the Northwest African American Museum,[14] the Intiman Theatre, [15] Bridge Productions,[16] and the Jacob Lawrence Gallery at the University of Washington.[17]

Davida's interest in art began when her father taught her how to draw a face.[18]

Her work has a post-modern sensibility because she is particularly influenced by theory and cultural studies.[19]

References
  1. Ingram, C. Davida (2019-11-06). "C. Davida Ingram | Obsidian". obsidianlit.org. Retrieved 2020-01-09.
  2. Sillman, Marcie (2018-10-24). "Artist C. Davida Ingram: 'What It Means To Dream About Justice'". kuow.org. Retrieved 2020-01-09.
  3. Lin, Melissa. "Davida Ingram practices art in the 5th dimension | Crosscut". crosscut.com. Retrieved 2020-11-03.
  4. "C. Davida Ingram". Wa Na Wari. Retrieved 2020-01-09.
  5. Graves, Jen. "C. Davida Ingram". The Stranger. Retrieved 2020-01-09.
  6. "C Davida Ingram". PICA. Retrieved 2020-01-09.
  7. "C. Davida Ingram: A Book with No Pages | School of Art + Art History + Design | University of Washington". art.washington.edu. Retrieved 2020-01-09.
  8. Margolis-Pineo, Sarah. "Interview with C. Davida Ingram". Art Practical. Retrieved 2020-01-09.
  9. Cunningham, Jonathan (2015-06-23). "Keeping It Lit". City Arts Magazine. Retrieved 2020-01-09.
  10. "PechaKucha 20x20". www.pechakucha.com. Retrieved 2020-01-09.
  11. "Most Influential Seattleites of 2017: C. Davida Ingram". Seattle Magazine. 2017-10-15. Retrieved 2020-01-09.
  12. "Sept. 13, 2017: MoNA Luminaries Artist Awards | MoNA". www.monamuseum.org. Retrieved 2020-01-09.
  13. "Artist Talk". Frye Art Museum. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
  14. Sillman, Marcie (2018-10-24). "Artist C. Davida Ingram: 'What It Means To Dream About Justice'". kuow.org. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
  15. "Archival Art: C. Davida Ingram talks centering Black womanhood, her solo art show at UW and growing up in Chicago". www.realchangenews.org. Retrieved 2020-11-03.
  16. "C. Davida Ingram". The Stranger. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
  17. Pothast, Emily. ""I Want to Live in a World That Loves Women, Not Simply a Society That Doesn't Rape"". The Stranger. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
  18. "Archival Art: C. Davida Ingram talks centering Black womanhood, her solo art show at UW and growing up in Chicago". www.realchangenews.org. Retrieved 2020-08-05.
  19. "C.Davida Ingram".



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