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] a finalist for the 2016 Neddy Arts Award, [7] and 2018 Jacob Lawrence Fellow. [8] Ingram, along with Prometheus Brown of Blue Scholars, and Tony-nominated choreographer and director, Donald Byrd at the 2016 Crosscut Arts Salon: The Color of Race. [9] In 2017 she was featured in Seattle Magazine's Most Influential Seattleites of 2017. [10] In the same year she received the Mona Marita Dingus Award for Innovative Media. [11]
She was engaged in the fight against institutional racism [12][ failed verification] in the Seattle Art Museum library [13][ failed verification] where she was head of Civic Engagement Programs. [14]
Her work has been exhibited widely, including at Frye Art Museum, [15] the Northwest African American Museum, [16] the Intiman Theatre, [17] Bridge Productions, [18] WaNaWari, [19] Tacoma Art Museum, [20] and the Jacob Lawrence Gallery at the University of Washington. [21]
Davida's interest in art began when her father taught her how to draw a face. [22]
Her work has a post-modern sensibility because she is particularly influenced by theory and cultural studies. [23]
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] a finalist for the 2016 Neddy Arts Award, [7] and 2018 Jacob Lawrence Fellow. [8] Ingram, along with Prometheus Brown of Blue Scholars, and Tony-nominated choreographer and director, Donald Byrd at the 2016 Crosscut Arts Salon: The Color of Race. [9] In 2017 she was featured in Seattle Magazine's Most Influential Seattleites of 2017. [10] In the same year she received the Mona Marita Dingus Award for Innovative Media. [11]
She was engaged in the fight against institutional racism [12][ failed verification] in the Seattle Art Museum library [13][ failed verification] where she was head of Civic Engagement Programs. [14]
Her work has been exhibited widely, including at Frye Art Museum, [15] the Northwest African American Museum, [16] the Intiman Theatre, [17] Bridge Productions, [18] WaNaWari, [19] Tacoma Art Museum, [20] and the Jacob Lawrence Gallery at the University of Washington. [21]
Davida's interest in art began when her father taught her how to draw a face. [22]
Her work has a post-modern sensibility because she is particularly influenced by theory and cultural studies. [23]