Black Muslim Pioneers - Nsenga Knight

LET’S HAVE A CONVERSATION! HERE’S WHAT I HAVE TO SAY.

This past month I’ve been looking back at my personal relationship with documenting and celebrating Black History. For me, it began with talking to elders in my family and community and this conversation continues to drive my work as an artist. It will also be one of the highlights of my solo exhibition which opens on MayContinue reading “LET’S HAVE A CONVERSATION! HERE’S WHAT I HAVE TO SAY.”

A GOOD ANCESTOR?

I’m deep into production for my spring solo exhibition Close To Home at Queens Museum. As you may remember, my In-Situ fellowship at the museum is built around engaging with the museum’s archives and community. My upcoming show at the QM focuses particularly on inspiration and research in relation to the museum’s 1964-65 World’s Fair collection archive. I’m particularly interested inContinue reading “A GOOD ANCESTOR?”

THE COST OF FREEDOM

Nsenga Knight and Samah Gafar at the Contemporary Image Collective in Cairo presenting X Speaks in front of a full audience. A projection of Malcolm X interview in Cairo is behind them.

We’ve been hearing, seeing, and reading about the unrelenting Israeli attacks on Gaza since October that resulted in the loss of about 18,000 Palestinian lives. It is a horrifying present with little to no time between attacks to digest the news or even for Gazans to bury their dead. As I stand in solidarity with theContinue reading “THE COST OF FREEDOM”

FREEDOM.

I believe that art and artists are charged with the task of truth-telling and being whole, fully autonomous beings regardless of the institutions, nationalities and communities we are part of or working with. The closer we are to our Creator and higher selves, the easier it is to discern the truth even in troubled times.Continue reading “FREEDOM.”