decolonial art - Nsenga Knight

Not for Nothing | On Art, Empire & Sacred Resistance

Large wall drawing made of latex paint and spray paint installed at Galveston Artist Residency. This wall drawing utilizes motifs found in Islamic sacred geometry and referenced the Prophet Muhammad with its use of the pentagon and the hajj is referenced by the Black square and the circular form Nsenga Knight wall drawings are also inspired by the large wall of drawings of Sol Lewitt and conceptual arts practices

Artist Nsenga Knight explores colonial language, sacred geometry, and the artist’s duty to truth in Not for Nothing.

A Wall Is Just a Wall: Assata Shakur, Gaza, and the Art of Refusal

Assata Shakur’s words remind us that every wall — from colonial borders to false divides between spirit and society — is imagined and can be dismantled.

Hasbunallahu: On Truth-Telling, Art, and Resistance in a World on Fire

Installation view of Nsenga Knight’s The Clinic (2024), suspended transparent black and gold panels with white text, transforming the Queens Museum into a site of sacred resistance.

Artist Nsenga Knight reflects on art as truth-telling and resistance — from Gaza to her own works like Metem and Tawaf/Sa’y — highlighting how artists worldwide bear witness, remember, and challenge injustice.