Muslim artists - Nsenga Knight

Lines of Care: Art, Reflection & Caregiving

Drawing by Nsenga Knight in collaboration with her daughter created during an intense week of caregiving and reflection.

Nsenga Knight reflects on how drawing during caregiving reconnects her to joy, process, and the deeper role of artists in times of disruption.

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.