Nikesha Breeze
Nikesha Breeze investigates the interrelationality and resilience of the Black and Queer body in relationship to power, vulnerability, the sacred and the ancestral. As a Black, Queer, Intersex, and Non-Binary artist and mother, Breeze employs performance art, film, painting, textiles, sculpture and site-specific engagement to create spaces where Black, Brown, Indigenous, and Earth bodies can be seen as undeniably sacred and inviolable. In 2018 Nikesha completed a solo museum show entitled Within This Skin at The Harwood Museum of Art in Taos, NM. Nikesha has been awarded national recognition at the 2018 International ARTPRIZE exhibition, winning the juried 3D Grand Prize award as well as the Contemporary Black Arts Award, for their sculptural installation: 108 Death Masks: A Communal Prayer for Peace and Justice. In 2019 Nikesha was invited to Ghana to work as a visiting artist on the historical Nkyinkyim installation at the National Memorial for Peace and Justice, created by international award-winning artist Kwame Akoto-Bamfo.
At form & concept, Breeze's work has appeared in Family Room, a group exhibition, and in Four Sites of Return: Ritual | Remembrance | Reparation | Reclamation, the artist's premiere solo show at the gallery.
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Summer Show 2021
25 Jun - 31 Jul 2021Carolyn Riman’s lush new series of 11 paintings, Plant People, anchors this year’s Summer Show at form & concept. The annual exhibition features new work by all of the gallery’s...Read more -
Nikesha Breeze: Four Sites of Return
Ritual | Remembrance | Reparation | Reclamation 30 Apr - 15 Jun 2021Four Sites of Return: Ritual | Remembrance | Reparation | Reclamation marks interdisciplinary artist Nikesha Breeze's premiere solo show at form & concept. Breeze’s multifaceted magnum opus distills decades of...Read more -
Family Room
29 Jan - 31 May 2021Family Room is a group exhibition and immersive installation designed by a national consortium of LGBTQ+ artists and performers. This functional and modular living room, featuring art, craft and design...Read more
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Opening Reception: Summer Show 2021
5 - 7pm 25 Jun 2021form & concept celebrates our annual Summer Show with brand new work by new and returning artists, including 11 new paintings by Carolyn Riman; a...Read more -
Final Ritual: Nikesha Breeze
7-9 PM 15 Jun 2021On the final evening of Four Sites of Return and Hand Tools of Resilience , Nikesha Breeze invites visitors to participate in a special...Read more -
Reading: “Heart of Darkness” by Nikesha Breeze
2pm (MT) 22 May 2021Artist Nikesha Breeze debuts their book “Heart of Darkness: A Reclamation of Language and Power” at this reading. The publication is a vivid documentation of...Read more -
Hand Tools of Resilience Panel Discussion, Part I
10am (MT) 15 May 2021Nikesha Breeze and Gallery Director Jordan Eddy convene a virtual panel of jurors and artists who participated in Hand Tools of Resilience . They’ll discuss...Read more -
Screening: Stages of Tectonic Blackness
3:00pm | 3:30pm | 4:00pm 1 May 2021This short film by Nikesha Breeze with cinematography by MK captures moments from Stages of Tectonic Blackness, an eight-hour durational performance produced by GROUND SERIES...Read more -
Durational Performance: Nikesha Breeze
11am - 5pm 30 Apr 2021Nikesha Breeze prepares the exhibition Four Sites of Return in this durational ritual performance, titled Re:member and culminating at the show’s opening reception . Nikesha...Read more -
Opening Reception: Nikesha Breeze | Four Sites of Return
5 - 7pm 30 Apr 2021Join artist Nikesha Breeze for the opening reception of her first solo show at form & concept, Four Sites of Return: Ritual | Remembrance |...Read more