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Simone Elizabeth Saunders

Alberta, Canada

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Simone Elizabeth Saunders’ art practice has a particular focus on rug-hooking (tufting) and punch needle. She creates large, colorful portraiture. Her textiles highlight motifs and iconography from her Jamaican heritage and engage with socio-cultural factors reclaiming power from oppressive ideologies.

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Rise Up: Encompass the Galaxy!

Artist: Simone Elizabeth Saunders
Medium: Fibre-tufting and punch needle

The imagination is a wonder. I relish in it’s magic, transforming narratives from both fact and fiction into thread bound color-bombs. With a background in theatre, I channel storytelling into the vibration of the threads. Tufting and punch-needle is a medium where I encompass my truth, I lift up my voice.

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The Messenger,
2021

Artist: Simone Elizabeth Saunders
Medium: Fibre-tufting and punch needle

I am inspired every day by the unwavering grace and dynamism of Black Sisterhood. Every day I am fueled by the joy, resilience and strength that Black women of all shades exude. To LOVE is a gift that we have in us to give and it’s a choice, everyday. To love oneself, first and foremost, and then to love those around us.. into the world.

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Cedric Michael Cox

Ohio, USA

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Cedric Michael Cox is best known for his paintings and drawings that merge surrealism and representational abstraction. Cox’s paintings catapult color into rhythmic action with abstract and recognizable images that create compositions inspired by themes in music and the natural world.

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Upward
Possibilities

Artist: Cedric Michael Cox
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas

His work remains true to sharing Cox’s innermost self as his passion radiates from the canvas.

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Summer Sunset
by the River

Artist: Cedric Michael Cox
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas

Working under several influences which include architecture and art history, Cox’s work ranges from the geometric, to the curvilinear, to floral-like forms, all dancing within surrealistic shapes.

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Karen Revis

New York, USA

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Karen J. Revis is an artist based in New York City who is driven by process and materials. She is a printmaker using a variety of techniques including monotypes, lithographs, etchings, linoleum cuts, collagraphs and papermaking. Her Karen J. Revis Studio portfolio comprises abstract monotypes, vibrant with color and texture.

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Man with Flowers

Artist: Karen Revis
Medium: Linocut

Flowers are a symbol of love. This piece is my celebration of Black Men.

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Sankofa Self Portrait

Artist: Karen Revis
Medium: Linocut

Sankofa is a symbol used in Akan art which expresses the need to reflect on the past to build a successful future.

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