Current(cy)
2018
Addoley Dzegede
Portland, Oregon
Artworks shown are selected from works submitted by the artist in their grant or residency application. All works are copyright of the artist or artist’s estate.
About Addoley Dzegede
Addoley Dzegede is a Ghanaian-American artist whose work investigates notions of belonging, location, and hybrid identities. Through a variety of media, she explores the metaphoric potential of materials, textile traditions, and the ways color and pattern are used to assign belonging. Dzegede received an MFA from Washington University in St. Louis. She has most recently been an artist-in-residence at Thread, a project of the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation in Senegal and The University of Kansas. Her recent group exhibitions and screenings include Overview is a Place, SPRING/BREAK Art Show, New York (2018); Surface Forms, The Fabric Workshop & Museum, Philadelphia (2017); and The Labs @ Chale Wote, W.E.B. Du Bois Memorial Centre, Accra, Ghana (2017). Solo exhibitions include Fare Well, Fort Gondo Compound for the Arts, St Louis (2016), and Ballast, Contemporary Art Museum St Louis (2018). Dzegede is a winner of the 2018 Great Rivers Biennial award.
Program Participation
Painters & Sculptors Grant, 2018
Website / Social Links
My work touches on the infinite historical connections and entanglements lurking behind the decorative artifacts that have shaped our contemporary world. Projects are often based on the materials and conditions specific to the location where the work is made, whether at home or abroad.”
