CHIOMA EBINAMA
Born 1988, USA
Lives and Works in Athens, Greece
Chioma Ebinama is a Nigerian-American artist interested in how animism, mythology, and precolonial philosophies present a space to articulate a vision of freedom outside of Western social and political paradigms. Her ethereal figurative works explore themes of identity, femininity, metamorphosis, and the natural world. Her practice is centered around watercolors on paper, which explore drawing and visual narrative as a meditative practice and tool for self-liberation.
Ebinama has mounted solo exhibitions at Catinca Tabacaru in New York City (2018) and in Bucharest (2021), Boys’ Quarters Project Space in Port Harcourt, Nigeria (2019), Fortnight Institute NYC (2020), and The Breeder in Athens (2020). In 2021, she will also mount projects with Maureen Paley in London, and the Musée d’Art Contemporain de la Haute-Vienne in France. Her work has been acquired by foundations and collections internationally, and makes part of the permanent collection of the Perez Art Museum Miami (PAMM).
Catinca Tabacaru represents Chioma Ebinama in collaboration with Fortnight Institute.
Chioma Ebinama, penumbra 10, 2018
sumi ink and watercolor on cotton rag paper
17 × 12 inches. courtesy of Catinca Tabacaru Gallery
Chioma Ebinama, Leopard Woman (Snatched), 2019
watercolor and sumi ink on handmade Indian cotton rag paper,
22 × 30 inches. courtesy of Catinca Tabacaru Gallery
Chioma Ebinama, NNE 02, 2019
watercolor, ink and silver acetate on Indian handmade paper,
25 × 69.5 inches. courtesy of Catinca Tabacaru Gallery