Art
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Museums
Art and museum work situates Inscribed Architecture within cultural and institutional discourse.
Through exhibitions, installations, and collected works, the practice examines how structure, surface, and memory
operate as material languages through which form can carry historical resonance, cultural thought, and artistic intent.
In this context, material is approached as a site of inscription,
where meaning is embedded through
process, presence, and form.
Study 02
Scarification Dress
2011
Leather sheath dress with trapunto embroidery with cotton cord, inspired by Ancient African scarification from Benin.
Exhibition: Africa Forecast, 2016
Spelman College Museum of Fine Art
Permanent Collection, 2023
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Study 03
Scarification Dress
2011
Trapunto-quilted lightweight wool gabardine sheath dress with a contrasting leather collar, inspired by ancient scarification traditions of Benin.
Exhibition: Africa Now: Fashioning Personhood, 2013
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Exhibition: Africa Forecast, 2016
Spelman College Museum of Fine Art
Permanent Collection, 2023
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Study 04
Scarification Dress
2011
Trapunto-quilted lambskin leather paneled long sleeve dress with hand embroidered glass and bugle bead details, inspired by ancient scarification traditions of Benin.
Exhibition: Leather, Lace & Luster, 2019
SCAD Museum of Art
Exhibition: Little Black Dress, 2012
SCAD Museum of Art
Permanent Collection, 2012
SCAD Museum of Art
Study 05
Scarification Dress
2013
Freehand trapunto-quilted and corded lambskin leather sheath dress, inspired by ancient scarification traditions of Kutu women from the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Exhibition: Pink, The History of a Punk, Pretty, Powerful Color, 2019
The Museum at FIT
Exhibition: Black Fashion Designers, 2016
The Museum at FIT
Permanent Collection, 2016
The Museum at FIT
Study 01
Avena
2017
Hand-beaded dress composed of found objects, beads, safety pins, and metal findings sourced from Ghana, Senegal, Côte d’Ivoire, Nigeria, Kenya, Ethiopia, and the United States.
Permanent Collection, 2023
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Study 01
Orin
2019
Sheath dress composed of
repourposed handcut leather scraps.
Exhibition: Fashion Fictions, 2023
Vancouver Art Gallery
Permanent Collection, 2023
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Study 01
Kelu
2019
Hand-painted re-pourposed moto jacket.
Exhibition: On Guard NY, 2019
The Storefront Project