Embodied Knowledge

Lexi Arrietta, Constance Brady, James Leonard Buxton, Brian Van Camerik, Lauren Cardenas, Julia Cella, gwen charles, Stanwyck Cromwell, Andrew Demirjian, Sophia DeJesus-Sabella, Lisa DiDonato, Vincent Dion, Tarah Douglas, Thompson Ekong (TSE), Shelley Feinerman, Matilda Forsburg, Julianna Foster, Andrae Green, Jonathan Virginia Green, Ash Hagerstrand, Margaret Hart, Ali Hval, Ryan Horton, Margaret Jacobs, Samantha Jensen, Katelyn Kopenhaver, Ryan Lewis, Miles Matis-Uzzo, William Maxen, Rosemary Meza-Desplas, Steven Montinar, Desiree Morales, Claudia Mullaney, Clara Nartey, Catherine Nelson, Tyna Ontko, Mesoma Onyeagba, Jeff Ostergren, Chiara Baima Poma, Kathryn Rusek, Danyang Song, Emma Safir, Remy Sosa, Ariana Stoll, Yige Tong , Zella Vanié, Qiaosen Yang and Corrine M. Yonce.

Curated by nico w. okoro, Embodied Knowledge explores the concept of embodied knowing, or that knowledge both resides in and can be conducted through the body. With a focus on art’s role in documenting complex processes of embodied knowing, it celebrates the power of individual insights to deliver us to mass liberation. The fifty artists featured in Embodied Knowledge each uniquely consider: how ritual, performance and labor cultivate a deeper sense of self in relation to society; how radical intimacy subverts prescribed social roles and formations, welcoming more instinctual ways of knowing; and how direct observation and introspection catalyze the transfer of wisdom across time, space, and constructed borders.

From experimental photo-based collages that explore layers of identity, to meditative works on paper and canvas that redefine portraiture beyond traditional approaches to figuration, Embodied Knowledge features dynamic works that span a variety of mediums and materials, testing their understood limits. In addition to a diversity of approach, these fifty artists also embody a diversity of ethnic, cultural, and geographic origin. Representing sixteen states and ten countries–and featuring works by eleven local artists–the exhibition strives to initiate a global, cross-cultural dialogue. Fueled by interrogation over declaration, Embodied Knowledge opens up meditative space in which to consider one’s own ways of knowing, and how those are imprinted upon by both internal and external forces.