Ayana Evans
mmádu
ụdịekerenwanyị Dezie
aha ezinụlọ yaEvans Dezie
Ebe ọmụmụCleveland Dezie
ọrụ ọ na-arụperformance artist Dezie
Ebe obibiNew York City Dezie

Ayana M. Evans, bụ onye na-eme ihe nkiri na ónyé nkụzi nke Africa-America nke bi na New York City na ónyé nkuchi prọfesọ nke nka anya na Mahadum Brown. Ọ na-ejekwa ozi dị ka ónyé nchịkọta akụkọ nke Cultbytes, akwụkwọ nka n'ịntanetị.[1]

Ọzụzụ ọkachamara nke Evans na-elekwasị anya n'ụdị nka ọdịnala gụnyere eserese na ihe ọkpụkpụ, yana imewe ejiji. Ihe ngosi ya na-eji ihe omume ndị nkịtị dị ka ịgafe okporo ámá, ịgbanwe uwe na mmega ahụ iji dọta uche na ahụmịhe ya dị ka nwanyị Africa America. Ọ na-eme ememme, ébé ngosi ihe mgbè ochie na ememme nka gbụrụ-gbúrụ United States, Martinique na Ghana.

Ndụ onwe onye

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Evans tolitere na Chicago. Nné ya na nnà ya, ma ndị na-agwọ ọrịa omume, si Alabama na Mississippi n'otu n'otu.[2] O nwetara nzèrè Master of Fine Arts na eserese site na Tyler School of Art na Mahadum Temple na BA na Visual Arts site na Mahaduma Brown. Ọ gakwara Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture ma nwee Associates Degree na Accessories Design site na Fashion Institute of Technology.

Ọ na-ekwu na ọrụ ya sitere na "ihe méré n'ezinụlọ m dị ka ndị ohu, dị ka ndị isi ojii meriri ọtụtụ ihe iji bụrụ ihe a na-ewere dị ka 'ezigbo' site na ụkpụrụ ego America".[3]

Ọrụ

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Evans na-ekwu na ọ gbanwere site na ejiji na eserese gaa na nka arụmọrụ iji merie ndị na-ekiri ya. "N'ime arụmọrụ [dị iche na ejiji] nka ị naghị echegbu onwé gị banyéré akụrụngwa. Ị nwere ike ime ihe osise kachasị iwe mana mgbè ị tinyere ya na mgbidi mmadụ nwere ike ịpụ na ya. Mana, ọ bụrụ na ị bụ onye na-eme ihe nkiri, enwere m ike ịkatọ gị n'onwe m - enwere m ike ịtụ gị oche - ị ga-awụli elu, "ọ gwara The Conversation.[4] Kemgbe ọ gbanwere, ọ na-eme ihe ngosi nka, gallery, na mmemme nka na United States na Africa, gụnyere Newark Museum, Queens Museum, Bronx Museum, Barnes Foundation, Medium Tings Gallery, Cuchifritos Gallery + Project Space, NADA na Governor's Island, Panoply Performance Lab, na Ghana's Chale Wote festival.[5][6][7][8][9]

Ụdị ejiji

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Evans na-elekwasị anya n'ọrụ ya gbụrụ-gbúrụ akụkọ ndị dị nso nke nwanyị ojii, na-enyocha usoro mmekọrịta nke ndụ ya. A zụrụ ya dị ka ónyé na-ese ihe na ejiji, echiche agba, ọdịdị, na ejiji na-emetụta ọrụ ya. Ọtụtụ mgbè, ihe ngosi ya na-agụnye ákwà na-acha anụnụ anụnụ, tiaras plastik, ụkwụ ụkwụ dị elu, ihe ntecha, ihe oriri, na ihe ndị a chọtara iji mee ka ndị na-ekiri ya na-etinye aka ma na-arụ ọrụ ahụ na omenala na-ewu ewu. Evans na-eji omume arụmọrụ ya dị ka ihe na-eme mgbanwe, dị ka onye na-eme ihe nkiri, ma e jiri ya tụnyere onye na-ese ihe, ọ chere na ọ ga-ekwe ka ndị na-amaghị banyere ịkpa ókè agbụrụ ha, ndị na-adịghị akwado ụmụ nwanyị ojii, ndị nwere ọtụtụ ajọ mbunobi nwoke na nwanyị na ndị na-akwado ụmụ nwanyị trans, ndị m chere na ha chọrọ ka anya ha meghee ntakịrị karịa.[2]

"Operation Catsuit"

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N'afọ 2012, Evans chọtara uwe catsuit na ónyé na-ese ihe Tiffany Rhodes, Butch Diva sample sale. Ọ bụ otu n'ime naanị ihe dabara ya nke ọma ya mere ọ ghọrọ ejiji ya, akara ahịa ya. Ọ na-ekwu na e nwere akụkụ na ya na-eyi uwe neon catsuit nke bụ màkà ịnabata onwé ya na obi ike.[2]

Dị ka Evans si kwuo, "Operation Catsuit m bụ na m bụ 100% m. Olileanya m bụ na nke a na-agba ndị ọzọ ume ịbụ 100% n'onwe ha. Ma n'ime ma n'èzí nke usoro Operation Catsuit, ana m eme ihe n'onwe m dị ka ịwụli elu na ịpị ụkwụ n'ụkwụ ruo awa 2-3 na gallery nwèrè ihu zuru ezu nke ihe ntecha ma ọ bụ push-ups na ụkwụ n'otu nkwonkwo. A na-eme ihe omume arụmọrụ ndị a iji mee ka mmetụta nke ịkpa ókè agbụrụ na misogyny pụta ìhè, yana ike nke nwanyị na-eburu oghere n'ụzọ ndị a na-echekwa maka ụmụ nwoke na United States. "[10]

"Atara m ebe a ịchọta di"

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N'ịgwakọta ntachi obi anụ ahụ na nke uche, ntinye aka a na-aga n'ihu na-eme ka ónyé na-ese ihe na-eyi ihe ịrịba ama na-agụ: "M bịara ebe a ịchọta di". A mụrụ mpempe akwụkwọ ahụ n'ihi ọchịchọ onye na-ese ihe ịmepụta ezinụlọ nke ya na nkụda mmụọ nke enweghị ike ịchọta di na 2015.[11] Site na ọchị màkà ụfọdụ na obi erughị ala màkà ndị ọzọ, ihe ahụ na-ekpughe nrụgide ọha na eze ụmụ nwanyị na-enwe n'ihe gbasara ọmụmụ na mmekọrịta na, dịka ónyé édémédé na The Root si kwuo, na-eje ozi dị ka nkọwa banyéré anya nwoke na nwanyị.[12]

Social Health Performance Club

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N'ịbụ nke Evans, Esther Neff, na Elizabeth Lamb guzobere na 2014, Social Health Performance Club na-ezukọta dị ka otu ndị na-ese ihe iji mepụta ihe omume, ihe ngosi, na ọrụ nka ọha na eze ndị ọzọ. A na-ahazi SHPC dị ka arụmọrụ iji rụọ ọrụ site na mmekọrịta mmekọrịta mmadụ na ibe ya dị ka usoro nka nke chọrọ nkatọ na-aga n'ihu, nyocha na mkparịta ụka dị nchebe. SHPC emeela na JACK, Abrons Arts Center, ABC No Rio, Queens Museum, na Gallery Sensei.[13][14]

Íhé omume ndị ọzọ

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Evans co-edited Institution bụ Verb: A Panoply Performance Lab Compilation, nke The Operating System bipụtara, ya na Esther Neff, Tsedaye Makonnen, na Elizabeth Lamb. Seph Rodney, ónyé na-ede akwụkwọ na Hyperallergic, toro akwụkwọ ahụ dị ka "ihe ndekọ akụkọ ihe mere eme na-akọwa otú ndị na-ese ihe nke PPL si jiri ohere ahụ banye n'ike ha ma mụta otu esi efegharị ọkụ. Banyere mkpa akwụkwọ dị, Martha Wilson kwuru, sị: "Ọ dị mkpà [ịdepụta ọrụ nka na-adịru nwa oge] ma ọ bụrụ na a ga-aghọta ma nyochaa arụmọrụ nka nke oge a n'ọdịnihu. Ọrụ nke Panoply Performance Laboratory, nke gosipụtara ndị na-ese ihe site na 2012 ruo 2018, na-eguzo dị ka nzukọ ihe nlereanya, nke na-ahụ màkà ịkpali Obodo ọ na-eje ozi. "[15]

Edensibia

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  1. About (en-US). Cultbytes. Retrieved on 2021-02-23.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Rodney (June 19, 2020). What It Takes to Raise a Black Woman Up.
  3. Ayana Evans in Conversation with Anna Mikaela Ekstrand. FOA.
  4. Epis.#272: New York-Based Ayana Evans Reveals Her Honest Experience As A Black Woman Performance Artist (en-US). The Conversation (2020-07-11). Retrieved on 2021-01-03.
  5. Weber (2018-11-28). A Brooklyn Curator Forges a Space for Black Artists in Her Home Gallery (en-US). Hyperallergic. Retrieved on 2020-12-11.
  6. Editorial (2020-06-10). Black-Owned Galleries You Can Support across the United States (en). Artsy. Retrieved on 2020-12-11.
  7. Ayana Evans "A Black Woman's Art Show and… A White Man's Exhibition". www.nyartbeat.com. Retrieved on 2021-01-03.
  8. Editors' Picks: 18 Things Not to Miss in New York's Art World, Frieze Week Edition (en-US). artnet News (2019-04-29). Retrieved on 2020-12-11.
  9. Ayana Evans | Panoply Performance Laboratory (en). www.panoplylab.org. Retrieved on 2021-01-03.
  10. Artist Statement. ayanamevans. Archived from the original on 2022-07-03. Retrieved on 2022-07-03.
  11. Honesty On A Hunnid: Woman Wears Sign Saying She "Came Here To Find A Husband" Out In Public. MadameNoire (2015-08-14). Retrieved on 2021-01-11.
  12. D’Oyley. Sign of the Times: A Performance Artist’s Creative Approach to Finding a Husband (en-us). The Root. Retrieved on 2021-01-11.
  13. Social Health Performance Club (SHPC) (United States). Abrons Arts Center. Archived from the original on 2022-07-03. Retrieved on 2021-01-03.
  14. Queens Museum (en-US). Retrieved on 2021-01-03.
  15. Institution is a Verb : A Panoply Performance Lab Compilation – The Operating System (en-US). Retrieved on 2021-01-03.