QUALEASHA WOOD, SELECTED WORKS

Cult Following, 2019, Jacquard woven with glass seed beads, 51" X 74"

Deus Ex Machina (What Was I Made For?), 2024, woven jacquard, machine embroidery and glass seed beads, 62 x 84 in

Girl Dinner, 2023, woven jacquard and glass seed beads, 62 x 84 in

Kirk Franklin Type Beat, 2024, woven jacquard, glass seed beads and machine embroidery, 59 ⅜ x 83 ½ in

Test of Faith, 2019, Jacquard, sequins, durag, feathers, 74" X 51"

The [Black] Madonna/Whore Complex, 2021, jacquard-woven cotton, glass beads, 71 x 54 1/8 in

“Qualeasha Wood is an interdisciplinary artist whose work contemplates realities around black female ontology that do and might exist. Inspired by a familial relationship to textiles, queer craft, Microsoft Paint and internet avatars Wood's tufted and tapestry pieces mesh traditional craft and contemporary technological materials. Together, Qualeasha navigates both an Internet environment saturated in Black Femme figures and culture, and a political and economic environment holding that embodiment at the margins. For her what are intuitive combinations of analog and cybernetic compositional processes make for a plainly contemporary exploration of Black American Femme ontology.” - QW

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