Nina Chanel Abney

Nina Chanel Abney be an American artist, wey base insyd New York. Na dem born am insyd Harvey, Illinois. She be an African American contemporary artist den painter wey dey explore race, gender, pop culture, homophobia, den politics insyd ein work.

 Ein life matter 
Na Abney be raise by ein mommie Karla, ein aunt, den ein grandparents insyd Chicago. Na ein mommie sanso be an artist, wey Abney look up to am. Abney use to play plus ein mommie ein oil paints insyd dema basement. Na she like Archie Comics, de Berenstain Bears, den Disney movies, wey she go mimic characters from dem. After na ein mommie remarry wey na she get a second daughter, de family move around a lot, wey Abney den ein sisto go often be de black kiddies per insyd dema class at school. Na Abney first meet ein biological poppie, wey be a police officer, wen na he pull ein mommie over for an alleged traffic violation while na dem dey drive thru Indiana.

 Exhibitions 

 I Dread To Think, 2012 
 Always a Winner, 2015 
 Royal Flush, 2017
 Fair Grounds, 2017 
 Safe House, 2017 
 Seized the Imagination, 2017
 Hot to Trot. Not., 2018
 Chicago Cultural Center, 2018
 Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles & California African American Museum, 2018
 Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase College, 2019

 Collections 
Ein work include insyd de collections of de Bronx Museum of the Arts; de Brooklyn Museum; de Museum of Modern Art; de Rubell Museum; den de Whitney Museum of American Art.

 Books 

 30 Americans: Rubell Family Collection. Rubell Family Collection (publisher), 2012. By Robert Hobbs, Glen Logon, Franklin Sirmans and Michele Wallace. ISBN 978-0-9821195-5-6.
 Nina Chanel Abney: Royal Flush. Duke University, 2017. By Marshall N. Price. .

 References 

Category:American contemporary painters
Category:1982 births
Category:Human
Category:African-American contemporary artists
Category:African-American women artists
Category:21st-century American painters
Category:21st-century American women painters
Category:African-American painters
Category:21st-century African-American women
Category:21st-century African-American artists
Category:20th-century African-American artists
Category:20th-century African-American women
Category:The New Yorker people
Category:Artists wey komot New York City
Category:Artists wey komot Illinois

External links
Official website
Interview in Phaidon
Interview in Huffington Post