D. Denenge Duyst-Akpem

D. Denenge Duyst-Akpem be an afro-futurist artist, writer, den educator. She be an adjunct assistant professor at de School of the Art Institute of Chicago insyd de Department of Art History, Theory, den Criticism den Low-Residency MFA Program; den founder of Denenge Design. Ein work dey bridge de disciplines of design, ritual, den ecology. Duyst-Akpem dey describe ein work thus: "As a scholar and practitioner, I utilize the teaching of Afro-Futurism as a methodology of (Black) liberation. The foundation of this is exercising the visionary and imagination muscles in sculpting new futures that affirm the present and are rooted in the past."

 Education 
Na dem born Duyst-Akpem for Mkar, Benue State, Nigeria. She dey hold BA from Smith College den an MFA from de School of de Art Institute of Chicago.

 Performances den exhibitions 
Na dem present ein work for Fe Gallery, Philadelphia, Art Loop Open, Chicago, THE LAB, NYC, de Museum of Contemporary Art den Hyde Park Art Center in Chicago. Na dem present ein performance High Priestess of the Intergalactic Federation, Special Envoy to Mars for de Decolonizing Mars symposium for de United States Library of Congress 2018 as part of de Becoming Interplanetary symposium dem hold der. Na dem sanso present dis interactive performance-lecture-experience for de ICA insyd London. Na de ICA performance be in response to an exhibition dem title Temporal Deprogramming wey dem intend make dem engage de audience for questioning wat e dey mean to reach for de stars, cam turn interplanetary, den to be human.

For February 2, 2020, Duyst-Akpem launch de AFRIFUTURI 02022020 monograph den The Camo Coat Collection for Blanc Gallery, Chicago.
 Awards 
Na Duyst-Akpem be a recipient of a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship for de Institute on Black Aesthetics and Sacred Systems. She sanso receive both a Marion Kryczka Excellence in Teaching Award den Teaching Award for Excellence in Diversity and Inclusion from SAIC. Na Duyst-Akpem be a 2017 Place Lab Fellow, Rebuild Foundation plus U-Chicago Harris School of Public Policy. Na she sanso be a 2022 La Becque Laureate.
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