Mary Enoch Elizabeth Baxter

**Mary Enoch Elizabeth Baxter** ƙwararriyar mai fasaha ce ta watsa shirye-shirye, mai fafutuka, mai fafutukar gyara gidajen yari kuma mai magana  da ke zaune a Brooklyn, New York .  An fi saninta da ƙirƙirar zane-zane na gani, fina-finai, da kiɗa, da kuma waƙoƙin rap a ƙarƙashin sunan **Isis Tha Saviour** .

## Rayuwar farko da ilimi
An haifi Baxter a shekarar 1981,  kuma ta girma a Philadelphia.  Tun tana ƙarama, Baxter ta tuna da satar tambarin abinci daga ɗan uwanta ta kuma yanke su gunduwa-gunduwa don amfani da su a cikin wani zane mai kama da collage.  Mahaifiyarta ce ta rene ta, wacce aka gano tana da cutar schizophrenia .

A aji shida, malamar zane-zane ta gabatar da ɗaya daga cikin zane-zanen Baxter ga wata gasa ta gida. Baxter ta yi nasara, kuma an nuna ayyukanta a taga a wani shagon Macy's, a gefen titi daga zauren birnin Philadelphia .  Tun tana da shekaru 12, Baxter ta kasance ma'aikaciyar jihar,  kuma an gano tana da cutar rashin da'a .  A lokacin da take da shekaru 17, an karɓe ta a Jami'ar Penn State don yin babban digiri a fannin nazarin Baƙar fata 'yan Amurka .

A shekara ta 2007, an kama Baxter saboda sammacin da aka ba ta, kuma da farko an tsare ta a gidan yari na Riverside Correctional Facility .  Tana da ciki na watanni 9 a lokacin.  Baxter ta sha naƙuda na tsawon awanni 43, wanda ya ƙare a lokacin tiyatar gaggawa ta C-section, inda aka ɗaure ta a kan gadonta duk tsawon lokacin.

Baxter ya sami digiri na biyu a fannin fasaha da zane  da kuma lafiyar ɗabi'a  daga Kwalejin Al'umma ta Philadelphia .

## Sana'a
Daga 2010 zuwa 2017, Baxter ta mai da hankali kan yin kiɗa da kuma aikin mawakan hip-hop.  Ta yi wa wasan kwaikwayo na Isis Tha Saviour, wanda ta zaɓa wa Isis, allahiyar uwa ta Masar. 

A shekarar 2020, an saka bidiyon Baxter a cikin nunin "Lokacin Alamar: Fasaha a Zamanin Tsare-tsare na Mass" a MOMA PS1 .  

A shekarar 2021, Baxter ta yi aiki a matsayin manajan ofishi na Mural Arts Philadelphia, wanda ke cikin gidan Thomas Eakins .  A wannan shekarar, ta fitar da wani shirin daukar hoto mai suna *Consecration to Mary*, wanda ya dogara ne akan wani "hotunan tsiraici na wata yarinya Bakar fata" da Thomas Eakins, wani mai lalata da mutane, ya dauka a shekarar 1882.   ta sanya hotunan kanta a kan yarinyar da ke cikin hotonta na asali, inda ta ƙirƙiri sabon hoto inda aka kare wanda aka azabtar.   Baxter da kanta ta soki Eakins, tana rubuta wani rubutu a cikin The Philadelphia Inquirer "tana sukar girmama Eakins da birnin ke yi". 

A shekarar 2023, an nuna Baxter a wani baje kolin kaɗaici a Gidan Tarihi na Brooklyn, mai taken "Ain't I a Woman"    kuma ta fitar da wata waƙa mai suna iri ɗaya, tana nuni ga waƙar Ain't I a Woman? ta Sojourner Truth mai fafutukar kawar da talauci.  Nunin gidan tarihi ya gabatar da ayyuka biyu, ɗan gajeren fim da kuma wani hoton sassa da yawa. Waƙar ta kasance wani nau'in waƙoƙin hip-hop na asali da aka fitar a ƙarƙashin sunan wasan kwaikwayo nata Isis Tha Saviour.  Baxter ta yi amfani da abubuwan da ta fuskanta na ɗaure a lokacin haihuwa don "ƙarfafa la'akari tsakanin ɗaurin kurkuku da bauta".  Marubuciya Nicole Fleetwood ta ƙara rubutawa: "Baxter ta haɗa abubuwan da mata baƙar fata na zamani a gidajen yarin Amurka da abubuwan da mata baƙar fata suka fuskanta, musamman game da aikinsu na haihuwa da kuma rashin tsari na dangin baƙar fata ta hanyar jari-hujja ta launin fata." 

Baxter ya yi aiki a matsayin babban furodusa kuma ya yi tare da Faith Ringgold a cikin shirin gaskiya mai suna "Paint Me a Road Out of Here", wanda aka fara gabatarwa a Gidan Tarihi na Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture a ranar 14 ga Yuni, 2024.   Fim ɗin ya haɗa labaran Ringgold da Baxter, yana binciko ƙoƙarinsu na "yin sauyi ga mata da aka tsare da kuma waɗanda ke cikin talauci." 

Baxter ɗaya ne daga cikin waɗanda suka kafa ƙungiyar Dignity Act Now Collective. 

## Na Kai
A ranar 2 ga Fabrairu, 2024, Baxter ya sami afuwa daga gwamnan Pennsylvania Josh Shapiro da kuma Commonwealth of Pennsylvania .  

An nuna ayyukan Baxter a wurare da dama da kuma a talabijin, ciki har da Gidan Tarihi na Baƙar fata na Amurka da ke Philadelphia, Ben & Jerry's Factory (Waterbury, Vermont), Gidan Tarihi na Brooklyn,  Jami'ar Brown, Gidan Yarin Gabashin Jihar, Frieze Los Angeles, Frieze New York 2024, Gidan Tarihi na Martos (New York), MoMA PS1, Gidan Tarihi na Al'adu na Duniya,  Cibiyar 'Yancin Jirgin Ƙasa ta Ƙasa, Cibiyar Schomburg don Bincike a Al'adun Baƙar fata, Gidan Tarihi na Two Rivers (British Columbia, Kanada), Gidan Tarihi na Yale, da kuma a kan HBO 's The OG Experience at Studio 525 a Chelsea.

## Lambobin yabo da girmamawa

* 2017: Ƙungiyar 'Yancin Komawa ga Soze     
* 2019: Kyautar Canjin Gidauniyar Leeway    
* 2021: Ed Trust Justice Fellow   
* 2021: Madarar Shea da MADUBI MAI KYAU Wanda aka ba da tallafin hangen nesa mai tasowa 
* 2021: Kyautar Frieze Impact   
* 2022: Wanda aka ba da tallafin Asusun Fasaha don Adalci   
* 2022: Ƙungiyar Artist2Artist, Gidauniyar Fasaha, New York   
* 2022: Corrina Mehiel Fellow, SOURCE Studio  
* 2022: Pratt Forward Fellow  
* 2023: Soros Justice Fellow   
* 2024: Kyautar "Anonymous Was A Woman Award " saboda "kiɗanta, fim, wasan kwaikwayo da kuma zane-zanen gani da ta yi amfani da su a zamantakewa".  

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