Simone Leigh

**Simone Leigh** (amụrụ 1967) bụ onye omenkà America si Chicago na-arụ ọrụ na New York City na United States.   Ọ na-arụ ọrụ na mgbasa ozi dị iche iche gụnyere ọkpụkpụ, nrụnye, vidiyo, arụmọrụ, na omume mmekọrịta. Leigh akọwawo ọrụ ya dị ka akpaaka, na mmasị ya gụnyere nka Africa na ihe asụsụ, arụmọrụ, na nwanyị .  Ọrụ ya na-emetụta mpụ nke ụmụ nwanyị na agba ma megharịa ahụmịhe ha dị ka etiti ọha mmadụ.   Leigh na-ekwukarị na ọrụ ya lekwasịrị anya na "mmadụ nwanyị ojii," na-enwe mmasị na mkparịta ụka dị mgbagwoju anya n'etiti ụdị akụkọ ihe mere eme dị iche iche.  Akpọrọ ya aha otu n'ime mmadụ 100 kacha nwee mmetụta n'ụwa site na akwụkwọ akụkọ *Time* na 2023. 

## Ndụ mmalite na agụmakwụkwọ
A mụrụ Simone Leigh na 1967 na Chicago, Illinois, nye ndị ozi ala ọzọ Jamaica .  O tolitere na Chicago's South Side n'ime agbata dịpụrụ adịpụ nke ukwuu. N'ịkọwa oge ọ bụ nwata na ajụjụ ọnụ, Leigh kwuru "Onye ọ bụla bụ nwa ojii, n'ihi ya, m tolitere na-eche na ojii m ekpebighị ihe ọ bụla gbasara m. Ọ dị nnọọ mma maka ùgwù onwe m. M ka na-enwe obi ụtọ na m tolitere na nke ahụ. dị nro." 

Leigh gara Earlham College na Richmond, Indiana ; ọ nwetara BA na Art ya na nwata dị obere na Philosophy na 1990.  

## Ọrụ
"Abịara m n'omume nka m site n'ịmụ nkà ihe ọmụma, ọmụmụ omenala, na mmasị siri ike na nkà nke Africa na African American, bụ nke mechibidoro ihe m na-arụ ọrụ na arụmọrụ dabeere na nchegbu maka agbụrụ agbụrụ, karịsịa otú o si edekọ na na-akọwa ihe." Mgbe ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ, Leigh mere atụmatụ ịghọ onye ọrụ na-elekọta mmadụ. Mgbe ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ na National Museum of African Art ma nọrọ na studio dị nso na Charlottesville, Virginia, ọ nabatara nka dịka ọrụ. N'afọ 2015, o kwuru, "Agbalịrị m ka m ghara ịbụ onye na-ese ihe ogologo oge mana n'oge ụfọdụ, achọpụtara m na agaghị m akwụsị ime ya." 

Leigh na-ejikọta ọzụzụ ya na ceramics America na mmasị na ọkpụite Africa, na-eji motif Africa nke na-enwekarị àgwà modernist. Ọ bụ ezie na ọ na-ewere onwe ya dị ka onye na-akpụ akpụ, n'oge na-adịbeghị anya, ọ na-etinye aka na ihe osise nke ọha mmadụ, ma ọ bụ ọrụ mmekọrịta ọha na eze nke na-etinye aka na ọha na eze ozugbo.  Ihe ya na-ejikarị ihe na ụdị ejikọtara ya na nka ndị Africa, yana nrụnye arụrụ arụ ya na-emepụta oghere ebe usoro akụkọ ihe mere eme na mkpebi siri ike na-ejikọta.  Ọ na-akọwa nchikota a na-anọchi anya "mkpọda oge."  A kọwawo ọrụ ya dị ka akụkụ nke nlegharị anya nke ceramik n'ọgbọ n'usoro ọzụzụ.  O nyela nkuzi nka n'ọtụtụ ụlọ ọrụ na mba    na mba ụwa, ma kụzie na ngalaba ceramics nke Rhode Island School of Design . 
thumb| Leigh nkuzi na 2013

## Ọrụ na nnabata dị egwu
nka Studio dị na Harlem's Joyce Alexander Wein Nrite Artist; ihe nrite Hugo Boss nke Guggenheim Museum ; Mmekọrịta ndị nka na United States ; na ntọala maka ihe nrịbama nka nke oge a nye ndi nka (2018).     akwụkwọ na National Museum of African Art ma nọrọ na studio dị nso na Charlottesville, Virginia, ọ nabatara nka dịka ọrụ.     Akpọrọ ya aha otu n'ime Artsy Editorial's "Ndị nka kacha emetụta" nke 2018. akwụkwọ na National Museum of African Art ma nọrọ na studio dị nakwụkwọ na National Museum of African Art ma nọrọ na studio dị nso na Charlottesville, Virginia, ọ nabatara nka dịka ọrụ.so na Charlottesville, Virginia, ọ nabatara nka dịka ọrụ.
thumb| Leigh na-arụ ọrụ na studio ya
Leigh egosila mba ụwa gụnyere: MoMA PS1, Walker Art Center, Studio Museum na Harlem, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, The Hammer Museum, The Kitchen, The Bronx Museum of Arts, Tilton Gallery, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, SculptureCenter, Pérez Art Museum Miami, Kunsthalle Wien na Vienna, L'appartement 22 na Rabat, Morocco, Andy Warhol Museum na Pittsburgh, na Association for Visual Arts Gallery na Cape Town, South Africa.  Leigh haziri ihe omume na otu ndị inyom na-ese ihe, bụ ndị rụrụ na "Black Women Artists for Black Lives Matter " akụkụ nke ya solo ngosi, *The Waiting Room* na New Museum na 2016.   Ahọpụtara ọrụ Leigh n'etiti "ọrụ kachasị mkpa na nke dị mkpa" site n'aka ndị nlekọta Jane Panetta na Rujeko Hockley maka 2019 Whitney Biennial .  

N'oge obibi ya na New Museum, Leigh tọrọ ntọala otu nzukọ a na-akpọ Black Women Artists for Black Lives Matter (BWAforBLM), mkpokọta etolite na nzaghachi ozugbo maka igbu ọchụ nke Philando Castille, yana mkpesa megide mmegbu ndị ọzọ yiri nke ahụ megide ndụ ndị isi ojii. 

Ọ bụ onye natara ọtụtụ onyinye, gụnyere: Mmekọrịta Guggenheim ; Venice Biennale Golden Lion (2022); Award Herb Alpert; onyinye Creative Capital ; a Blade of Grass Fellowship; Ụlọ ihe ngosi nka Studio dị na Harlem's Joyce Alexander Wein Nrite Artist; ihe nrite Hugo Boss nke Guggenheim Museum ; Mmekọrịta ndị nka na United States ; na ntọala maka ihe nrịbama nka nke oge a nye ndi nka (2018).          Akpọrọ ya aha otu n'ime Artsy Editorial's "Ndị nka kacha emetụta" nke 2018.  Edewo ọrụ ya n'ọtụtụ akwụkwọ, gụnyere *Art na America*, *Artforum*, *Magazine Sculpture*, *Modern Painters*, *The New Yorker*, *The New York Times*, *Small Ax*, na magazin *bombu* .      

### ''Ụlọ brik''
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Ogige ihe ọkpụkpụ nke *Brick House* na-ejikọta ụdị uwe mwụda na ụrọ Mousgoum domed hut (ma ọ bụ *teleuk* )  ebe isi ihe ọkpụkpụ na-ekpu okpu na afro nke ọka ọka kpara.  Akpụ ọla ọla dị 5,900-paụnd bụ nke Nwanyị Ojii nwere ike kwụ ọtọ 16 ụkwụ n'ịdị elu yana 9 ụkwụ n'obosara na ala ya.  *Brick House* bụ ọrụ mmeghe maka High Line Plinth, ebe ama ama maka isi ihe osise ọha na New York City kemgbe 2019, ma bụrụ akụkụ nke nrụnye nka nke ga-atụgharị kwa ọnwa iri na asatọ  na oghere mbụ na High Line raara naanị nye kọmitii ọhụrụ nke nka ọgbara ọhụrụ.  Ọdịnaya nke ihe ọkpụkpụ Leigh na-egosi nnọọ ọdịiche dị na ebe ọ nọ na New York ebe ọ bụ na ọ dị ebe "ụlọ elu glass na ígwè na-agbapụ n'etiti ụlọ brik ochie nke ụlọ ọrụ mmepụta ihe, na ebe ihe owuwu ụlọ na nke mmadụ dị. na mkparita uka mgbe nile."  N'afọ 2020, etinyere *Brick House* ọzọ na-adịgide adịgide na mpaghara obodo ọzọ (n'agbanyeghị ahịhịa ahịhịa gbara ya gburugburu) n'ọnụ ụzọ isi ụlọ akwụkwọ mahadum nke Mahadum Pennsylvania (n'akụkụ akụkụ nke 34th Street na Woodland Walk n'akụkụ ya. Ụlọ akwụkwọ nke Penn).  Ụlọ Brick bụ akụkụ mbụ na nchịkọta ihe owuwu nke Leigh's Anatomy of Architecture, ọrụ na-aga n'ihu ebe onye na-ese ihe na-ejikọta ụdị ụkpụrụ ụlọ site na mpaghara dị iche iche dị ka West Africa na South United States na ahụ mmadụ.  *Ụlọ brik* na-ejikọta ọnụ ọgụgụ dị iche iche nke ụkpụrụ ụlọ: "Batammaliba architecture si Benin na Togo, ụlọ  nke ndị Mousgoum nke Cameroon na Chad, na ụlọ oriri na ọṅụṅụ aha ya bụ Mammy's Cupboard dị na US Highway 61 n'ebe ndịda nke Natchez, Mississippi . " 

### ''Ụlọ Nche''
E gosipụtara *ọnụ ụlọ nchere* na New Museum na New York City site na June ruo Septemba 2016.  Ihe ngosi a na-asọpụrụ Esmin Elizabeth Green, onye nwụrụ site na mkpụkọ ọbara mgbe ọ nọsịrị n'ọnụ ụlọ nchere nke ụlọ ọgwụ Brooklyn maka awa 24, ma na-enye ọhụụ ọzọ nke nlekọta ahụike sitere na nwanyị, ahụmahụ African-American.  N'ajụjụ ọnụ ya na, Leigh na-ekwu na "nrubeisi bụ otu n'ime ihe ndị na-eyi egwu ahụike ụmụ nwanyị ojii" na "ihe mere Green bụ ihe atụ nke enweghị ọmịiko ndị mmadụ na-enwe maka ihe mgbu nke ụmụ nwanyị ojii."  *Ụlọ nchere* gụnyere nnọkọ nlekọta ọha na nke onwe site na omenala ọgwụ dị iche iche dị ka herbalism, ụlọ ntụgharị uche, ụlọ ọrụ mmegharị, na ụzọ ndị ọzọ zuru oke maka nlekọta ahụike. N'èzí awa ngosi nka ihe ngosi a ghọrọ "The Waiting Room Underground" na-enye free, nkeonwe ogbako na-abụghị nke ọha anya, nkwanye ùgwù maka ọrụ nlekọta ahụike nke Black Panthers na United Order of Tents .  Ọzọkwa ihe ngosi a gosipụtara nkuzi; ogbako na onwe-agbachitere, ulo aku na uba, na onwe-mmata; nkuzi ịkụ egwu Taiko maka ndị ntorobịa LGBTQ, yana nkuzi oge okpomọkụ na ebe ngosi nka maka ndị nọ n'afọ iri na ụma.  Ọrụ a bịara ma metụtara ọrụ Leigh gara aga *Free People's Medical Clinic* (2014). 

## Nkwenye
Leigh bụ onye nnata nke Venice Biennale Golden Lion (2022); Ụlọ ihe ngosi nka Studio na Harlem 's Joyce Alexander Wein Artist Prize (2017); John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship (2016); Amaghị aha bụ ihe nrite nwanyị (2016); Herb Alpert Award na Arts (2016); na A Blade of Grass Fellowship for Social Enaged Art (2016).  Mmekọrịta Guggenheim (2012), Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Biennial Award, Creative Capital Grantee, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council's Micheal Richards Award (2012), Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant, Artist-in-Residence The Studio Museum na Harlem (2010-11), NYFA Mmekọrịta, Art Matters Foundation Grant (2009), Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grants to Artists Award (2018), Hugo Boss Prize (2018) (ihe nrite $ 100,000 nke Guggenheim Museum na-akwado nke dị n'etiti ihe nrite nka kacha elu n'ụwa).    

## Ahịa nka
Dịka nke 2021, Matthew Marks Gallery nọchitere anya Leigh.  Hauser &amp;amp; Wirth (2019-2021), David Kordansky Gallery (2019), na Luhring Augustine Gallery (2016–2019) nọchitere ya.  

Na 2023, Leigh's sculpture *Stick* (2019), rere maka $2.7 nde na Christie's na New York, ndekọ maka onye na-ese ihe.  E rere ndekọ ọrịre ya gara aga, onye isi mgbasa ozi agwakọta ndụ nke akpọrọ *Birmingham* (2012), rere maka nde $ 2.2 na Sotheby's na New York na 2022. 

## Ihe ngosi
Leigh ewepụtala ọtụtụ ihe ngosi solo na veranda na ebe ngosi nka dị na United States na mba ụwa, yana ọtụtụ nrụnye nka ọha. Ihe ngosi solo ya gụnyere *Simone Leigh* (2004) Momenta Art, New York ;  *ọ bụrụ na ị chọrọ ka arara agadi nwaanyị ite, ị na-akpụcha ya azụ* (2008), Rush Arts Gallery, New York;  *Ị maghị ebe ọnụ ya nọ* (2012), kichin, New York;  *Gone South* (2014), Atlanta Contemporary Art Center ;  *Ụlọ Nche* (2016), New Museum, New York;  *Psychic Friends Network* (2016), Tate Modern, London ;  *na Harlem: Simone Leigh* (2016), Marcus Garvey Park, Studio Museum na Harlem, New York;  *Loophole of Retreat* (2019), Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York;  *Ụlọ brik* (2019), High Line, New York;  *Simone Leigh* (2021), Hauser &amp;amp; Wirth, Zurich ;  *Trophallaxis* (2008-17), Pérez Art Museum Miami (2022-2023);  *Ọchịchị* (2022), pavilion America, 59th Venice Biennale ;  na *Simone Leigh* (2023), sitere na Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston . 

Leigh esonyela n'ọtụtụ ihe ngosi otu, gụnyere Dakar Biennale (2014);  Berlin Biennale (2019);  Whitney Biennial (2019);  *Prospect.5* (2021), Prospect New Orleans ;  na *Mmiri ara ehi nke nrọ* (2022), 59th Venice Biennale . 

## Ọrụ ndị a ma ama na mkpokọta ọha
 

## Akwụkwọ akụkọ

* Stefan Üner: Black Renaissance. Simone Leigh, Sandra Mujinga und die Biennale 2022, na: *stayinart*, mbipụta pụrụ iche, Innsbruck 2022, p. 82–89.

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