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Rest Queen. Bevelyn Afor Ukah, artist<\/p><\/div>\n

Pink Dog Creative, in Asheville\u2019s River Arts District, presents Our Ecology: Shifting Our Gaze Inward, an exhibition by Bevelyn Afor Ukah, opening Friday, September 30, and running through October 30. A reception takes place Saturday, October 22, at 7 p.m., followed by an artist talk at 8 p.m.<\/p>\n

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Yoniverse Vulva Rising. Bevelyn Afor Ukah, artist<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cBevelyn\u2019s work touches on issues that are omnipresent but rarely discussed: the intersection of race, misogyny, self-doubt and self-respect,\u201d says Pink Dog Creative co-founder Hedy Fischer. \u201cHer investigation will, hopefully, speak to us all\u2014those who have doubts and those who cast them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ukah is a mixed media artist born and raised in Atlanta, Ga. within a multicultural Black, Nigerian-American family. She has worked for years in collaboration with communities across NC, co-creating learning spaces to advocate for food and environmental justice. She began her artistic practice in 2019 and has since built on it through her exploration of using new mediums to tell increasingly dynamic stories.<\/p>\n

For this exhibit, Ukah prompted herself to look into a mirror to fight through the negative stories that were floating in her head. She was particularly inspired by stories and parables from her African American and Nigerian ancestry and by Black women who have blazed pathways of expression. Reflections on Saartjie Baartman\u2019s life also inspired many of the works.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy goal in this exhibit is to practice flipping violent narratives and acknowledging the magic that lives within our ecological selves,\u201d says Ukah. \u201dIn my belief, with a bit of collaboration with our ancestors, we have everything that we need to create our own liberation. With that, we require healing, we require rest, we require acknowledgement and, importantly, we require love.\u201d<\/p>\n

Learn more at PinkDog-Creative.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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