Rodney Ewing (USA)

Artist Statement/ Biography

As a topic-based artist, Ewing’s interdisciplinary practice involves extensive research of overlooked historical objects, individuals, spaces and events of the Black Diaspora. His narratives explore and translate the actual and emotional dimensions of these subjects to draw the viewer in toward the piece and immerses them in a reorienting experience of images, words and ideas. Ewing’s layering of visual elements create an experience that is unique and nuanced within the context of his prints, sculptures, drawings, or installations. With his work he is creating a platform that requires us to be both present and profound in our observations.

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Rodney Ewing (b. 1964, Baton Rouge, La.) is a visual artist, whose drawings, installations, and mixed media works focus on his need to intersect body and place, memory and fact, and to re-examine human histories, cultural conditions, and trauma. His work has been exhibited at The Museum of the African Diaspora in San Francisco, The Drawing Center in NY, and most recently at the Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco. Ewing is a grantee of the San Francisco Art Commission Individual Artist Grant (2016-2020) and his work has recently been included in to the collection of Tufts University Art Gallery.