Chelsea A. Flowers

 

 

VIEW "THE MELANATED CORNER" HERE

 

Chelsea A. Flowers
The Melanated Corner
2018
video 1:24 run time

Chelsea A. Flowers
Chelsea's Trivia Night
June 18th, 2020, 8pm EST
performance, Zoom live stream

 

About the artist:
https://www.chelseaaflowers.com

Based in Detroit, Chelsea A. Flowers is an artist who holds an MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art (2017), and a BFA from Denison University with a concentration in Black Studies (2013). She has shown work and performed at various galleries including; Wave Pool Gallery (Cincinnati, OH), ACRE Projects Space (Chicago, IL), Public Space One (Iowa City, IA), Fjord Gallery (Philadelphia, PA), Red Bull Arts (Detroit, MI), Roots and Culture (Chicago, IL), and Front/Space Gallery (Kansas City, MO). With upcoming shows at the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (Detroit, MI), Vox Populi (Philadelphia, PA) and The Sculpture Center, (Cleveland, OH).

She has expanded her skills and research by attending ACRE (Steuben, WI), Real Time and Space (Oakland, CA), Ox-Bow School of Arts and Artist Residency (Saugatuck, MI) and Art Space is Your Space (Cincinnati, OH) residencies. Her practice explores subversion to popular culture, how “otherness” is created through social and cultural critique of her environment. She explores these ideas through comedic troupes, physical play, nostalgic memorabilia, and participatory performance.