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Artists-in-Residence

Central to the mission and programming of the Black Arts Consortium are its Artists-in-Residence. These artists, selected every academic year, work in collaboration with the Black Arts Consortium to create variegated, prescient programming that highlights their diverse practices and interest. Past Artists in Residence have hailed from Chicago,  across the United States, and around the globe, working across visual, literary, curatorial, performance based, and sound study practices. Artists-in-Residence are provided with flexible studio space and open access to Northwestern University’s collections, databases and institutional networks to support scholarly research, the incubation of future projects, and meaningful academic and artistic engagement with Northwestern students, staff and faculty as well as members of the broader Chicagoland community.

Joy Guidry is a bassoonist, versatile improviser, performance artist, and composer of experimental, daring new works that embody a deep love of storytelling; Joy’s music channels her inner child in honor of their ancestors and predecessors. The San Diego Tribune has hailed her performances as “lyrical and haunting…hair-raising and unsettling.” Joy was born in Houston, Texas, into a creative family that has shaped who she is today. Joy is the founder of Jaid Records, which is a record label that focuses on experimental ambient music, free jazz. Jaid Records was founded in October of 2024, and currently has released her third album Titled Five Prayers. Joy has presented her original work at The The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Whitney Museum for American Art, Hauser & Wirth, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, The Kitchen, Redcat, among many other venues. She has been commissioned by The National Sawdust, Long Beach Opera, JACK Quartet, Gaudeamus Festival, and the I&I Foundation. Joy has been featured in festivals like the La Biennale di Venezia, Banlieues Bleues festival, A’Larme Festival, Cologne Jazz Week, Dripping Festival, Spoleto Festival USA, Big Ears Festival, and many more. Joy Guidry is the winner of the 2021 Berlin Prize for Young Artists. She is currently playing on a Heckel Bassoon number 6101.[/caption]

Abraham Oghobase

In his photography-based practice, Abraham O. Oghobase engages with issues around knowledge production, land, colonial history and representation by deconstructing traditional modes of making, and by experimenting with the narrative and material potential of images and objects. Oghobase’s work has been exhibited widely, including at the 60th La Biennale di Venezia, Venice; the Museum of Modern Art, New York; Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto; the Polygon Gallery, Vancouver; Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg; Pace Gallery, London, KADIST, Paris; and Art Twenty One, Lagos. His work is held in the permanent collections of institutions including the AGO; MoMA; Art Institute of Chicago; Ackland Art Museum, University of North Carolina; and Museum of Contemporary Art, Kiasma, Helsinki. Oghobase holds an MFA in Visual Arts from York University, Toronto.[/caption]

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