Details
| First Name | Kosi |
| Last Name | Ayanna |
| Username | kosiyanna |
| Bio | Kosi Ayanna (b. 1994, Washington, DC) is from PG County, Maryland. Currently working out of Washington, DC, and Brooklyn, New York. Kosi Ayanna (she/her) is a multidisciplinary artist, educator, and creative producer. Her work focuses on the elements of nature and the intimate parallel between human and world creation. Much of her work explores the nuances of Otherness through imagined otherworldly beings and spaces, while merging the ideas of community, realism and belonging. These created worlds function as portals to the transformation and spiritual guidance experienced by marginalized identities. Her practice juxtaposes color, texture, collage, and film photography to create these realms of transformation. She has exhibited work in many group exhibitions and publications over the years. Her work has been exhibited at the ArtRoomDC Gallery in Washington, DC, Rio III Gallery in Harlem, NY, Riverfront Art Gallery in Yonkers, NY, and featured in print and virtually with Artists Talk Magazine in Manhattan, NY. |
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| Country of residence | United States (US) |
Exhibitions
| Exhibitions | SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2024 Art on Loop, The Holy Art Gallery. New York, NY 2023 Artist Talk Digital Exhibition. Broadway Plaza. New York, NY 2023 Indulgence. Art Room DC. Washington, DC. 2023 No Love Without Humanity&Courage. Rio III Gallery. Harlem, NY 2022 Winter Calling. Riverfront Art Gallery. Yonkers, NY 2022 Artist Talk Digital Exhibition. Broadway Plaza. New York, NY 2016 Aunty’s Tea Party 2. Open Studio DC. Washington, D.C. 2016 Aunty’s Tea Party. Open Studio DC. Washington, D.C. 2016 Hall of Fame. Creative Arts Learning Center. Washington, D.C.
SELECTED DIGITAL EXHIBITIONS 2023 Tied2U. Artist Talk Digital NYE Exhibition. Broadway Plaza. New York, NY 2022 Cosmic Breath. Artist Talk Digital Exhibition. Artist Talk Magazine ( June 23, 2022). Broadway Plaza/ Times Square, New York, NY
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS 2022 Artist Talk Magazine. Broadway Plaza. New York, NY Artist Talk Digital Exhibition – Times Square NYC |
Interests and medias
| Interests | Ceramics, Collage, Drawing, Filmmaking / Video art, Mixed media, Painting, Photography |
| Ceramics medias | Clay |
| Painting medias | Acrylic, Oil |
| Drawing medias | Charcoal |
| Filmmaking / video art medias | Video installation |
| Collage medias | Photomontage |
| Photography | Digital image, Photographic film |