Artist: John Jahni Moore | Location: Huntsville, AL
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Artist: John Jahni Moore | Location: Huntsville, AL
Huntsville, AL
Growing up, saddled with the binary history of the American south, I was faced with the peculiar positionality of the “Black body” and its use and role in that history. In my work, I contend with the duality of the black body and how it serves to speak to the human condition and cosmic repositioning. With an undergraduate degree in Graphic Design, a Masters in Art Education from Alabama A & M University and an M.F.A. in Interdisciplinary Art from The School of The Art, I am vested in discipline as an artist for life. My process emerges as paintings, drawings, assemblage, writing, and installation. I make full use of recycled southern elements, from black walnut pigments to Alabama red clay, as charging agents in my work. The repurposing of these objects to speak to present issues is a type of social recycling. My practice is about revelation; the recognition, reclamation, remembering, and the resurrection of a chosen rather than an imposed reality and resulting future.
Artist Website
www.jahnitheartist.com