Adama Delphine Fawundu
Adama Delphine Fawundu co-published the critically acclaimed book, MFON: Women Photographers of the African Diaspora. For decades, she has exhibited both nationally and internationally, including Lefferts Historic House, Prospect Park Brooklyn; Newark Art Museum, Newark, NJ; Malta Biennial, Valletta, Malta; Project for Empty Space, Newark, NJ; International African American Museum, Charleston, SC; Gropius Bau, Berlin, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin; National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC; Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT; Museum of the African Diaspora, San Francisco, CA; African American Museum, Philadelphia, PA; El Museo del Barrio, New York, NY; among others. Her awards include the Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship in Fine Arts, Anonymous Was A Woman Award, New York Foundation for The Arts Photography Fellowship, and Rema Hort Mann Artist Grant, among others. She is also a 2022 finalist for The National Portrait Gallery's Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition. She was commissioned by the Park Avenue Armory to participate in the 100 Years | 100 Women Project / The Women’s Suffrage NYC Centennial Consortium (2019-2021). Her works are in the permanent collections of the Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY; Princeton University Museum, Princeton, NJ; Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA; The Petrucci Family Foundation of African American Art, Asbury, NJ; Montclair Museum of Art, Montclair, NJ; Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME; Norton Museum of Art, Palm Beach, FL; The David C. Driskell Art Collection, College Park, MD; and number of private collections. She is an Assistant Professor of Visual Arts at Columbia University.
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Adama Delphine FawunduCosmic Echoes, 2023HD VideoDuration: 8 minutes 48 secondsEdition of 3
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Adama Delphine FawunduNgewo Whispers, 2023Archival Pigment on Aluminum84 x 48 in
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Adama Delphine FawunduBlack Star Line, In the Face of History Series, 2018Archival pigment on 100% cotton fiber paper22 x 30 in
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Adama Delphine FawunduIncrease of Pension to Harriet Tubman, In the Face of History Series, 2018Archival pigment on 100% cotton fiber paper30 x 22 in
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Adama Delphine FawunduBody Vernacular #3, 2017Archival pigment on 100% cotton fiber paperImage: 30 x 20 in (76.2 x 50.8 cm)
Framed: 36 1/2 x 25 in (92.7 x 63.5 cm)Edition of 5 plus 1 artist's proof -
Adama Delphine FawunduPassageways #2, Secrets, Traditions, Spoken and Unspoken Truths or Not, 2017Archival pigment on 100% cotton fiber paperImage: 26 x 36 in (66 x 91.4 cm)
Framed: 26 1/4 x 36 1/2 in (66.7 x 92.7 cm)Edition of 7 plus 1 artist's proof
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Adama Delphine Fawundu
go-slow November 15 - December 21, 2024HESSE FLATOW is pleased to announce go-slow, Adama Delphine Fawundu’s second solo presentation with the gallery featuring a collaborative painting with the artist’s sister Frances Fawundu, photography, and mixed media works as part of her ongoing exploration of indigeneity, lineage, and its diasporic permutations. Mining her Mende, Krim, Bamileke, and...Read more -
Adama Delphine Fawundu
The Sacred Star of Isis @CRUSH CURATORIAL March 14 - April 6, 2019Crush Curatorial is delighted to announce Adama Delphine Fawundu: The Sacred Star of Isis, a solo exhibition. In this newly-conceived body of work, the artist takes the ancient West African deity, Mami Wata, as a departure point and builds on her engagement with her Mende heritage of Sierra Leone. Linking...Read more
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Adama Delphine Fawundu in "One Piece: Ancestral Whispers" in BOMB
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Adama Delphine Fawundu in "Six Artists Open Up About Voting in the US Election"
Maya Pontone and Isa Farfan, Hyperallergic, October 31, 2024 -
Adama Delphine Fawundu in "How Adama Delphine Fawundu Is Reconnecting with Ancestors and Indigeneity in Prospect Park"
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Adama Delphine Fawundu in "What to See in N.Y.C. Galleries in August"
Martha Schwendener, The New York Times, August 1, 2024 -
An Artist Contends With Brooklyn’s History of Enslavement
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Adama Delphine Fawundu's "Ancestral Whispers" at Lefferts Historic House
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Voices of The Enslaved Resonate at Lefferts Historic House Art Exhibit
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Amiri Baraka ‘Blues People’ Then And Now At Express Newark
Chad Scott, Forbes, May 29, 2024 -
Prospect Park to debut ‘Ancestral Whispers’ art installation, honoring Africans enslaved by the Lefferts family
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The First Malta Biennale Draws Visitors to a Surreal Fortress
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Adama Delphine Fawundu in Office Magazine's "Rest Is Power: Visual Narratives from the Black Rest Project"
Samuel Getachew, Office Magazine, September 25, 2023 -
Adama Delphine Fawundu in "Meet 6 Rising Talents From the Inaugural Photofairs New York, From a Digital Dynamo Wielding
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What to See at PHOTOFAIRS New York 2023
Farah Abdessamad , Observer, September 8, 2023 -
Adama Delphine Fawundu, HESSE FLATOW in Artnet News interview with founder Scott Gray
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NYC’s Newest Photography Fair Will Explore Memory, Tattoos and A.I.
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Adama Delphine Fuwundu Featured in The Art Newspaper's "13 art destinations for day trips near New York City this summer
Torey Akers, Carlie Porterfield and Benjamin Sutton, The Art Newspaper , June 28, 2023 -
A House Museum Has a New Message: New York Had Slavery, Too
Laurel Graeber, The New York Times, June 22, 2023 -
Adama Delphine Fawundu selected as Fountainhead 2023 Artists-in-Residence
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Editors’ Picks: 8 Events for Your Art Calendar This Week, From a Show by a Banksy Precursor to Trisha Brown at Rockaway
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Embodying Diaspora: Adama Delphine Fawundu Interviewed by Charmaine Branch
Charmaine Branch, BOMB Magazine, June 15, 2022 -
Newark Artist Collaboration honors the city’s history and residents through 13 just-unveiled art installations
Hanna Su, The Architect’s Newspaper, June 8, 2022 -
REVIEW: For artists including West Stockbridge’s Ilene Spiewak, Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition show is a portrait
Evan Berkowitz, The Berkshire Eagle, May 19, 2022 -
Anonymous Was a Woman Names 2021 Winners, Expands Award Program
Tessa Solomon, ARTNET, November 9, 2021 -
For Mama Adama: Visual Artist Adama Delphine Fawundu Explores Ancestral Memory Through Fabric
Joicelyn Dingle, EBONY Magazine, August 7, 2021 -
Finding Art Miles Away From The Expected
Seph Rodney, The New York Times, February 23, 2021 -
Three Shag Artists on Eroticism, Textiles and Contemporary Art
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Seven Artists and Curators Reveal a Cherished, Overlooked Black Artist
Jasmine Weber, Hyperallergic, February 28, 2019
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Adama Delphine Fawundu in "THE BODY FREEDOM FOR EVERY(BODY)
September 4 - December 10, 2024 September 14, 2024BODY FREEDOM FOR EVERY(BODY) champions bodily autonomy, with a specific emphasis on intersecting themes of Reproductive Justice, Queer Liberation, and Trans Joy through contemporary art....Read more -
Adama Delphine Fawundu in "Follow the North Star: Freedom in the Age of Mobility" at International African American Museum, Charleston, SC
May 23 - November 3, 2024 September 14, 2024‘Follow the North Star: Freedom in the Age of Mobility,’ an immersive, multi-media experience that brings to life the vibrant journey towards freedom across the...Read more -
Adama Delphine Fawundu's "Ancestral Whispers" at Lefferts Historic House Museum, Prospect Park
June 9 - December 1, 2024 June 3, 2024HESSE FLATOW congratulates Adama Delphine Fawundu on being the first Artist in Residence at Prospect Park's Lefferts Historic House Museum, and the opening of her...Read more -
Prospect Park Alliance Announces Artist In Residence Adama Delphine Fawundu
February 8, 2024Prospect Park Alliance has announced the first Artist in Residence at Lefferts Historic House Museum. Brooklyn Artist Adama Delphine Fawundu will create a monumental, site-specific...Read more -
Adama Delphine Fawundu at the Visiting Artist Program | PAFA
November 8, 2023 November 7, 2023November 8, 2023 - 11:45 AM –1:00 PM Rhoden Arts Center Samuel M.V. Hamilton Building Free Event Adama Delphine Fawundu is a photographer and visual...Read more -
Adama Delphine Fawundu: Coffee and Conversation: Fall 2023 Exhibitions BRIC
November 4, 2023 October 28, 2023Join artists Adama Delphine Fawundu and Jenny Polak for a tour and discussion of their work in our fall Gallery and Project...Read more -
Adama Delphine Fawundu: Nelson Social Justice Fund Lecture
Wednesday, October 25, 2023 | 6 PM - 7 PM October 18, 2023Adama Delphine Fawundu: Nelson Social Justice Fund Lecture Wednesday, October 25, 2023 6:00 PM 7:00 PM Portland Museum of Art 7 Congress Square, Portland, ME,...Read more -
Adama Delphine Fawundu in "The Black Rest Project" at the Center For Black Visual Culture
September 7, 2023- October 22, 2023 September 26, 2023Adama Delphine Fawundu's work is featured in 'The Black Rest Project' The exhibition is on view from September 7, 2023- October 22, 2023 at The...Read more -
Adama Delphine Fawundu & Che Buford, "When the Spirits Dance We" Performance
Haus der Kulturen der Welt, July 28, 2023 July 26, 2023In Adama Delphine Fawundu’s work adorning sixteen flagpoles outside HKW’s Itō Noe Entrance, the colour blue is a reference to water and the capacity for...Read more -
Adama Delphine Fawundu: In the Spirit of Àṣẹ at the Newark Museum of Art
April 20, 2023 - March 10, 2024On view through March 2024, the exhibition is NMOA's fourth iteration of its Global Contemporary series of year-long installations showcasing new work by living artists...Read more -
Adama Delphine Fawundu in "Indigo Waves and Other Stories: Re-Navigating the Afrasian Sea and Notions of Diaspora" at Gropius Bau, Berlin, Germany
April 6 - August 13, 2023 January 28, 2023Taking the stories and histories of the Indian Ocean as its departure point, the group exhibition Indigo Waves and Other Stories: Re-Navigating the Afrasian Sea...Read more -
Adama Delphine Fawundu in "Threshold: Recontextualizing Self-Portraiture" at Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona Beach, FL
January 27 - May 27, 2023 January 24, 2023Threshold: Recontextualizing Self-Portraiture aims to bring attention to the medium of self-portraiture through the act of taking back the narrative of one's own story. Artists...Read more -
Catchlight 2022 Global Fellows
Adama Delphine Fawundu October 20, 2022The CatchLight Global Fellowship serves as an incubator — a place for innovative leaders in the visual storytelling field to receive financial support, unlock individual...Read more -
Adama Delphine Fawundu's "Wata Bodis" at Project for Empty Space
July 16, 2022July 16 - September 18, 2022 Wata Bodis, which is Krío for “water bodies,” is an exhibition about Ancestral Energy and the multitudinous complex threads...Read more -
Newark Artist Collaboration: Adama Delphine Fawundu
June 9, 2022Adama Delphine Fawundu will create a rotating, temporary (six - nine months) video wall and immersive visualization of sound at the Audible Headquarters. A version...Read more -
"ELEMENTAL": Adama Delphine Fawundu and Hong Hong at Ortega y Gasset Projects
May 8 - June 18, 2022 May 7, 2022Ortega y Gasset Projects proudly presents a two-person exhibition ELEMENTAL: Adama Delphine Fawundu and Hong Hong, curated by artist and OyG co-director Leeza Meksin ....Read more -
Adama Delphine Fawundu in "the un-doing" at The National Portrait Gallery
The Outwin 2022: American Portraiture Today April 30, 2022Displayed in a nineteenth-century-style ornate frame, the image of an elegantly dressed Black woman stares at us, self-possessed. Unflinching, she moves her head, almost imperceptibly,...Read more -
Adama Delphine Fawundu in ORIGIN STORIES: PHOTOGRAPHY OF AFRICA AND ITS DIASPORA
at the Norton Museum, West Palm Beach, FL March 6, 2022Origin Stories: Photography of Africa and Its Diaspora THROUGH APRIL 17, 2022 In April of 2021, the Norton’s Photography Committee acquired a monumental work by...Read more -
Adama Delphine Fawundu Upcoming Lecture at Norton Museum of Art
FRIDAY, MARCH 4, 2022 / 5 – 10 PM February 25, 2022event/ ADAMA DELPHINE FAWUNDU Art After Dark, Norton Museum of art Friday, March 4, 2022 / 5 – 10 pm Lecture / Uncovering Hi(s)tories While...Read more -
Adama Delphine Fawundu at The New School's Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Gallery
Group exhibition : _assembly, alchemy, ascension [a^3] February 10, 2022We are so excited to announce that gallery artist Adama Delphine Fawundu is included in the group show _assembly, alchemy, ascension [a^3] at The New...Read more -
Adama Delphine Fawundu in “Salvation: A State of Being”
@ BAM curated by Larry Ossei-Mensah January 17, 2022“Salvation: A State of Being” is a digital signage installation exploring the Black imagination at @bam_brooklyn thanks to @larryosseimensah , featuring gallery artist Adama Delphine...Read more -
Adama Delphine Fawundu included in Bamako Encounters – African Biennale Of Photography 2022
December 15, 2021We are pleased to announce the participation of gallery artist Adama Delphine Fawundu in Bamako Encounters – African Biennale Of Photography 2022. The team of...Read more -
Adama Delphine Fawundu at InLight 2021
November 17, 2021Adama Delphine Fawundu participated in 1708 Gallery’s 14th annual InLight that took place November 12-13, 2021 at Great Shiplock Park, Chapel Island, and nearby sites...Read more -
Adama Delphine Fawundu: Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition Finalist
October 8, 2021Adama Delphine Fawundu has been named a finalist of The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery sixth triennial Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition!! The finalist work will be...Read more -
Adama Delphine Fawundu
ART@BAINBRIDGE | GATHERING TOGETHER / ADAMA DELPHINE FAWUNDU August 18, 2021Opening September 4, 2021 Adama Delphine Fawundu (b. 1971) draws upon her Mende heritage and her experience as the first member of her family born...Read more -
Adama Delphine Fawundu: Radiance from the Waters
Solo show at the Jefferson School, African American Heritage Center August 5, 2021Adama Delphine Fawundu: Radiance from the Waters 29 May 2021 - 28 Aug 2021 Fawundu’s work is about finding ways to connect with her kin...Read more -
BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn Presents: Adama Delphine Fawundu | Joyful Blues
August 5, 2021Adama Delphine Fawundu is bringing joy to the Bandshell through her art. Make sure to check it out this summer at the BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn!...Read more -
Adama Delphine Fawundu | For Mama Adama
Solo Show at Penumbra Project Space June 29, 2021For Mama Adama at the Penumbra Project Space On View — by appointment only: July 1 — Aug 9, Hours: 2 — 6pm Opening...Read more -
Adama Delphine Fawundu included in the Collector Series
January 29, 2021On view now: “In the Face of History, Freedom Cape” by Adama Delphine Fawundu in Collector Series #2 “(ir)Reverent Futures” online exhibition curated by Niama...Read more -
Adama Delphine Fawundu in Shag
curated by Laura Hutson Hunter October 22, 2020Exhibition opening October 22, 2020 509 Third Ave S., Nashville TN Read MoreRead more
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Complex Issues: "Adama Delphine Fawundu: In the Spirit of Àṣẹ "
In Conversation with Art Historian Kellie Jones October 19, 2023Artist and faculty member Adama Delphine Fawundu '18 discusses her solo exhibition spanning video, sculpture, photography, and printmaking with art historian Kellie Jones . The...Read more -
Black Alchemy Panel Discussion
Adama Delphine Fawundu, Myra Greene, Aaron Turner in Conversation September 9, 2023Join the Penumbra Foundation for an online panel discussion in which North Carolina-based art historian and archivist Jazmin Maço will moderate a talk with three...Read more -
UNTITLED Miami Beach 2022
AGLAÉ BASSENS, MICHAEL CHILDRESS, SONIA LOUISE DAVIS, ADAMA DELPHINE FAWUNDU, NAT MEADE, LUIS EDGAR MEJICANOS, ALINA TENSER November 28 - December 3, 2022Hours: VIP & Press Preview Monday November 28, 1pm – 8pm General Admission Tuesday November 29, 11am – 7pm Wednesday November 30, 11am –...Read more -
Artists in Conversation
ADAMA DELPHINE FAWUNDU / CARMEN HERMO / NIAMA SAFIA SANDY April 6, 2019