ARTIST STATEMENT
MY ARTISTIC PRACTICE CENTERS ON THE CONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF MEANING AS A TOOL FOR ADVANCING SOCIAL CHANGE. IN DEVELOPING ABSTRACT INTELLECTUAL ART AS SOCIAL PRACTICE, MY WORK DEPICTS RESEARCH-BASED FICTIONS THAT CONNECT HISTORICAL TRUTHS TO CONTEMPORARY LIVED EXPERIENCES. BY SYNTHESIZING HISTORICAL NOTIONS, I SHAPE A REIMAGINED SUBSTRATUM OF EXPERIENCES FROM AN AFROFUTURISTIC CULTURAL LENS, BECKONING VIEWERS BEYOND OBSERVATION INTO A REALM OF INTERGENERATIONAL PERSPECTIVES.
ARTIST BIO
MEZU OFOEGBU (B.1995) IS A NIGERIAN ARTIST-RESEARCHER BORN IN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA. IN HIS POST-DISCIPLINARY PRACTICE, MEZU SYNTHESIZES WORLDBUILDING EXPLORATIONS OF SCHOLARSHIP TO ARTICULATE ABSTRACT INTELLECTUAL CONCEPTS ACROSS LIVED EXPERIENCES. HIS ARTWORK WAS SELECTED AS A WINNER OF THE BLACK ART RISING AWARD, PRESENTED BY LIFEWTR TO RECOGNIZE ARTISTS CALLING FOR SOCIAL CHANGE THROUGH THEIR WORK. ADDITIONALLY, HIS PHOTOGRAPHS AND ARTISTIC DIRECTION APPEARED IN YOUTUBE’S PARTNERSHIP WITH GOOGLE ARTS AND CULTURE’S RELEASE OF BLACK RENAISSANCE HONORING BLACK CREATIVES AND POLITICAL LEGENDS WHILE HIGHLIGHTING NEW ARTISTS. MOLDED BY SOCIOLOGICAL RESEARCH AND ARTISTIC PRACTICE, HIS EXPLORATION OF CONTEMPORARY MEANING-MAKING HIGHLIGHTS THE EMERGING RENAISSANCE IN SOCIETY’S GLOBAL MEANING SYSTEM.
