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π»π‘œπ‘€ π‘‘π‘œπ‘’π‘  π‘‘β„Žπ‘’ π‘π‘Ÿπ‘œπ‘π‘’π‘ π‘  π‘œπ‘“ π‘šπ‘œπ‘£π‘’π‘šπ‘’π‘›π‘‘ π‘–π‘šπ‘π‘Žπ‘π‘‘ π‘‘β„Žπ‘’ π‘π‘œπ‘’π‘‘π‘–π‘π‘  π‘œπ‘“ π‘π‘™π‘Žπ‘π‘˜ π‘π‘’π‘™π‘œπ‘›π‘”π‘–π‘›π‘”, π‘‘π‘’π‘ π‘–π‘Ÿπ‘’, π‘Žπ‘›π‘‘ π‘™π‘–π‘π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘Žπ‘‘π‘–π‘œπ‘›? I’ve been holding space for this question for quite some time now, ritually returning, reframing and grappling with my curiosity and personal relationship to black migration, and belonging. Speculating on the interstitial spaces between departure and arrival, I’ve been developing a series of works (between New York, Los Angeles, Austin, and Omaha) that I am honored and proud to include in my second solo exhibition. β€˜π΅π‘™π‘œπ‘œπ‘‘ π‘€π‘’π‘šπ‘œπ‘Ÿπ‘–π‘’π‘  (π‘œπ‘Ÿ π‘Ž π‘”π‘œπ‘–π‘›π‘” π‘‘π‘œ π‘”π‘Ÿπ‘œπ‘’π‘›π‘‘)’ borrows its title from my time learning from and collaborating with choreographer and performance artist Jennifer Harge & a 2022 lecture given by scholar Vanessa Agard-Jones about liberatory practices that create new modes of relation with the ground. The show will be on view @visualartscenter at UT Austin until March 7, 2026, and features 18 works that collectively consider legacy, dispossession, improvisation, and cultural imagination inspired by (the prospect of) reclamation and possibility. 🀎🀎🀎 I’ll be in Austin next week from March 4 - 7th for the closing, so if you’d like a walk through of the show, please reach out / more info to come in my stories and newsletter. Immense gratitude to my creative thought partners, the VAC exhibitions team, and all those who have made space to discuss this ongoing work with me. Immense appreciation to myself – the shy (until i'm not) girlie – who has been working to release self-doubt, honor my accomplishments, and trust that the work I am doing has been touched and is guided by the many ancestors that live on through me. 🀎 Curator: Max Fields @maxcfields Exhibitions Team: Marc Silva & Kaya Sumer @visualartscenter Creative Thought Partners & Collaborators: Jennifer Harge @jenniferharge David Hawkins @davidhawkinsmusic_ Dale Black @daleblackbass #SalvadorBecerra Keith Rodger @kethro #DariusJamalNelson Enzo Okumu @enzookumu Asher Gillman @eeba.studio Research & Resource Support: @austinhistorycenter @unolibraries @efa.rbpmw @bemiscenter 26 Feb 2026 Meet Visual Art Resident Zalika Azim (@26thletter)!⁠ ⁠ Zalika Azim is a New York based interdisciplinary artist and educator with ancestral roots in South Carolina and Trinidad and Tobago. Her conceptual practice explores the tensions between personal and collective narrativesβ€”both known and indecipherableβ€”in order to explore Black migration, movement, and belonging. ⁠ ⁠ With longstanding interests in the poetics of Black embodied knowledge, archival research and experimental field work, her developing projects encompass a variety of media, including photography, works on paper, sculpture, video and sound.⁠ ⁠ Zalika will be in residence at Pioneer Works through July 2025. Learn more about Zalika on her website and plan your visit to her studio during our June Second Sundaysβ€”link in bio. ⁠ ⁠ πŸ“Έ 2: Zalika Azim, Installation view of J'ouvert Morning. Work in progress. Courtesy the artist. ⁠ πŸ“Έ 3: Zalika Azim, J'ouvert (Jab Jab III). Detail of work in progress. Courtesy the artist. ⁠ πŸ“Έ 4-5: Zalika Azim, Ascension Device II (actions for earth…or some other oscillation…a haptic and sonic engagement…a breath…or an architecture for gathering between space and time). Courtesy the artist. 20 Apr 2025 rafa esparza, Zalika Azim, and Dewey Tafoya (@elrafaesparza, @26thletter, @deweytafoya) merge cultural histories, material experimentation, and futuristic narratives, creating works that challenge how we understand time, space, and identity.⁠ ⁠ The adobe spacecraft takes inspiration from a design by Tafoya, which fuses the form of the Millenium Falcon, a spaceship from the Star Wars movie franchise, with indigenous Mexica cosmology. In esparza’s interpretation, the Millennium Falcon is transformed into the face of Xiuhtecuhtli, the lord of fire, with his protruding flint knife tongue surrounded by an intricate design of lines and glyphs. The artist intersects Indigenous knowledge systems with pop culture, imagining a new place in the time-space continuum where humans draw on the past to preserve land and nature.⁠ ⁠ Tafoya’s series of scrolls hung like pillars reference pre-colonial agricultural histories, highlighting Chicano identity in the present day and its ties to indigeneity. Tafoya’s figures and symbols often hold myriad meanings and are layered with historical and cultural resonance. Tlalli, Metl, and Milli are printed on amateβ€”a type of bark paper manufactured in Mexico for thousands of years. In reprising it here, alongside the time-jumping work of his collaborators rafa esparza and Zalika Azim, Tafoya questions how histories are told and materially represented.⁠ ⁠ Azim’s Ascension Device II examines the Millennium Falcon’s ability to β€œjump” into hyperspace and transcend space and time. Set between geometric structures, two ropes rhythmically turn in opposite directions, mirroring the movements of jump ropes. Azim researched the history of Double Dutch. In Azim’s research, ancient Phoenicians and Egyptians developed the game as a recreational activity. For Azim, the⁠ β€œjump” also symbolizes repetition, endurance, and exhaustion. It is an activity with the potential to unveil alternative understandings and new forms of being, centering playfulness, leisure and labor, ritual, and worldmaking via kinetic and bodily knowledge.⁠ ⁠ On view at Ford Motor Plant for Prospect.6 until February 2, 2025.⁠ ⁠ #Prospect6 #P6 #thefutureispresenttheharbingerishome⁠ 21 Jan 2025 The Visual Arts Center invites you to celebrate the opening of two exhibitions: β€œZalika Azim: Blood Memories (or a going to ground)” and thematic group exhibition β€œLove in Excess.” Join us for a reception next Thursday, October 23 from 5-8 PM to celebrate. Enjoy drinks provided by Saint Arnold Brewery (@saintarnoldbrewing), Topo Chico (@topochicousa), smartwater, and Coca-Cola, browse a selection of hard-to-find DVDs and VHS tapes inspired by the VAC’s fall season at We Luv Video’s table (@weluvvideo), and pick up a book from the VAC’s fall reading list at the Alienated Majesty Books booth (@alienatedmajestybooks). πŸ”—More info on the opening reception and both exhibitions in our bio. See you there! 16 Oct 2025 Artadia is thrilled to announce our 2025 New York City Artadia Awardees: Zalika Azim, Abigail DeVille, and Nile Harris! Thank you to the esteemed jurors who supported the selection process: Antawan I. Byrd, Assistant Professor, Department of Art History, Northwestern University; Rebecca Klassen, Curator of Material Culture, The New York Historical; Alison Coplan, Chief Curator, Swiss Institute; and Vic Brooks, Independent Curator. To read the full announcement and learn more about the Awardees, click the link in our bio! @26thletter @victoriouspurple @nileharris @antawanbyrd #rebeccadklassen @alicopes @vicbrooks13bc Artwork captions (left to right): Detail of Abigail DeVille, β€œThe Observatory” (2021); detail of Zalika Azim, β€œGathering #3 (Double Dutch Study” (2021); detail of Nile Harris, β€œTemporary Boyfriend” (2025). Headshots: Zalika Azim (photo credit: day), Abigail DeVille (photo credit: Laura Bianchi), and Nile Harris (photo credit: Maria Baranova). 20 May 2025 Meet our 2025 New York City Artadia Awards Finalist! Considering the relationships between space, history, memory, and time – linear and otherwise – Zalika Azim’s recent works notions towards questions that situate conceptual concerns. They ask: Can the liminal/unseen experiences of migration (such as the space between β€˜departure’ and β€˜arrival’) act as a constellation of ideologies that enliven our imaginative possibilities How does the process of movement impact the poetics of black belonging, desire, and liberation? How are topographic terrains informed by the unfolding histories of displacement, relocation, and fugitivity? Zalika Azim (b. 1990, Brooklyn, NY) is an interdisciplinary artist and educator with ancestral roots in Aiken, South Carolina and Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. Her conceptual practice explores the tensions between personal and collective narratives – both known and indecipherable – in order to explore black migration, movement, and belonging. With longstanding interests in the poetics of Black embodied knowledge, her work encompasses a variety of media, including photography, works on paper, sculpture, video, sound, and is rooted in archival research and experimental field work. Headshot photo by day @dayday.studio. 02 May 2025 Get to know P.6 Artist Zalika Azim!⁠ ⁠ Zalika Azim (@26thletter) is an interdisciplinary artist and educator with ancestral roots in South Carolina and Trinidad and Tobago. Her conceptual practice explores the tensions between personal and collective narrativesβ€”both known and indecipherableβ€”in order to explore Black migration, movement, and belonging. ⁠ ⁠ Azim received a BFA in Photography & Imaging and a BA in Social and Cultural Analysis from New York University in 2014, and an MFA in Photography from the University of California Los Angeles in 2023. She has presented solo exhibitions with Baxter Street at The Camera Club of New York, and Soho20 Gallery, New York, NY; and participated in group exhibitions at Island Gallery and Gagosian, NY; Various Small Fires, Los Angeles, CA; The Mistake Room, Milwaukee Art Museum, WI; and African American Museum, Philadelphia, PA. Residencies include Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Pratt>FORWARD, NXTHVN, Shandaken Projects, and BRIC. Azim was the recipient of the 2023-24 St. Elmo Teaching Artist Fellowship at The University of Texas at Austin, was recently named the 2024 NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellow for Interdisciplinary Work, and a 2024 Deutsche Bank New York Foundation for the Arts Fellow. She currently serves as Adjunct Professor in the Department of Photography & Imaging at the Tisch School of the Arts, NYU.⁠ ⁠ Prospect.6: The Future Is Present, The Harbinger Is Home opens November 2, 2024! For more information visit the link in our bio.⁠ ⁠ ⁠#Prospect6 #P6 #thefutureispresenttheharbingerishome ⁠ ⁠ ———⁠ ⁠ Image 1: Zalika Azim, Ascension Device I (for meditations on arrival), 2022. Wood, aluminum, polypropylene ropes, spoked wheels, and electric gear motors, 78 x 168 inches (overall dimensions). Image courtesy of the artist.⁠ ⁠ Image 2: Zalika Azim, Blood Memories (or a going to ground), 2023. Video (still, silent). Image courtesy of the artist.⁠ ⁠ Image 3: Zalika Azim, Gathering #3 (Double Dutch Study), 2021. Charcoal on paper, 32 1/2 x 22 1/2 inches (framed). Image courtesy of the artist. 29 Oct 2024 Wrapping up my thesis exhibition & paper was a whirlwind ✨ If you didn’t get a chance to catch my MFA thesis show in May, I am so thrilled to share that two of the works are included in the exhibition 𝘚𝘩𝘒𝘱π˜ͺ𝘯𝘨 𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘳 @vsf, curated by @deedsweaves⁠. Please stop by if you find yourself in LA - the show will be on view through September 16th. Image 1-4: Installation views from my MFA Thesis Exhibition #4, 2023. New Wight Gallery, The Broad Art Center, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA). ***For details on the works in my thesis exhibition head over to my website. Link in bio. 14 Aug 2023 Excited to be showing 3 out of the 7 works from my recent MFA Thesis exhibition @themistakeroom this week. UCLA 23’ MFA Post Thesis Exhibition, at The Mistake Room will be on view through May 26 and includes works from the entire graduating class. *Opening this evening May 20, 6-8pm. Pull up 🐊 1. Gathering #3 (Double Dutch Study), 2021, Charcoal on paper, 21 1/2 x 29” 2. Gathering #1 (Double Dutch Study), 2021, Charcoal on paper, 21 1/2 x 29” 3. Score I (Studies for Gravity), 2022, 20 letterpress prints and ink, dimensions variable 20 May 2023 IG Live exhibition tour with Zalika Azim (@26thletter). Peep Zalika's thesis show at UCLA New Wight Gallery, Broad Art Center, Suite 1100 in Los Angeles on view until Friday, May 12, 2023. #exhibitionhoppingwithyg 08 May 2023 Rounding out my time in grad school at UCLA with the presentation of some new/developing work (including my first ever video work, a kinetic sculpture, works on paper). Immense gratitude to everyone who made it to the opening last night. ❀️‍πŸ”₯❀️‍πŸ”₯❀️‍πŸ”₯ UCLA 2023 MFA Thesis Exhibition #4 will be up through May 12th - come throughhhh! *Context for images to follow πŸͺ· link in bio 05 May 2023 Several weeks ago, I was blessed with the opportunity to learn, share space, and contribute to a very exciting conversation alongside Linda Goode Bryant (artist/curator/activist) and Antwaun Sargent (writer/curator). Over the course of an hour, we shared laughs, spoke about @lindagoodebryant first experience working in video, we pooled together ideas for creating inclusive communities (especially in/around Chelsea), we discussed fashion, the expansiveness of black space, arriving at our curatorial practices as creatives, @sirsargent new role as director @gagosian and some of the many ways that collaboration manifests for each of us – and at @projecteats The recent article, β€˜At Gagosian, Art That Does β€œMore Than Just Quietly Sit on a Wall” written by Cody Delistray inΒ @wsjmag features Β @lindagoodebryant @cnvisualart and mentions many other phenomenal artists who will be included in β€˜Social Works.’ && for girls who’d like to read the piece, but are working hard to save coin – I’ve included a PDF of the full article on my website. Link in bio. βœŒπŸΎπŸŒžπŸ–€ Photo 1: Linda Goode Bryant, Antwaun Sargent, and I sit for photographer, Camila Falquez on a bright Friday morning (which just happened to be my 31st birthday). Photo 2: Antwaun Sargent sharing some of his thoughtful (and very exciting) exhibition plans with Linda Goode Bryant and me. Photo 3: Exhibition Press Card for, Socialworks at Gagosian Gallery, 555 West 24th Street, New York from June 24 – August 13, 2021. Photos: @camilafalquez πŸ’šπŸ’šπŸ’š #socialworks #gagosian #lindagoodebryant #antwaunsargent 02 Jun 2021

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