Vertically stacked horizontal bands of richly textured woven fabrics in warm earth tones, vibrant reds, purples, and golds, interspersed with three-dimensional sculptural forms in coral, tan, and purple. Two dark braided cords with beaded ends hang from the bottom of the composition. The layered arrangement combines various textile patterns and materials to create a dense, tactile mixed-media work.
Vertically stacked horizontal bands of richly textured woven fabrics in warm earth tones, vibrant reds, purples, and golds, interspersed with three-dimensional sculptural forms in coral, tan, and purple. Two dark braided cords with beaded ends hang from the bottom of the composition. The layered arrangement combines various textile patterns and materials to create a dense, tactile mixed-media work.

​ SHENEQUA Bio

SHENEQUA is a Caribbean textile interdisciplinary artist who received her Masters of Design in Fashion, Body, & Garment at School of the Art Institute of Chicago under the mentorship of Nick Cave and Liat Smestad. She has exhibited her works in Performing Labor at Patricia Sweetow Gallery in San Francisco, CA, The Space We Grow Into at Woman Made Gallery in Chicago, IL, and Mane N’ Tail at The Luminary… Read more

SHENEQUA is a Caribbean textile interdisciplinary artist who received her Masters of Design in Fashion, Body, & Garment at School of the Art Institute of Chicago under the mentorship of Nick Cave and Liat Smestad.

She has exhibited her works in Performing Labor at Patricia Sweetow Gallery in San Francisco, CA, The Space We Grow Into at Woman Made Gallery in Chicago, IL, and Mane N’ Tail at The Luminary in St. Louis, MO, to name a few.

SHENEQUA was a featured artist for "Ties that Bind" in American Craft Magazine. Featured in the Kansas City Star, where she spoke about her process of weaving synthetic-hair in relationship to the African-American Hair Experience. 2014’s Windgate Fellow of the Center for Craft Creativity & Design. 2017-2018’s recipient of the inaugural YoungArts Daniel Arsham Fellowship, presented by the Ridinger-McLaughlin Family.

SHENEQUA continues to reflect, create, and expand the process of weaving beyond the loom.

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