Vertical textile wall hanging composed of alternating bands of woven fabric in copper, rust, and black tones, with synthetic hair woven throughout and secured with satin rollers and bobby pins at intervals. Black fringe extends from the bottom edge.
Vertical textile wall hanging composed of alternating bands of woven fabric in copper, rust, and black tones, with synthetic hair woven throughout and secured with satin rollers and bobby pins at intervals. Black fringe extends from the bottom edge.

​ 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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