AnySquared Spotlight Art Talk Featuring Makeba Kedem-DuBose. AnySquared Spotlight art talks highlight artists of all ages and experiences and include both members and friends. See videos of recent spotlight art talks on our YouTube Channel.
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Chicago native, Makeba Kedem-DuBose, is a multidisciplinary artist, curator, and arts educator. She studied interior design at Harrington College of Design, and completed a Visual Arts Certification Program in Curatorial Practices at the University of Chicago Graham School of Continuing Liberal and Professional Studies at Hyde Park Art Center in 2017. She is a career artist practicing throughout greater Chicagoland, and has exhibited both nationally and internationally.
2021 Artist Statement
One of my strongest influences were the stained-glass windows in the church affiliated with my childhood school. As a child, I often wondered why there were no people of color in those beautiful windows. Being a huge part of my youthful curiosity, this fascination concerning the absence of people who looked like me later lead to my adding this missing element into my often multi-component stained-glass mimicked paintings, in the form of multi-hued, Afro-inspired abstract people. More recently, in addition to the stained-glass window influence, central themes of my work are now also informed by social justice issues related to mental health, spirituality, politics, race and gender.
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