Nnamdi Ekeledo-Smith

Bachelor of Fine Arts (Photography)

My name is Nnamdi Ekeledo-Smith, I am a mixed medium artist that uses photography, text, painting and sound to explore and question the complexity of race and culture. For the past 16 months, I have been heavily exploring and questioning what it means to be labelled as Black. I have photographed and documented family, friends and non biological family, asking them to define Black in the first three words that come to mind. I then asked them to pose embodying the words. This series questions the commonality and differences of these words and images.

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Andrewesmith12@gmail.com

Series of Photos, Phographic Video installation, Canvas Roll — Diaspora Black, digital print, matte paper, 29.7 x 42 cm, 2022.

Colourful Paintings, Representing the black emotions and experinces — Diasporic, 2022, series of paintings using a mix of spray paint, acrylic paint, Posca pens and ink on unstretched. Documentation by SLACK.

Alexander Fredriksson

Nnamdi Ekeledo-Smith

Benita Beveridge

Daniel Jumpertz

Emma Fitzgibbon

Rosa Spring Voss

Tamara Schumacher

We acknowledge and pay respect to the Traditional Owners of the lands upon which our campus is situated, the people of the Boon Wurrung and Woi Wurrung, who have created art, made music and told their stories here for thousands of generations. We also acknowledge and extend our respect to the Traditional Owners of all lands on which our work is viewed, shared and enjoyed, and to all Elders, past, present and emerging.

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