Jess Atieno

Jess Atieno

BornNationalityBased In
1991KenyanChicago
Biography

Jess Atieno maintains a practice informed by inquiries on place, home and dispossession through the lens of the postcolonial. Atieno sees herself as carrying inscriptions of a colonial past. Studying as an adult in the US made her increasingly unable to situate herself in a static reality of belonging. With this inspiration, Atieno time travels into history through its material remains: historical photographs, maps and documents, employing them in prints, installations and tapestry. She turns to the idea of place as the transformative site of hybridity that offers alternative strategies for and models of representation within the post-colonial. ...

Selected Artworks
Of Ghostly Silences And Constant Yearnings I
Jess AtienoOf Ghostly Silences And Constant Yearnings I, 2022122 x 194cmPrice on Request
Bikra
Jess AtienoBikra, 2023147 x 106cmPrice on Request
Broken to be made whole
Jess AtienoBroken to be made whole, 2022251 x 145cmPrice on Request
Hauntings I
Jess AtienoHauntings I, 202292 x 92cmPrice on Request
Hauntings II
Jess AtienoHauntings II, 202292 x 92cmPrice on Request
I am the glory that you seek, the destruction
Jess AtienoI am the glory that you seek, the destruction, 2022241 x 145cmPrice on Request
Ibada
Jess AtienoIbada, 2023163 x 107cmPrice on Request
It is kind of you to take off your hat
Jess AtienoIt is kind of you to take off your hat, 2020150 x 106cmPrice on Request
Memories of this place I
Jess AtienoMemories of this place I, 2022193.5 x 122.5cmPrice on Request
Memories of this place II
Jess AtienoMemories of this place II, 2022198.5 x 122cmPrice on Request
Of Ghostly Silences and Constant Yearnings
Jess AtienoOf Ghostly Silences and Constant Yearnings, null180 x 120cmPrice on Request
Of Ghostly Silences And Constant Yearnings II
Jess AtienoOf Ghostly Silences And Constant Yearnings II, 2022122 x 194cmPrice on Request
Past is Prologue
Jess AtienoPast is Prologue, 2021100 x 180cmPrice on Request
Past is Prologue I
Jess AtienoPast is Prologue I, 2022183 x 183cmPrice on Request
Past is Prologue II
Jess AtienoPast is Prologue II, 2022183 x 183cmPrice on Request
Past is Prologue III
Jess AtienoPast is Prologue III, 2022183 x 183cmPrice on Request
Place, Belonging I
Jess AtienoPlace, Belonging I, 2022196 x 118cmPrice on Request
Place, Belonging II
Jess AtienoPlace, Belonging II, 2022196 x 118cmPrice on Request
Take me to your river
Jess AtienoTake me to your river, 202290 x 140cmPrice on Request
Tangents of place
Jess AtienoTangents of place, 202290 x 140cmPrice on Request
The Weight of Whispers
Jess AtienoThe Weight of Whispers, 2021100 x 150cmPrice on Request
This Is my body, which Is given for you II
Jess AtienoThis Is my body, which Is given for you II, 2022183 x 183cmPrice on Request
Trance I
Jess AtienoTrance I, 202290 x 140cmPrice on Request
Trance II
Jess AtienoTrance II, 202290 x 140cmPrice on Request
Weight of whispers
Jess AtienoWeight of whispers, 2021167 x 219cmPrice on Request
He gathers the loaters of the sea into jars. He puts the deep into storehouse
Jess AtienoHe gathers the loaters of the sea into jars. He puts the deep into storehouse, 2023Price on Request
I contain multitudes
Jess AtienoI contain multitudes, 2023Price on Request
In the time of kings & queens
Jess AtienoIn the time of kings & queens, 2023119 x 90cmPrice on Request
Look, see, I have clothed myself in your love II
Jess AtienoLook, see, I have clothed myself in your love II, 2023Price on Request
I also don’t know
Jess AtienoI also don’t know, 2020182 x 117cmPrice on Request
It is kind of you to take off your hat
Jess AtienoIt is kind of you to take off your hat, 2020150 x 106cmPrice on Request
Past is Prologue IV
Jess AtienoPast is Prologue IV, 2022183 x 183cm7000 EUR
This Is my body, which Is given for you I
Jess AtienoThis Is my body, which Is given for you I, 2022183 x 183cm7000 EUR
Fragments (I)
Jess AtienoFragments (I), 2023118.5 x 87cm5500 EUR
Fragments (III)
Jess AtienoFragments (III), 2023122 x 87cm5500 EUR
Fragments (II)
Jess AtienoFragments (II), 2023119.5 x 87.5cm5500 EUR
Gallery Representation
Galerie Cécile Fakhoury
Galerie Cécile Fakhoury
Abidjan
Biennals
Biennale Bamako2022 - Bamako
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