Sequoia Barnes

Sequoia Barnes’ work is primarily textile art and ceramic sculpture but often involves stitching/embroidery, soft sculpture, installation, and assemblage. It is predominately informed by her research-led exploration of black radical art practice which is the creative practice of subverting white supremacy through the (semiotic) deconstruction of black diasporic representation and symbolisms. Her work is also heavily informed by post-structuralist semiotics, and her work is centered around the importance of making processes, rituals, and foregrounding the creation of ‘art’ as equally important as the resulting object.