Visibility: Seeing and Being Seen
Curated by Delita Martin
About the Artist
Angela Pilgrim’s art has been featured in prestigious publications such as The Creative Independent, Pressing Matters and The Getty Archives. Her contributions to the art world extend beyond print, as she has also been actively engaged in guest residencies and lectures across the nation. Her work is held in both public and private collections both nationally and internationally, including the Newark
Public Library, Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African American Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Pilgrim’s participation in group exhibitions is noteworthy, particularly her inclusion in Black Histories, Black Futures at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Printmakers North American Print Biennial and Gadsden Museum of Art. Additionally, she serves as a board member of Frontline Arts in Branchburg, New Jersey.
Her contributions to the artistic community have been recognized through numerous grants and awards, including the Newark Artist Accelerator Grant in 2020, Peters Valley School of Craft on behalf of The New Jersey Arts and Culture Renewal Fund of the Princeton Area Community Foundation, Newark Arts Community Grant (NACG) and the 2023 Creative Catalyst Grant from Newark Arts. Angela Pilgrim currently resides and works in New Jersey.
Artist:
Social media: @aplgrm
Website: www.angelapilgrim.com
Exhibition
Visibility: Seeing and Being Seen
Artist Statement
My work explores the Black female gaze through figurative imagery of the body. Utilizing portraiture, printmaking, pattern making and mixed media, I investigate themes of beauty, spirituality and reflection. By creating visual stories that invoke critical thinking processes regarding interiority, my
work aims to reverse and rebuild how black women see themselves, both within their communities and expanded to a much larger world-view.
Our Laynes crossed
Transfer print on decorative paper, collage, book binding cloth, colored pencil, screenprint
35.5″ x 38″, Unique impression
2024
J Mack
Transfer print on decorative paper, collage, colored pencil
33.5″ x 35″, Unique impression
2024
rest deserved for Angela
Transfer print on decorative paper, collage
13″ x 9.5″, Unique impression
2023
A Soft Place to Land: Wait Set Down
Transfer print, cotton fabric, decorative paper, screenprint, book binding cloth on handmade pulp paper
14″ x 9.75″, Unique impression
2024
dreaming in the color between the budded path and my verdant yearning
Transfer print on decorative paper, screenprint, and aquatint
39.3″ x 27.5″, Unique impression
2024
For every dawn that paints the sky,
For every tear that’s wiped dry,
For every hand that held her tight,
For every whisper in the night
Transfer print on decorative paper, collage, monotype
16″ x 13″, Unique impression
2024
Eva
Transfer print on decorative paper, collage, paint, colored pencil
28.5″ x 26″, Unique impression
2024
A Self Discovery like most days
Transfer print on decorative paper, colored pencil
39.3″ x 27.5″, Unique impressions
2024