Untitled #4, Collage on paper, 2018

Greetings All!

I hope that you are well.

It has been a hectic few months since I left Accra for an artist fellowship in Tulsa. 

My solo exhibition in Accra was well received. Quite frankly, I could not have mounted the show without the help of Tarek and Isshaq. Thank you both for being there for me through all the wahala. You can go to this link to read an Artsy article (on “The Stories I Tell Myself” exhibition) by Ayodeji Rotinwa: https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-florine-demosthene-conjuring-history-black-heroines-creating-new

Secondly, I was honored to be able to participate in a panel discussion during the Neustadt Literary Festival at Oklahoma University.  This year’s winner of the prestigious Neustadt International Prize for Literature is Haitian-American writer, Edwidge Danticat. You can go to this link to view information and images on the festival and prize: https://www.neustadtprize.org/

And lastly, my artwork is featured alongside a poignant essay, “An Anatomy of Lostness” by Anna Badkhen in the November/December issue of World Literature Today. Do check it out by going to this link: https://www.worldliteraturetoday.org/2018/november/anatomy-lostness-anna-badkhen

Please scroll down for more information regarding upcoming exhibitions this month.

Thank you all for your continued love and support.

Much love and hugs,

Florine

I will be exhibiting a few works with Mariane Ibrahim Gallery at the Untitled Art Fair in Miami. The fair will open on Wednesday, December 5th through Sunday, December 9th. 

Gallery 1957 will also be at the fair (with the works of Serge Clottey). Do check out both booths!

I will be part of a group exhibition, Hello Penumbra, at Living Arts in Tulsa, Oklahoma. This exhibition is a curatorial partnership with the Tulsa Artist Fellowship program. The show will open this Friday, December 7th.

I am excited to share the news that  Wounds #16 and Contradiction have now become part of of the Petrucci Family Collection of African-American Art.  Both works were created this past summer (for group exhibitions in Florida and Germany).