Inye Wokoma
Inye Wokoma (born 1968 or 1969) is an artist, filmmaker, journalist, and co-founder of Wa Na Wari in Seattle, Washington.
Inye Wokoma
- Name
- Inye Wokoma
- Birthplace
- Seattle, Washington
- Education
- Garfield High School
- Occupation
- Artist
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Inye Wokoma (born 1968 or 1969) is an artist, filmmaker, journalist, and co-founder of Wa Na Wari in Seattle, Washington.
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• Name — Inye Wokoma • Birthplace — Seattle, Washington • Education — Garfield High School • Occupation — Artist
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Wokoma was born in Seattle and grew up in Seattle's Central District and attended Garfield High School.
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Career
Wokoma has had two solo museum shows, including This Is Who We Are at Frye Art Museum, and An Elegant Utility at the Northwest African American Museum. His work focuses on gentrification and his family's history in Seattle. Wokoma opened Wa Na Wari, a Black-centered arts organization and community space, in his great-aunt Birdie's house in the Central District, along with co-founders Elisheba Johnson, Jill Freidberg, and Rachel Kessler. Wa Na Wari aims at reclaiming space and supporting black artists in Seattle's historically black neighborhood, in the face of gentrification.
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- 1.Inye Wokoma's Last Stand: One Man's Fight To Save Seattle's Central District. Seattle Magazine. 2018-04-01.
- 2.Vansynghel, Margo. Turning a Central District house into a home for Black artists Crosscut. crosscut.com.
- 3.With 'Story Porch', Seattle's Wa Na Wari honors ancestors, community, and west african spiritual traditions. www.seattletimes.com. 30 October 2020.
- 4.The ways love shows up in the world: a Central District family's history transformed. www.seattletimes.com. 15 May 2017.
- 5.Inye Wokoma: This Is Who We Are Frye Art Museum Artsy. www.artsy.net.
- 6.Family ties: Artist Inye Wokoma follows his family's history through the Central District at NAAM. www.realchangenews.org.
- 7.Harrison, Mia Imani. A Gallery Prioritizes Care in a Historically Black Seattle Neighborhood. Hyperallergic. 2020-03-13.
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