C. Davida Ingram

C. Davida Ingram is a conceptual artist specializing in gender,^[1] race and social practice.^[2] Her art explores desire, space, time and memory, while questioning 21st century black female subjectivity.^[3] She is also a public speaker and civic leader.^[4] She received the 2014 Stranger Genius Award in Visual Arts.^[5] In 2016 she was a Kennedy Center Citizen Art Fellow,^[6] a finalist for the 2016 Neddy Arts Award,^[7] and 2018 Jacob Lawrence Fellow.^[8] Ingram, along with Prometheus Brown of Blue Scholars, and Tony-nominated choreographer and director, Donald Byrd at the 2016 Crosscut Arts Salon: The Color of Race.^[9] In 2017 she was featured in Seattle Magazine's Most Influential Seattleites of 2017.^[10] In the same year she received the Mona Marita Dingus Award for Innovative Media.^[11]

She was engaged in the fight against institutional racism^{[12][failed verification]} in the Seattle Art Museum library^{[13][failed verification]} where she was head of Civic Engagement Programs.^[14]

Her work has been exhibited widely, including at Frye Art Museum,^[15] the Northwest African American Museum,^[16] the Intiman Theatre,^[17] Bridge Productions,^[18] WaNaWari,^[19] Tacoma Art Museum,^[20] and the Jacob Lawrence Gallery at the University of Washington.^[21]

Davida's interest in art began when her father taught her how to draw a face.^[22]

Her work has a post-modern sensibility because she is particularly influenced by theory and cultural studies.^[23]

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