Helina Metaferia: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu

Everything Is Connected

On this episode I'm joined by Helina Metaferia. Helina Metaferia is an interdisciplinary artist working across collage, assemblage, video, performance, and social engagement. Her work integrates archives, somatic studies, and dialogical practices, creating overlooked narratives that amplify BIPOC/femme bodies.

Her work is in the permanent collection of institutions including Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA; RISD Art Museum, Providence, RI; and the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York, NY.

Helina is preparing for EXPO Chicago, the annual fair that brings the city's art community together, when we sit down high up at Silver Arts, the shared studio space Helina is currently working out of that plays host to dozens of emerging artists living and working in New York City.