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. Metaferia's work was included in the Sharjah Biennial in the United Arab Emirates (2023) and the Tennessee Triennial in Nashville, TN, (2023). Recent solo exhibitions include Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA (2022); RISD Art Museum, Providence, RI (2022); New York University's The Gallatin Galleries, New York, NY (2021); and Museum of African Diaspora, San Francisco, CA (2017). Her work is in the permanent collection of institutions including the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA; and the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York, NY.
Metaferia received her MFA from Tufts University’s School of the Museum of Fine Arts and attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. Her work has been supported by several residencies including MacDowell, Yaddo, Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, MASS MoCA, and Silver Art Residency at the World Trade Center. Her work has been written about in publications including The New York Times, Financial Times, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, Artnet News, The Art Newspaper, and Hyperallergic. Metaferia is an Assistant Professor at Brown University in the Visual Art department, and lives and works in New York City.
