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All Put Together: Solo Exhibition by Helina Metaferia

Past exhibition
18 March - 17 April 2022
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All Put Together, Solo Exhibition by Helina Metaferia

 All Put Together by Helina Metaferia is a multifaceted presentation pulled from the artist's interdisciplinary practice to emphasize narratives centered on social engagement. Her process, rooted in the archives and history of activism in the United States, is simultaneously focused on contemporary BIPOC women, all of whom are directly involved with the artist through performance-as-protest workshops. Her work brings to the forefront untold, or unheralded, stories. Using a diverse range of media, including collage, video, sculpture, installation, and performance, All Put Together reminds us that progress, or the labor in pushing for progress, is never linear. It is power, it is vulnerability. It is failure, and it is success. Where we are today is the culmination of this work, and through Metaferia’s meticulously rendered collage portraits, or through her sensory-filled performances, we are made aware of the presence of the bodies who have spoken out, marched, and held signs in protest. Metaferia’s exhibitions takes place concurrently with a second solo exhibition, titled Generations, at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. 

 

→Helina Metaferia's monograph, "Generations" 

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Installation Views
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Works
  • Helina Metaferia Crown (After Empress Menen), 2022
    Helina Metaferia
    Crown (After Empress Menen), 2022
  • Helina Metaferia Headdress 33, 2022
    Helina Metaferia
    Headdress 33, 2022
  • Helina Metaferia Headdress 34, 2022
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    Headdress 34, 2022
  • Helina Metaferia Headdress 35, 2022
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    Headdress 35, 2022
  • Helina Metaferia Headdress 36, 2022
    Helina Metaferia
    Headdress 36, 2022
  • Helina Metaferia Headdress 37, 2022
    Helina Metaferia
    Headdress 37, 2022
  • Helina Metaferia Headdress 38, 2022
    Helina Metaferia
    Headdress 38, 2022
  • Helina Metaferia Tapestry (The Griot), 2022
    Helina Metaferia
    Tapestry (The Griot), 2022
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  • Helina Metaferia The Response, 2022
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    The Response, 2022
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Videos
  • Artist Talk: Helina Metaferia & Dr. Nikki Greene

    Artist Talk: Helina Metaferia & Dr. Nikki Greene

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  • The Willing: Performance by Helina Metaferia

    The Willing: Performance by Helina Metaferia

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Press
  • Making a Big Investment? Fairchain Is the Art World’s Prenup.

    Sophie Lee, Cultured Magazine, January 20, 2023
  • Our Favorite Moments of 2022

    BAR Editorial Team, Boston Art Review, December 30, 2022
  • In ‘Helina Metaferia: All Put Together,’ Headdresses Reflect Women’s Power

    Veronica Esposito, KQED, July 25, 2022
  • Praise Shadows Announces Two Institutional Acquisitions for Works by Helina Metafeira

    Melissa Hunter Davis, Sugarcane Magazine, July 11, 2022
  • Helina Metaferia Honors the Activist Legacies of Black Women across Collage and Performance

    Ayanna Dozier, Artsy, March 21, 2022
  • Artist Helina Metaferia Celebrates Black Women Activists in Two Solo Shows

    Annie Block, Interior Design, February 4, 2022

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