Exhibitions
American Gurl
October 4 - April 13, 2025
This exhibition is made possible by the generous support of Ally Financial
Co-curated by Zehra Zehra and Kilo Kish
American Gurl is an ongoing curatorial project featuring work that explores all shades of American dreaming. This installment of the project will take shape as a film exhibition at Harvey B. Gantt Center for African American Arts + Culture that will present eight films by intergenerational artists with curiosity around the perspectives and nuances within the Black feminine experience and our relationships with beauty, success, freedom, and power in America. American Gurl is presented in collaboration with Womxn in Windows, a platform whose mission is to share the perspectives of women of color through video, art, film, and performance.
Artists include:
- Ayanna Dozier
- Ja’Tovia Gary
- Kilo Kish
- Savanah Leaf
- LaJuné McMillian in collaboration with Marguerite Angelica Monique Hemmings
- Lorna Simpson
- Martine Syms
- Carrie Mae Weems
About The Curators
Zehra Ahmed (Zehra Zehra) is the founder of Womxn in Windows (WxW), a curator, and cultural producer with over a decade's experience in the art and design world. She founded WxW in 2019 to be an ever-evolving platform that presents video-based art and film when she saw a need for more women (cis, trans, and non-binary inclusive) of diverse backgrounds to have opportunities to both show their work in public spaces and engage with one another.
Kish Robinson (Kilo Kish) is an interdisciplinary artist and performer working in music, film, installation, performance, and the written word. Kish works in a project-based format, diving into various genres and mediums to dissect her unsettled view of millennial life. Her work is characterized by existentialism, absurdity, and humor, explored through popular media formats like songs and music videos.