Join curator, writer and artist, Nya Lewis, in conversation with The Polygon Gallery’s curator, Elliott Ramsey about As We Rise: Photography from the Black Atlantic, the Black Pacific, and black cultural production in Vancouver.

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About Nya Lewis
Nya Lewis’ hybrid practice is a culmination of centuries of African resistance, love, questions, actions, study and embrace rooted in the theorization of the conditions of Black cultural production. The artist sees her practice as a continuation of a long lineage of work undertaken by Black artists, curators, writers, activists and thinkers who blaze(d) a trail of critical discourse surrounding the Black experience. Lewis’ creative practice reflects upon the diversity of Black diasporic experiences and its many forms of expression. As such, she works across the disciplines of art making, curating and writing. Her work is multivalent in form and expression but is always driven by the reimagining and reclaiming of community.