FULL BELLIED LAUGHTER

/ Skyline Gym, GMU Fairfax/

IMANI SHANKLIN ROBERTS

FULL BELLIED LAUGHTER, 2018

Skyline Gym, west windows

Vinyl on glass

“I build my art-making process by allowing myself to view the world that I live in critically and as a malleable aesthetic experience. I chose to embrace an Afrocentric perspective on identity, worldviews, morality, feminism and aesthetics because of my upbringing and self-exploration. As a result, I choose to focus on the African American figure as the subject of my work. In my public art work it is important to fill walls and spaces with the color and vibrancy of melanin, joy, and a full range of hues.”

Imani Shanklin Roberts is a Washington, DC native currently based in New York. Roberts earned a BFA/MS in Art Education upon graduating from Pratt Institute in 2014.