Lemia Monét Bodden

Instagram: @quelquefoisphoto

Website: http://www.qqfphoto.com

Bio: Lemia Monét Bodden hails from the San Francisco Bay Area. She received her BFA, with honors, from New York University in Film Production. A photographer since she was 12 years old, Lemia has had her work in over 50 exhibitions, including The United Nations, Momenta Art, New York Photo Festival, DUMBO Arts Festival, MPLS Photo Center, Freies Museum Berlin, Vox Populi, Root Division, ACUD MACHT NEU Galerie, ARLES 2018, Ypsilon Art Center Thessaloniki, CICA Museum South Korea, Altonaer Museum Hamburg, and Ferencvarosi Gallery in Budapest, Hungary. She is currently a UP NEXT Member within Diversify Photo. She was nominated for the Black Space Residency at Minnesota Street Project in March and April 2024.

Statement: Skittles. Pill bottle. boiling pot of water. loose cigarettes. ice cream pint. fake 20 dollar bill. These are the items that African Americans have lost their lives over. The shelf holds each item up as a display, so the audience can formulate what is the thread that connects these random items. This touches on the frivolity that leads to the severity of death, and how easy it can be to die at the hands of white supremacy through normal, casual every day items that are perceived as violent when in reality it is the violence of racism that is the true problem.