Jada Simone Haynes

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Website: https://jadashaynes.onfabrik.com/

Bio: Haynes was the recipient of the Freemon Gadberry Award in Art and the Freemon Gadberry Award in Sculpture in 2022 and received the New York Studio School scholarship within that same year. Haynes' work has been exhibited at notable venues such as the Afrofuturist Center, Arden Fair, Bass & Reiner, Gearbox, Gallery 1202, Holland Project Gallery, The Little Raven, Mercury20 Gallery, Root Division, The San Francisco Gallery, Textile Arts Center, WAL Public Market Gallery, and represented in the Letterform Archive Collection. They earned a dual Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art and Design from the University of California, Davis. During their time at UC Davis, Haynes served as Lead Director of the Basement Gallery and completed an independent honors thesis under the mentorship of Azin Seraj and Darrin Martin. Haynes currently resides and practices in the Bay Area, where they contribute to the field as a Collections Associate at the Letterform Archive.

Statement: Jada Simone Haynes (San Ramon, CA) is a Black non-binary archivist and multidisciplinary artist who is deeply engaged in exploring the nuanced aspects of Black queer existence, resistance, and resilience. In their creative practice, they are particularly drawn to abstracted images and the transformative potential of knotted and knit fibers to serve as conduits for the density of personal and collective grief, security, memory, and desire. These vessels and tapestries that weave fibers, verses, and vision create a constellation of experiences that delve into the textures of these themes and their futures.The work reflects a dedication to storytelling through various dimensions, a convergence that’s committed to blending the realms of archives, phenomenology, and art practice where the past is dynamically engaged and inherited by the present.