Simone Leigh
1967–
Introduction
Simone Leigh (born 1967) is an American artist from Chicago who works in New York City in the United States. She works in various media including sculpture, installations, video, performance, and social practice. Leigh has described her work as auto-ethnographic, and her interests include African art and vernacular objects, performance, and feminism. Her work is concerned with the marginalization of women of color and reframes their experience as central to society. Leigh has often said that her work is focused on “Black female subjectivity,” with an interest in complex interplays between various strands of history. She was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine in 2023.
Wikidata identifier
Q16200002
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Country of birth
United States
Roles
Artist, ceramicist, installation artist, sculptor, video artist
ULAN identifier
500373008
Names
Simone Leigh
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