KIBIBI AJANKU
Artist Innovator Storyteller Unifier Curator
ARTIST
Ancient while at the same time new-world and always changing. Ajanku’s muscle as a visual artist spans from contemporary fine art to village inspired craft, and the performance. Her artistry is layered with… and entrenched in… indigenous folkways.
Through the melding of ancient practices and Afro-futurism, Kibibi creates new ways for people to connect with the African Diaspora and themselves.
Kibibi's work is rooted in oral traditions of the African Diaspora. Her travels fuel the information with which she executes her artistry, pedagogy and curatorial practice.
Kibibi approaches all of her work from a lens of Liberation and Justice. Her work strives to connect the deep divides of this nation using universal truths and rigorous dialogue in order to create a common language with which all can converge their realities.
As an independent curator based in Baltimore, Maryland. Kibibi's curatorial work explores the impact of African world history and legacy through African American contemporary art.