MFA Fibers and Material Studies
=2nd floor, Fibers and Material Studies, Studio 250F
Social media: @artofanasha
Shana Tamu Jackson
Jumprope Masquerade Portrait, Fiber headdress portrait printed on Luster Paper, 36 × 60 in.
I blend material, and memories into visual representations of our shared humanity. I strive to add the pages of the Afro-Atlantic experience to the often-overlooked chapters of human history, transforming identity into a contemporary language for viewers to consider. Interwoven across fiber art, photography, sculpture, and research, I intentionally tap into the overlooked frequencies of the places and spaces revealing and acknowledging elements that are often hiding in plain sight. This contributes to a vital conversation about vibrant communities that exist on the margins but are deeply understood by those familiar with them. My collective practice serves as a vehicle for communicating my lifelong exploration of the global African experience, which I interpret and curate through my unique African American lens. I balance emotion, reverence, and mark-making, shaping my point of view and fueling my visual narratives while ensuring a safe space for each piece to exist fully. It is through these vivid expressions of nostalgia and connection that I embed ritual and fellowship into my work as an intentional gathering of subjects, objects, and scholarship.
Shana Tamu Jackson
Shana Tamu Jackson is an interdisciplinary artist who works across media to build visual narratives about innocence and identity. Through fiber work and photography, her work imagines a contemporary antiquity while investigating rich yet overlooked global histories. Inspired by assemblage, power sculptures, and thirteenth-century sub-Saharan Ife portrait busts, she explores principles of traditional African Art to express the nostalgic social experience through her African American lens.

