Pamela Council, African American Artist

Pamela Council, African American Artist

Artist Portrait

Pamela Council was born in Southampton, New York and currently resides in Bronxville, where she works to produce sculpture, textiles, print-based media and performance art.

Photo by Joe Gall for Red Bull

Council's works primarily in sculpture, textiles, print-based media and performance art. Her work has been commissioned and exhibited through the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, the Studio Museum in Harlem, Williams College Museum of Art, Southampton Historical Museum and Kianga Ellis Projects among others. She completed a residency at MANA BSMT in 2016, and recently participated in the collective, Black Women Artists for Black Lives Matter.

Red Bull

2020

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Quote by Artist: “Blaxidermy is a word I use that combines taxidermy and an idea of blaxploitation. In the series, I used beauty supply products and a lot of sculptural elements that referred to the body. Like blaxploitation, I hope it’s somewhere in the space between comical, outrageous, horrific, and enlightening. And always exuberant.” -Pamela Council

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