Photograph of an unused silkscreen.

Kamau Ware, work in progress A (2017). Silkscreen. 11 x 17 x 3 in.

Kamau Ware is an award-winning visual artist and storyteller based in New York City. Kamau creates new narratives about the African Diaspora’s history through photography, films, exhibitions and events. In 2010, he founded the Black Gotham Experience (BGX), which utilizes art and walks to illustrate the impact of the African Diaspora in New York City. Kamau Studios was created in 2008 as a visual storytelling lab.

Works on display and in process will include pieces from "Buffalo Sonnet" a digital comic book about San Juan Hill commissioned by Lincoln Center. There will also be works from the BGX Collection supported by the Mellon Foundation that will premier May-June.