Negarra A. Kudumu is an independent scholar, published writer, and healer working at the intersection of art and healing with a focus on contemporary art from the Pacific Northwest, Africa, South Asia, and their respective diasporas. She was the Curator at the Center for Contemporary Art (CoCA) in Seattle. Her curatorial expertise includes a residency at Bridge Productions where she curated work by the Seattle artist Mike Wagner, in an exhibition titled From Fool to World / Works by Mike Wagner. In 2017, Negarra co-organized the group exhibition Back Stories with Mariane Ibrahim, director and founder of the eponymous gallery, now headquartered in Chicago. Negarra regularly lectures, participates in talks, and moderates panels on various topics relating to contemporary art. Over the past four years, she has been invited to speak in education, artistic practice, and alternative artistic, pedagogic, and cultural praxis. She received her MA from Leiden University (2006) and her BA from Dartmouth College (2001). In January 2021, Negarra completed a curatorial course organized by the Lisbon-based arts organization HANGAR taught by independent curator Azu Nwagbogu. Negarra lives and works in Seattle.
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