I was drawn to this topic because it combines the beauty of the black aesthetic with past and future technologies. I believe it’s an innovative way to explore and learn more about how the Afro community and culture evolves even under harsh realities. I think this piece demonstrates how powerful the resilience and influence the black community holds in a unique society.

My creative process was to use a mixed media approach combining watercolor, magazines, metal and natural elements which again reinforces and complements the overall theme. Collectively using different elements to achieve a full spectrum of textures, colors and shapes to interpret the Afrofuturism experience.

The overall concept was to place the focus on a Afro woman in her natural state with old and new technologies within herself and outside of her embodying her true essence and connection of duality into one energy which is her.