Join us for a talk by transfeminisms co-curator Christine Eyene who will discuss some of the thinking behind the exhibition hosted at Mimosa House. 

Speaking from an African diasporic perspective, Eyene will reflect on some of the lineages that have informed her feminist art writing and curatorial practice: from lived experiences explored in works by Black British women artists such as Sonia Boyce DBE RA, Lubaina Himid CBE RA, Claudette Johnson MBE, and Marlene Smith; Black US feminism, and African writings such as Awa Thiam’s Speak out, Black sisters: Feminism and Oppression in Black Africa (first published in French in 1978) and N’Goné Fall’s essay ‘Providing a Space from Freedom: Women Artists from Africa’ published in the catalogue of Global Feminisms: New Direction in Contemporary Art (2007) curated by Maura Reilly (co-curator of transfeminisms) with Linda Nochlin; and collaborations with seminal figures such as the late Bisi Silva (1962-2019), and more recently with Himid’s Making Histories Visible research project.

This talk will also be an opportunity to share about the collaborative approach of transfeminisms and the experience of engaging with Daria Khan, Jennifer McCabe, and Maura Reilly’s diverse curatorial voices.

This event is free. Booking is necessary via Eventbrite.

Christine Eyene is an art historian and curator. She is a Lecturer in Contemporary Art at Liverpool John Moores University and Research Curator at Tate Liverpool. 

Her books include Sounds Like Her - Gender, Sound Art & Sonic Cultures. Nottingham: Beam Editions, 2019; and WHERE WE’RE AT! Other Voices on Gender. Milan: Silvana Editoriale / Brussels: BOZAR Books, 2014. She also contributed the essays ‘Tracey Rose: Within and Beyond (Black) Feminism’ in Koyo Kouoh (ed.), Tracey Rose: Shooting Down Babylon. Cape Town: Zeitz MOCAA, 2022; and ‘Curating from a Black Female Perspective’, in Katy Deepwell (ed.), Feminist Art Activisms and Artivisms. Amsterdam: Valiz, 2020. 

Earlier essays include: ‘Past Virginity: Women, Sexuality and Art’ in Bisi Silva (ed.), Like a Virgin: Lucy Azubuike – Zanele Muholi. Lagos: CCA, Lagos, 2009; and, published in French: ‘Ghada Amer: From Popular Porn to Arab Erotology’, Africultures vol. 2, issue 63, 2005 and ‘The multiple symbols of the veil in Zineb Sedira’s work’, Africultures, vol. 2, issue 59, 2004.