Speakers

  • Chelsea Flowers
  • Assistant Professor
  • Parson School of Design

Based in Detroit and Brooklyn, Chelsea A. Flowers is an artist who holds an MFA in sculpture from Cranbrook Academy of Art (2017), and a BFA from Denison University in studio art (2013), with a concentration in Black Studies. She has shown work and performed at various galleries including; Wave Pool Gallery (Cincinnati, OH), ACRE Projects Space (Chicago, IL), Fjord Gallery (Philadelphia, PA), Red Bull Arts (Detroit, MI), Roots and Culture (Chicago, IL), at Vox Populi (Philadelphia, PA), The Sculpture Center, (Cleveland, OH), and at the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, (Detroit, MI).

She has expanded her skills and research by attending ACRE (Steuben, WI), Real Time and Space (Oakland, CA), Ox-Bow School of Arts and Artist Residency (Saugatuck, MI) and Art Space is Your Space (Cincinnati, OH) residencies. Her practice explores subversion to popular culture, how “otherness” is created through social and cultural critique of her environment. She explores these ideas through comedic troupes, physical play, nostalgic memorabilia, and participatory performance.

In addition to having an active creative practice, Flowers is an arts educator with a current position as an assistant professor at Parson School of Design.

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