Born in Neptune, New Jersey (b. 1952)

Dawn Williams Boyd

Africa Rising, 2008

Kente cloth, cotton, and cowrie shells
© Dawn Williams Boyd; courtesy the artist and Fort Gansevoort, New York. Photo by Ron Witherspoon.

Dawn Williams Boyd in her studio. Photo by Tony Wang; courtesy of Fort Gansevoort, New York

“It has been said that these things would happen — the downfall of democracy, the ecosystem being ruined, the taking back of rights. It’s happening. (My art work) is about paying attention.”

—Dawn Williams Boyd