Salt Lake City
September 13, 2025 – June 14, 2025
Opening reception: Friday, September 26, celebration with artist and live DJ
Adama Delphine Fawundu is a New York–based artist of Mende, Krim, Bamileke, and Bubi descent. Her practice embodies ancestral memory across space and time, reconnecting places, objects, plants, animals, and spirits of the global African diaspora.
The works in this exhibition are made through Fawundu’s process of “kpoto patchwok,” a gathering and piecing together of materials from Congo, Brazil, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Nigeria, Malta, Cuba, and the United States. These layered works stitch together a collective history of the African diaspora, envisioning a more interconnected future. Presented in conversation with selected objects from UMFA’s African art collection, the exhibition highlights resonances across continents, histories, and identities.
The exhibition coincides with Fawundu’s participation in the Congo Biennale in Kinshasa and the São Paulo Biennale, underscoring the global scope of her practice. A publication with an essay by curator Yvonne Mpwo accompanies the show.
Utah Museum of Fine Arts
Marcia and John Price Museum Building
410 Campus Center Drive, Salt Lake City, UT 84112
Hours: Tue, Thu, Fri, Sat: 10 AM–5 PM | Wed: 10 AM–8 PM | Sun: 10 AM–5 PM | Closed Monday
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