Explore recent works & current projects.
Explore recent works & current projects.
Vestigial Quilt
Hand painted & printed silk, rayon, cotton, linen
Textile collage that utilizes fabric remnants, reparative mending and appliqué quilting techniques.
Silken Venus: Fertility Talisman from My Diasporic Memory
Silk, wool, cotton, brass
Silken Venus is a sculpture based upon the Paleolithic Venus of Willendorf figurine. It is also an imagined ceremonial object to commemorate the coming of age for a young woman, and the first in a series of invented talismans exploring new mythologies for those whose lineages emerged from the African Diaspora.
Woven Organism
Graphite on paper
Fourth in a series of illustrations based upon an imagined mythology of the subconscious. In the darker recesses of the subterranean mind live these creatures. Over a lifetime they multiply and become increasingly complex.They are exquisite tangles made up of our stories, imprints, and general history.
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Collection No 10. - Sea, Brine, Siren
Gold fill-tipped, naturally dyed silk strands that are individually placed into hand braided Kumihimo cord
Photo Credit: Senecca Dawn
Tangle Tunic
Silk rouleaux, silk organza
This garment features a repeating pattern created by hand appliquéd silk rouleaux. The tunic’s linear design is a meditation on the circuitous and complicated nature of lineage and the particular disorientation that is felt when one has little to no knowledge of their ancestors and histories.
Until Then
Costume design for R&R short film Until Then
R&R is a collaborative team of five multi-media artists, Antwan Williams, Maurice Reed, Amie Dowling, Reyna Brown and Tiersa Nureyev that have been making experimental short films that explore systems of oppression and their impact on the body, the psyche and humanity. Our first film Every Second centered on re-entry after incarceration and the film Until Then that is currently being developed looks at a woman’s experience of incarceration, as well as the oppressive nature of the medical and educational systems—particularly on women of color.
SF Arts Education Project
Summer Fashion Workshops - now open for enrollment.
Full Grand Dome Earrings
Hand forged, hand painted brass domes
The Doma Luna Collection is made in collaboration with metalsmith Diana O’Connor, and uses oil paints made with pigments hand harvested and mixed by Anong Beam of M’Chigeeng First Nation.
Photo Credit: Senecca Dawn
Nevelson Prism Necklace
White oak, brass, leather
Necklace from YMSF: a collaborative space between Tiersa Nureyev & Yvonne Mouser
Photo Credit: Cascade Wilhelm
Sign My Name To Freedom
Costume design for SFBATCO
Photo Credit: Alexa “Lexmex” Treviño
Tar Baby Floral Diptych
Gouache on Paper
These paintings are based on Toni Morrison’s Tar Baby. The story takes place in the Caribbean and uses the symbolism between the indigenous flora and the delicate hothouse flowers of the white landowner as a reference to colonialism, white entitlement, and appropriation. The flowers in the painting are a mix of both native and non-native, but the former are layered over the latter. This portends the fate of the white family and their estate on the Caribbean Island and celebrates cultural resilience in the face of erasure.
Paper Doll Chain
Butcher paper
Paper Doll Chain was a life-sized interactive prop that accompanied a performance by The Artistic Ensemble of San Quentin Prison. The piece acted as a symbol as the performers spoke about relationships with a specific women in their lives.