LEARENNA A. REYNOLDS [BLACK AMERICAN, B.1999] IS A SELF TAUGHT INTERDISCIPLINARY ARTIST WHOSE PRACTICE QUERIES THE CONVICTIONS OF HER EXPERIENCE GROWING UP.

THROUGH ARCHIVAL/MEMORY WORK, FILM-MAKING,& COLLAGE AS VESSEL; SHE TOILS WITH THEMES OF SPIRITUALITY, CHILDHOOD, & DIASPORIC/COMMUNAL CONNECTIONS. BORN & RAISED ON THE SOUTHSIDE OF CHICAGO, WITH DEEP SOUTHERN-ANCESTRAL ROOTS,

LEARENNA HAS ORCHESTRATED A NUANCED STYLE OF CREATION & VISUAL STORY-TELLING TO SOW THE SEEDS IN CONFRONTING, AND WITNESSING THE FOUND COMFORT IN MUDDY WATERS. SYNTHESIZING HER STUDIES AND LIVED EXPERIENCE, SHE HAS CREATED VISUAL & WRITTEN TEXT THAT PROVIDES SPACE TO GROUND IN REAL-TIME WHILE TRAVERSING THROUGH TIME & MEMORY IN THE FAMILIAL/PERSONAL ARCHIVES. IN THAT, LEARENNA HAS FOUND GROUND IN THE ART WORLD OF CHICAGO, AS A MEMBER OF THE FIRST COHORTS PRODUCED BY THE NEW ART SCHOOL MODALITY [FALL 2023] & SUBLVL CO. [FALL 2023]. LATELY, SHE HAS BEEN SHARING HER WORK GLOBALLY THROUGH ORGANIZATIONS & COLLECTIVES KNOWN AS - LAGGOS BIENNIAL, 4THEEEKINFOLK, & SUBLVL CO. SHE IS CURRENTLY TEACHING YOUTH THROUGHOUT CHICAGO, AS WELL AS, COLLAGE + MEMORY WORKSHOPS.