{"id":8644957,"date":"2026-03-11T20:42:24","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T20:42:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/va\/?post_type=app_event&#038;p=8644957"},"modified":"2026-03-30T14:05:34","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T14:05:34","slug":"celebrating-the-5th-year-of-villa-albertines-residencies-artists-discussing-memory-resistance-and-the-afro-diasporic-image","status":"publish","type":"app_event","link":"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/va\/events\/celebrating-the-5th-year-of-villa-albertines-residencies-artists-discussing-memory-resistance-and-the-afro-diasporic-image\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating Five Years of Villa Albertine&#8217;s Residencies: Artists Discuss Memory, Resistance and the Afro-Diasporic Image"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On the occasion of\u00a0the <a href=\"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/va\/events\/resident-highlights-2026-events-calendar\/\">fifth anniversary of Villa Albertine&#8217;s residency program<\/a>, Villa Albertine Atlanta partners with <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/atlantacontemporary.org\/\">Atlanta Contemporary<\/a><\/strong> to present a <strong>conversation between current French residents <a href=\"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/va\/fr\/residents\/alexis-peskine\/\">Alexis\u00a0Peskine<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/va\/residents\/armelle-tulunda\/\">Armelle\u00a0Tulunda<\/a>, Atlanta-based artist Shanequa Gay,\u00a0and former Senegalese Villa Albertine resident\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/va\/fr\/residents\/ngnima-sarr\/\">Ngima\u00a0Sarr<\/a>, aka\u00a0T.I.E.\u00a0Moderated by curator Clarke Brown<\/strong>, the panel, followed by a Q&amp;A,\u00a0will explore the intersections of Afrodiasporic memory, visual languages, and contemporary cultural expression.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How do the echoes of the past shape the visual&nbsp;forms&nbsp;of the future? This panel brings together<strong>&nbsp;four&nbsp;visionary artists&nbsp;to explore the profound connections between artistic practice and the African Diaspora.<\/strong> Set against the historical and spiritual backdrop of Georgia, this dialogue delves into the roles of memory, resistance, and representation in contemporary visual art. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By weaving together&nbsp;Peskine\u2019s&nbsp;global Afro-descendant lens,&nbsp;Tulunda\u2019s&nbsp;ancestral Congolese inquiries, Gay\u2019s deep-rooted Georgia mythologies,&nbsp;and T.I.E&nbsp;performative&nbsp;protocol of&nbsp;healing,&nbsp;this&nbsp;panel&nbsp;seeks&nbsp;to uncover how art acts as a vessel for both spiritual preservation and political defiance. Together, the artists will reflect on how they &#8220;trace the marks&#8221; of those who came before to build immersive environments where identity, culture, and belonging can be reimagined.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"articles-small articles-small--richtext section__articles\">\n\t\t<div class=\"articles__items\" id=\"items_2203\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"articles__item\" id=\"item_1368\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article-small article-small--reverse article-small--limit-title-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/PESKINE-Alexis-c-Aliona-Adrianova.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article__head\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 style=\"margin-bottom: 0px\">Alexis Peskine<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.article__head -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article__excerpt\" style=\"display: block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tVisual Artist\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<br>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.article__excerpt -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"seemore\" id=\"more1368\" onclick=\"toggleDescs(1368);\">See more<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"description\" style=\"display: none;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Alexis Peskine is a visual artist working across mixed media, film, and photography whose practice explores Afro-descendant identity at the intersection of spirituality, historical memory, and collective consciousness. Drawing from his Afro-Brazilian maternal heritage and the traditions of Candombl\u00e9, his work investigates forms of resistance, transcendence, and transformation through spiritual practices, examining how faith and ritual have empowered communities to endure and reimagine freedom in the face of oppression.<\/p>\n<p>During his Villa Albertine residency in Atlanta, Peskine is developing a feature-length film and an exhibition centered on Afro-spiritual resistance in the American South. Hosted by the African Diaspora Art Museum of Atlanta (ADAMA), the project includes research across Georgia and South Carolina, engaging with Gullah Geechee communities and Hoodoo practitioners.<\/p>\n<p>Peskine graduated from Howard University in 2003, where he won the Verizon HBCU Student Art Competition, and later received a Fulbright Fellowship to pursue his MFA at the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA). His 2007 exhibition at MOCADA was featured in The New York Times. He has since exhibited internationally, including at the Black Arts World Festival (2010) and the Dakar Biennale (2016), and has participated in exhibitions, residencies, and biennales across Africa, the Americas, and Europe.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.article__content -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"articles__item\" id=\"item_1268\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article-small article-small--reverse article-small--limit-title-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Gay_Shanequa_headshot-e1773258747302.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article__head\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 style=\"margin-bottom: 0px\">Shanequa Gay<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.article__head -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article__excerpt\" style=\"display: block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tVisual Artist\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<br>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.article__excerpt -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"seemore\" id=\"more1268\" onclick=\"toggleDescs(1268);\">See more<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"description\" style=\"display: none;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Gay is a storyteller, born and raised in Georgia, whose work draws on the environment and spiritual symbolism of the American South. Blending motifs from regional life, she explores identity, culture, and power through storytelling, highlighting formidable female figures and intergenerational relationships. Her practice -encompassing installations, paintings, performance, photography,<br \/>\nvideo, and monumental sculptures challenges dominant narratives, reclaims space through personal memory and mythology, and creates immersive environments that invite reflection on self and belonging.<\/p>\n<p>Gay\u2019s recent exhibitions include Repossessions, Spelman College Museum, Atlanta, GA (2026); Ancestral Mirrors, Clark Atlanta Art Museum, Atlanta, GA (2025); Four Women, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Boston, MA (2024); Atlanta Biennial, Atlanta Contemporary (2021); Le Monde Bossale, Montreal, Canada, in (2021); Adorned, McColl Center for Arts and Innovation, Charlotte, NC (2020); and Holding Space for Nobility, Ackland Museum, Chapel Hill, NC (2020).<\/p>\n<p>Gay exhibits her works and procures residencies within the United States, Europe, Japan, and South Africa. She is a Do-Good Fellow recipient, an Emory University Arts and Social Justice Fellow, (2020) and a Hudgens Prize Finalist (2022). Currently, Gay is a adjunct at Spelman College, the Visual Artist-in-Residence at Oglethorpe University, (2022-23), recipient of the Radcliffe Bailey Award for Excellence in Visual Art and is one of five Georgia Women to Watch selected by the Georgia Committee of the National Museum of Women in the Arts (2023) and most recently awarded a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) for Celebrating America250: Arts Projects through Albany Museum of Art (2026).<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.article__content -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"articles__item\" id=\"item_1331\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article-small article-small--reverse article-small--limit-title-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/TULUNDA-Armelle-scaled.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article__head\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 style=\"margin-bottom: 0px\">Armelle Tulunda <\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.article__head -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article__excerpt\" style=\"display: block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tVisual Artist\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<br>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.article__excerpt -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"seemore\" id=\"more1331\" onclick=\"toggleDescs(1331);\">See more<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"description\" style=\"display: none;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Armelle Tulunda\u2019s artistic practice explores questions of identity, memory, and belonging through astronomy and ancestral Congolese cosmologies. Observing the night sky and reconnecting with Congolese beliefs and legends, her work creates a bridge between personal history and collective memory.<\/p>\n<p>Her practice often inhabits a space of paradox, reflecting her experience of being born in France to Congolese parents. Moving between light and darkness, scientific knowledge and personal narrative, Tulunda draws inspiration from satellite imagery and NASA materials while employing craft-based techniques. In continuity with her Perspectives installation series, her research in Savannah investigates the traces of Congolese cosmology preserved among enslaved communities in the American South, despite centuries of colonial erasure.<\/p>\n<p>Tulunda (born 1994 in Colombes, France) lives and works in the Paris region. Her work has been presented at venues including Mucem (Marseille), the Mulhouse Photo Biennale, Hangar Y (Meudon), the Museum of Fine Arts of Nancy, La Villette (Paris), CAC \u2013 La Synagogue de Delme, and Ugly Duck (London). She received support from the Grand Est Region\u2019s Emerging Visual Arts program in 2021 and 2023, as well as a mobility grant from the Goethe-Institut and the European Union.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.article__content -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"articles__item\" id=\"item_1073\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article-small article-small--reverse article-small--limit-title-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/TIE_-Tree-@Per-Cromwell-headshot-e1773261551937.jpeg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article__head\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 style=\"margin-bottom: 0px\">Ngima Sarr, aka T.I.E<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.article__head -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article__excerpt\" style=\"display: block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSinger\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<br>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.article__excerpt -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"seemore\" id=\"more1073\" onclick=\"toggleDescs(1073);\">See more<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"description\" style=\"display: none;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"BZ_Pyq_fadeIn\">Ngnima <\/span><span class=\"BZ_Pyq_fadeIn\">Sarr, <\/span><span class=\"BZ_Pyq_fadeIn\">known <\/span><span class=\"BZ_Pyq_fadeIn\">as <\/span><span class=\"BZ_Pyq_fadeIn\">T.<\/span><span class=\"BZ_Pyq_fadeIn\">I.<\/span><span class=\"BZ_Pyq_fadeIn\">E, <\/span><span 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<\/span><span class=\"BZ_Pyq_fadeIn\">Dakar <\/span><span class=\"BZ_Pyq_fadeIn\">during <\/span><span class=\"BZ_Pyq_fadeIn\">Partcours <\/span><span class=\"BZ_Pyq_fadeIn\">2022. <\/span><span class=\"BZ_Pyq_fadeIn\">She <\/span><span class=\"BZ_Pyq_fadeIn\">is <\/span><span class=\"BZ_Pyq_fadeIn\">a <\/span><span class=\"BZ_Pyq_fadeIn\">former <\/span><span class=\"BZ_Pyq_fadeIn\">resident <\/span><span class=\"BZ_Pyq_fadeIn\">of <\/span><span class=\"BZ_Pyq_fadeIn\">Villa <\/span><span class=\"BZ_Pyq_fadeIn\">Albertine <\/span><span class=\"BZ_Pyq_fadeIn\">Atlanta.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.article__content -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"articles__item\" id=\"item_1227\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article-small article-small--reverse article-small--limit-title-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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