‘and, surely, we’ll never die’

The current body of work Untitled Transmutations is the basis of ‘and, surely, we’ll never die’, Deborah Anzinger’s forthcoming exhibition. The exhibition’s name references Marcia Griffiths’ 1978 single Dreamland centering socio-ecological abundance and togetherness. In ‘and, surely, we’ll never die’, the regenerating power of Black female imagination— conjuring and cultivating livity, collectivity, innerscapes and landscapes of joy and resilience— is in play.

Installation view: If we are here..., Visual Art Center, UT Austin. Image courtesy VAC.

 

Installation view: Elaine, let's get the hell out of here. Image courtesy Nicelle Beauchene Gallery.

 

"Re-Work" (left) in installation view of The Coverly Set. Image courtesy Sargent's Daughters, Deborah Anzinger, Cole Sayer.

 

June 30 - September 30, 2024. 'Continuity', National Gallery of Jamaica, Kingston
Opening: Sunday, June 30, 2024, 10:00 am - 4:00 p.m.

September 6 - December 10, 2023, 'choreographies of the impossible', 35th Bienal de São Paulo, A Fundação Bienal de São Paulo, SP (Curated by Diane Lima, Grada Kilomba, Hélio Menezes, Manuel Borja-Villel).
Tour dates:
Belém (March 28 to May 26, 2024)
Brasília (June 13 to August 25, 2024)
Fortaleza (September 12 to November 10, 2024)

September 22, 2023 - March 2, 2024. If we are here..., Visual Art Center, University of Texas, Austin (curated by Nicole Smythe-Johnson)

April 26 - August 11, 2019. 'Deborah Anzinger: An Unlikely Birth', Curated by Daniella Rose King. Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Opening: Friday, April 26, 2019
Panel Discussion "On Inhospitality": Danielle Purifoy and Deborah Anzinger, moderated by Daniella Rose King, Saturday, April 27, 2019


October 19 - November 18, 2018. 'Deborah Azinger | Erosion', Sargent's Daughters, NY


June 29- August 18, 2017. 'Elaine, let's get the hell out of here.', Nicelle Beauchene Gallery, NY
Deborah Anzinger, Alex Bradley Cohen, Elaine de Kooning, Grace Hartigan, Ralph Lemon, Al Loving, Rosemary Mayer, Joan Mitchell, Sheila Pepe, Sable Elyse Smith, Joan Snyder, Vanessa Thill, Molly Zuckerman-Hartung


May 27, 2017. Workshop: "Preparing Portfolios, Proposals and Artist Statements"
Deborah Anzinger, Christopher Cozier, Monique Meloche, Seph Rodney. National Gallery of Jamaica, Kingston


Panel: "Working with Curators and Art Writers". Moderator: O'Neil Lawrence
Deborah Anzinger, Christopher Cozier, Ebony G. Patterson, Natalie Urquhart, Seph Rodney


May 24- June 30, 2017. 'The Coverly Set', Sargent's Daughters, NY
Deborah Anzinger, Charlie Billingham, Petra Cortright, Ann Craven, Keren Cutter, f.marquespenteado, Keltie Ferris, Daniel Gordon, David Harrison, Paul Heyer, Jaime Isenstein, Matthew Day Jackson, Jon Kessler, Suzanne McClelland, Evan Nesbit, Alexis Rockman, Jennifer Rubell, Cole Sayer, Philip Taaffe, Leslie Thornton, Theo Triantafyllidis, Chloe Wise


February 24- May 28, 2017. 'Jamaica Biennial', Devon House, Kingston, Jamaica


September 22 - October 30, 2016. 'Double Dutch: Heino Schmid + Deborah Anzinger', National Art Gallery of the Bahamas, Nassau, The Bahamas


August 9- September 11, 2016. 'Jamaican Pulse: Art and Politics from Jamaica and the Diaspora', Royal West of England Academy, Bristol, UK


June 18 - September 20, 2015. 'Field Notes', Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Art, NY
Curated by Holly Bynoe
Deborah Anzinger, Holly Parotti, Gilles Elie Dit Cosaque, Jasmine Thomas-Girvan, Kelley Sinnaph-Mary, Vashti Harrison


December 14, 2014 - March 15, 2015. 'Jamaica Biennial', National Gallery of Jamaica, Kingston, Jamaica


September 20 - October 4, 2013. Trindidad and Tobago Film Festival
#37 Fitt Street, Woodbrook, Port-of-Spain,Trinidad

July 28, - November 2, 2013.'New Roots',National Gallery of Jamaica, Kingston, Jamaica

April 28, 2013. 'Natural Histories', National Gallery of Jamaica, Kingston, Jamaica

November 24, 2012. Meet,SO((U))L HQKingston, Jamaica

October 6, 2011. 'New Beginnings', curated by Lisa McCarty. Founders Hall, George Mason University, Arlington VA

March 3, 2011. (In)Habit Artist Talk and opening reception
6 - 8 PM
Pyramid Atlantic Art Center
8230 Georgia Avenue
Silver Spring, MD

October 1 - December 15, 2010.(In)Habit Artist Residency
Pyramid Atlantic Art Center
8230 Georgia Avenue
Silver Spring, MD

October 16 - November 15, 2009. 'Findings'
Opening reception: Friday, October 16, 7 - 9 PM
District of Columbia Arts Center (DCAC)
2438 18th Street NW
Washington, DC

December 14, 2008 - April 14, 2009. The National Biennial, The National Gallery of Jamaica,12 Ocean Boulevard
Kingston