Kanika.us
Title
Black Art, African Mask by Kanika African Sculpture, Black Goddess, Black Doll, Breast Cancer Art
Description
" Kanika " is an East African word that means "Black cloth." My love of clay and African people, traditions, and art combine to produce an exciting and unique form of expression. Each sculpture holds special personal significance and has its own positive spirit and personality. I believe my African ancestors lovingly guide my fingers to create each one-of-a-kind, Afrocentric sculpture. The draping of authentic African fabric, leather and beadwork over the clay sculptures is almost a spiritual experience.
Even before the story "ROOTS," Kanika began an internal search for her African identity in the early 1970s. Originally dabbling in pen and ink drawings of African American subjects as a teenager, she branched into pottery and ceramic African masks in the 1980s, studying with well-known California potter, Ruth Rippon. In the 1990s, she studied with renowned sculptor, Yoshio Taylor, and began using beautifully-colored, authentic West-African fabric, leather, hair, and beadwork on the hand-sculpted, ceramic figurines.
Kanika has been interviewed on the "San Francisco Live!" entertainment television show and on television shows in Sacramento, California, as part of Crocker Art Museum's holiday art shows. Her award-winning sculptures have also been featured in the nationally recognized Sacramento Observer and Sacramento Bee newspapers .
Languages
English
Contact
- KANIKA AFRICAN SCULPTURES
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- ELK GROVE CA
- United States 95759-1202
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- +1.8003526452
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