High Chroma: Recent Episodes
Suni Mullen
Methods of Agency as Black Women in Creative-Academic Spaces | Katiana Weems-Ado & Suni MullenSuni and Katiana join forces via a raw and honest virtual discussion to reflect and share their observation on how they navigate anti-black and predominantly white spaces as Black women in creative-academic spaces. Suni is investigating not only the woes, but the strength in the WOAHS! As critical thinkers and contemporary artists, Katiana and Suni are exploring more ways to expound upon their selected mediums in their studies at The Royal College of Art in London as post graduate students. Katiana | https://kjweems.com/Suni | http://www.sunimullen.studio/
Landon Pointer opens his solo exhibition, “It's All Fun N Games" at Moosey Hoxton in London. Suni meets Landon during public viewing hours to discuss a handful of paintings and exchange their experiences working as budding artists in the 21st century.
A prompt discussion following Patrick Ngabonziza’s brilliant performance in the Contemporary Art Practices studios at the Royal College of Art in London. Members of the cohort share their thoughts and reflections post-show: Anthony Karikari, Adjani Okpu-Egbe, Patrick “Ziza”, Margot Wilson, James Wilson, and Suni Mullen.
A CYPHER: TAKING CONTROL | PART THREE, a conversation with Joseph Sherman, Katherine Jarvis, DaRon Vinson, and moderated by Suni Mullen.
The following is part one from a discussion held on March 28, 2023 hosted by Suni Mullen in conversation with Joseph Sherman, Katherine Jarvis, and DaRon Vinson. Referencing Mullen’s essay, PROPERLY, AMERICAN: THE GENIUS EFFECT AND “THE POSTURE OF OPENNESS” BLACK, FEMALE, AND ACADEMIC —- AN EARTHQUAKE IN WHITENESS.
A CYPHER: TAKING CONTROL | PART ONE, a conversation with Joseph Sherman, Katherine Jarvis, DaRon Vinson, and moderated by Suni Mullen.
The following is part one from a discussion held on March 28, 2023 hosted by Suni Mullen in conversation with Joseph Sherman, Katherine Jarvis, and DaRon Vinson. Referencing Mullen’s essay, PROPERLY, AMERICAN: THE GENIUS EFFECT AND “THE POSTURE OF OPENNESS” BLACK, FEMALE, AND ACADEMIC —- AN EARTHQUAKE IN WHITENESS.
A CYPHER: TAKING CONTROL | PART ONE, a conversation with Joseph Sherman, Katherine Jarvis, DaRon Vinson, and moderated by Suni Mullen.
The following is part one from a discussion held on March 28, 2023 hosted by Suni Mullen in conversation with Joseph Sherman, Katherine Jarvis, and DaRon Vinson. Referencing Mullen’s essay, PROPERLY, AMERICAN: THE GENIUS EFFECT AND “THE POSTURE OF OPENNESS” BLACK, FEMALE, AND ACADEMIC —- AN EARTHQUAKE IN WHITENESS.
An open studio visit at Iris Project Residency with Khari Turner in conversation with Bria Goodall and Suni Mullen. This episode observes our capabilities to refine the spaces around us through cultivating a creative practice. Turner shares his current visual focus expounding upon his ideas in Venice, Ca.
MVTHYS sent me an excellent e-mail all the way from France that brought me to reflect on new ideas about what it means to be artist, who is an artist, and how critically thinking is a practice. Instead of following up with an email, we decided to hold a virtual conversation on his conceptual piece of work.
We begin Season 2 with self-taught artist, Rain Spann. He discusses his dive into an intuitive practice believing that technology correlates with art much more than we believe.
This episode focuses on Elien Itzel and how she revised how we channel gods and the use of colors to invoke energetic presence over figures. Itzel is known for her vibrant use of colors and symbolage grounded in the religion of Ifa: a religious practice traditional to the Yoruba people. Her latest solo exhibition at Leiminspace Gallery invites guests to immerse themselves into bursts of zeal.
Lanise Howard sits down with Suni Mullen during an open studio visit. Lanise shares her experience during school and how she works to actively rebel against weighted comments. We acknowledge how being great can be difficult but the momentum does not stop because there is a greater goal of success in mind, “God got this.” The large sized canvases provoke emotions of surrealism and can be intimidating which provokes thoughts and a desire to know more not only about the piece, but also about the artist.
Jillian Suzanne welcomed me to navigate through her private studio. In this episode, she shares that she is using a 1950’s Oxford Dictionary to inform her current works. Suzanne uses pages from the dictionary that host words that have been propagated to oppress and describe Black Americans. We then transition into how she has re-contextualized her findings of her ancestry into her newer works that have evolved from abstract works in black and white to releasing ancestral trauma with colors and physical depictions.
Lauren Halsey expresses how she is leaving her blueprint in Los Angeles using her architectural knowledge to 'funkify' our environments and immortalize the community during a time of heavy gentrification. We met while her sculptural exhibition at the David Kordansky Gallery activated the space with: “If you know, you know" monuments of South Central including shared moments, signage, literal reflections, and notable figures that have made an impact on the community.