Helina Metaferia – Press and Interviews

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Metaferia poses next to one of her collage works
Photo by Sarah Rose Sharp

An Artist Honors the Overlooked Activism of Black Women
Sarah Rose Sharp for Hyperallergic
March 19, 2019

Helina Metaferia’s exhibition “By Way of Revolution” connects histories of protest movements and acknowledges the overlooked labor of women within them. “The space is meant to be activated,” she said during a walkthrough of the gallery with Hyperallergic. “It’s a living exhibition that changes depending on who is in the space. So much about this show is about dialogue and the power of conversation.”

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Helina Metaferia on PBS
Helina Metaferia on PBS

Art in Unique Places
Jumaane N’Namdi for PBS Art Loft
March 6, 2019

PBS takes you to The Fountainhead Residency, an artist’s space that breaks down the walls of the traditional gallery.

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Artist explores what it means to have a home

A woman is sitting on a chair in front of a piece of art that is text written in cursive while staring and smiling directly at the camera
Photo by Marco David

Ryan Kost for SFGate
February 1, 2017

The show Metaferia has assembled is interdisciplinary. She weaves together objects and photography, installation and video as she reveals the deeper meanings of “home.”

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