Helina Metaferia is an interdisciplinary artist working across performance, video, installation, collage, and social engagement. Her work investigates the politics of the body in sites, particularly as it relates to notions of identity and citizenship. Metaferia received her MFA from Tufts University’s School of the Museum of Fine Arts and attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, including at Museum of African Diaspora, San Francisco, CA; Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, Detroit, MI; Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, NY; Modern Art Museum, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; NOMAD Gallery, Brussels, Belgium; Alabama Contemporary Art Center, Mobile, AL, among many others. Metaferia’s work has been supported by residencies including MacDowell, Yaddo, Bemis, MASS MoCA, and Triangle Arts Association. Her publication features include Hyperallergic, Artnet News, The Boston Globe, and The Washington Post. She is currently a Mellon Fellow / Assistant Professor at Brown University, and lives and works in New York City.