Saturday February 22, 2025
Jova Lynne (American, based in Detroit, MI)
Lacks (Brass), 2024
Cowhide, Wood, Wax, Steel, 14 x 17 x 17 inches
Lacks (Brass) is one of several works included in Lynne’s solo exhibition, Convergence, opening February 28, 2025, at The Sculpture Center in Cleveland, Ohio, that addresses the pervasive issue of medical racism and its disproportionate impact on Black women. Illuminating the paradox of our cells being instrumental in groundbreaking scientific advancements and the healing of a people, this work is a nod to Sun Ra’s theory of cosmic vibration and an ode to body as an instrument of survival.
“Lynne’s work is grounded in a deep curiosity about how people navigate complex identities and histories, particularly in diasporic, postcolonial, and urban contexts. She uses materials, imagery, and forms that carry their own histories—reclaimed objects, natural materials, archival footage—to tell layered narratives. By integrating sculpture, video, and performance, she aims to create experiences that feel both intimate and universal, inviting viewers to reflect on their own connections to place, culture, and transformation. At its core, her work is about relationships—between self and environment, body and memory, and individual and collective. Through her practice, she hopes to create spaces for reflection, conversation, and a deeper understanding of the interconnectedness that shapes us all.” from The Sculpture Center
Convergence is on view through April 26, 2025.
Jova Lynne is a multi-disciplinary artist born and raised in New York City, of Jamaican and Colombian heritage. Lynne is interested in the parallels between fictional, historical and personal archives in identity development. Lynne seeks to subvert anthropological practice in utilizing lens, sculpture and performative practices. She is interested in the cognitive dissonance one experiences when navigating material, text and media-based archive specifically as it relates to Black culture. Lynne completed a Masters of Fine Arts in Photography at Cranbrook Academy of Art in May 2017. Since then Lynne has been based out of Detroit, MI, and has exhibited widely including institutions such as Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Detroit Institute of Art and Redbull Arts. Lynne is a grantee from various foundations which has supported her work in media and social practice based projects in Kingston, Jamaica and Berlin, Germany in addition to her work in the United States.