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Zenobia Anderson
Zenobia was born in Queens, New York and she moved to San Antonio, Texas as a teenager. Her roots expand down the south eastern coast of the Carolinas to the shores of Barbados and she is guided on the wings of her ancient ancestors of West Africa. She graduated from Prairie View A&M University with honors and completed graduate school out of state. Recently, her poetry was longlisted for the African Diaspora Award 2024 and selections of her work will be published in Black Butterfly: Voices of The African Diaspora in the spring of 2025. In addition, she will be published in an anthology of San Antonio writers called, “Un Poco Rant”, set to be released in early 2025. She has written two Chapbooks, “Of Mirror Glass and Honey Bees” and “In Brutal Need of Kindness”. She has also written gothic noir tales in poetic form in, “The Sparkly Parts” and “Widow”.
She loves to collaborate with other artists and is currently working with a variety of visual artists on an ekphrastic project and is working on a book of poems inspired by Audre Lorde’s, “Uses of the Erotic”. She also is working on a novel.
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Artist Type: Literary Arts: Author/Writer, Poet; Performing Arts: Storyteller
Artist Statement of Work
Tell us about your work (style, approach, philosophy, subject and/or theme):
I am constantly growing and transforming as an artist and the breath of my writing has also expanded overtime to encompass the beauty and the lessons from poets and artists that came before me. I am not a formally educated artist; although I do hold college degrees, including a doctorate quite separate from the art world. I see education as a blessing of information from our ancestors, meant to push our journey as artists and as humans of this world forward. My writing ranges from attention to social justice work to the modern exploration of black female sensuality and identity, even to gothic works inclusive of the black female experience.
Currently, my inspiration is focused on the enlightenment and liberation of the individual through visual art and the process and inspiration of modern artists. The two projects that I am currently obsessed with include a book of ekphrastic work that combines the inspiration and process of local and world renowned visual artists and poetry. I am also building a collection of poetry that I have written in reflection of Audre Lorde's essay on, "The Uses of the Erotic". I welcome artists interested in my ekphrastic work to contact me via email for an opportunity to work together.