Petals, Glitter, and Dreamscapes: Black Artists Rewriting the Canvas of Now

A bouquet of new voices is reshaping the art world, each petal vibrant with meaning. Alexandria Tarver’s botanical paintings grew from personal loss, transforming flowers into meditations on grief and resilience—her use of negative space spotlights the silent strength of nature. Alisa Sikelianos-Carter’s shimmering, mythic abstractions blend Black folklore with oceanic fantasy, their glittering surfaces conjuring both memory and metamorphosis. Chiffon Thomas sculpts bodies and architecture into haunting hybrids, confronting how Black bodies have been seen—and unseen—through history. Meanwhile, Corrine Slade’s brushwork dances between abstraction and intimacy, capturing the dreamlike essence of Black femininity. From Demetrius Wilson’s tactile explorations of introspection to LaRissa Rogers’s porcelain-laced critiques of identity and colonization, these artists refuse to be boxed in. Their work is a living archive, a kaleidoscope of material and memory, challenging what is seen and what is felt. In every stroke and sculpture, the future of Black art pulses with possibility. #BlackArtMatters #EmergingArtists #ContemporaryArt