Njaimeh Njie — Fountainhead

Pittsburgh, PA

August 2-31, 2021

ARTIST STATEMENT

I make images, collect, and tell stories that preserve and celebrate the nuances of everyday life. I utilize research to explore how the past has informed the present, and I document the contemporary moments that shape us as individuals and communities. My work focuses on Black experiences in particular, and I center the ways we work, laugh, struggle, love, protest, and create, in the spaces in which we call home. I believe there’s an infinite capacity for images and narratives that depicts the diversity and depth of our lives, and I feel honored to contribute to the continuum of storytelling that has done just that.

BIO

Njaimeh Njie is a Pittsburgh based photographer, filmmaker, and multimedia producer. Her work chronicles contemporary Black experiences, with a particular focus on how the past influences the present. Her work has been featured in outlets including CityLab, the Huffington Post, and Belt Magazine, and she has presented at venues including TEDxPittsburghWomen and Harvard University.
Njie was named the 2019 Visual Artist of the Year by the Pittsburgh City Paper, and the 2018 Emerging Artist of the Year by the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, and her photography is held in the collection of the Carnegie Museum of Art, as well as several private collections. She earned her B.A. in Film and Media Studies in 2010 from Washington University in St. Louis.

ARTIST LINKS

Website: http://www.njaimehnjie.com/

"Homecoming: Hill District, USA" site: https://www.hillhomecoming.com/

Eleven Stanley Productions site: https://www.elevenstanley.com/

Twitter: @en_jay_me (https://twitter.com/en_jay_me)

Instagram: @en_jay_me (https://www.instagram.com/en_jay_me/)