Karmimadeebora McMillan
Why you got to be starting something 2010
Archival pigment print on Hahnemuhle 210gsm 50% rag watercolor paper (13″x19″)
“I create spaces that investigate new worlds and invite the viewer to a new way of seeing. Fictional stories come from a place of truth and the landscapes I create come from the many places I’ve lived and mingle with the fantasy places I’ve read about. I combine the two to build a place of wonder. I want the viewer to imagine their selves within the space and create their own narrative of what the space means to them. For just a moment you can be transported to a place you’ve never imagined. A place that is familiar but a little more colorful and magical."
About the Artist
Karmimadeebora McMillan is an interdisciplinary artist working in painting, printmaking, sculpture, animation, installation, and public art. McMillan has an Associate of Fine Arts degree from Peace College, received her MFA and Post Baccalaureate Certificate from SMFA at Tufts and received her BA from her hometown in Fayetteville, NC, HBCU, Fayetteville State University.
McMillan has shown extensively on the east coast and in 2021 received the Now + There public artists grant and is currently an Artist-in-Residence at the Boston Center for the Arts. She has performed with her mentor Magdalena Campos-Pons at the Guggenheim Museum in New York, Queens Museum in New York, and the Havana, Cuba Biennale 15.
Karmimadeebora is a working artist in Cambridge, MA and the Director of the Post Baccalaureate Program with SMFA at Tufts. She is currently pursuing an Interdisciplinary PhD through Tufts University focusing on Black Women of Power.