Indigene Theresa Gaskin
Lansdowne, PA
A professional visual artist since 2000, utilizing diverse art media, currently collage; with group and solo exhibits nationally and internationally.
Message
As a self-educated visual artist, Indigene utilizes mixed media to create her visual narratives. Indigene has been a professional visual artist since 2000, with group and solo exhibits nationally and internationally. She has has been publish in a wide range of publications, from magazines to books. Indigene continues to challenge herself in the collage medium, pulling together her lifelong experience in art making to continue growing as an artist. Raised in the Bronx, New York from Caribbean heritage, she currently resides in Pennsylvania.
Statement
I’m an Afro-Caribbean visual artist raised in New York City, working primarily in mixed media and analog collage to explore, reimagine, and celebrate Black experiences, especially the lives and stories of Black women. My work centers on history, legacy, memory, and spirituality, weaving together fragments of each to create new visual narratives of resilience, beauty, and transformation.
Through layering, textures, and archival materials, I create images where ancestral memory meets contemporary imagination. Each collage becomes both an act of remembrance and a vision for the future honoring those who came before while envisioning new possibilities for Black life and expression.
I’m passionate about connecting with art journalists and critics, curators, collectors, Black artist communities, museum professionals, cultural institutions, collage-focused organizations, and fellow artists and advocates who are dedicated to uplifting and expanding the African Diaspora narratives.