Indira Allegra
2022 Eureka Fellow
Indira Allegra (Pronouns: they, them, she, her) is re-imagining what a memorial can feel like, the scale on which it can exist, and how it can function through the practices of performance, sculpture, and installation. The three practices are intertwined, with sculptures at times initiating performances, performances creating sculptures, and sculptures expanding into installation environments. Deeply informed by the ritual, relational, and performative aspects of weaving, Allegra explores the repetitive crossing of forces held under tension be they material, social, or emotional. Their work has been featured in exhibitions at the Museum of the African Diaspora and Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, both in San Francisco, CA and at the Museum of Art and Design in New York, NY; The Arts Incubator and Weinberg/Newton in Chicago, IL; John Michael Kholer Art Center in Sheboygan, WI; Center for Craft Creativity and Design in Asheville, NC; Mills College Art Museum in Oakland, CA; and The Alice Gallery in Seattle, WA, among others. Their commissions include performances in the Bay Area for SFMOMA, the de Young Museum, The Wattis Institute, City of Oakland, and SFJAZZ Poetry Festival. Allegra’s work has been featured on BBC Radio 4, Art Journal, KQED, and in Surface Design Magazine. She has been the recipient of the Artadia Award, Tosa Studio Award, Windgate Craft Fellowship, Jackson Literary Award, Mike Kelley Artist Project Grant, and MAP Fund. Allegra is the 2019 Burke Prize winner and a triennial 2019-2022 Montalvo Art Center: Sally and Don Lucas Artist Fellow. *Artist biography at time of award.
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