Chelle Barbour's Afro-Surrealist Collages Reconstruct the Black Female Character

Chelle Barbour blends Afro-surrealism and Afro-futurism to elevate the agency of the Black female character in her collages. Her series of collage portraits is on view at the Riverside Art Museum as part of "Colliding Visions: Contemporary California Collage" from May 18 to October 15, 2023. Learn more about Barbour's process and how she reconstructs the "Black female character."

Thumbnail: Indelible Warrior, 2018 | Courtesy of the artist