Artist Statement

Kenya Mitchell is a multidisciplinary artist from St. Louis. She works across printmaking, textiles, painting, and digital media to explore themes of memory, identity, faith, love, and transformation. The buildup of texture and materials reflects the complexity of healing, resilience, and navigating internal battles that often remain unseen. Her work engages contemporary conversations around Black womanhood, mental health, invisibility, and self-definition. At its core, her practice is devotional; anchored in truth-telling, layered in the belief that art can hold space for what we survive and what we dream, serving as a metaphor for the emotional and spiritual weight we carry.