Meet Georgie Nakima - Black Future Maker

Based out of Charlotte, NC, self-taught multidisciplinary artist and muralist, Georgie Nakima, is a graduate of Northwest School of the Arts. She studied life sciences at Winston-Salem University, to further explore the natural world. Today, she uses her artistic work to honor the African and Indigenous diaspora. Her goal is to collaborate with the community to contribute towards mural installments the work honor the African and Indigenous diaspora, as it, also, highlights nature and biodiversity. Her goal is to collaborate with the community and contribute towards mural installments that fuse techniques in art therapy.

During our interview with Georgie, when asked what it means to be an AT&T Black Future Maker and Artist in Residence, she responded, “It means everything to me, working alongside AT&T as a Black Future Maker and Artist in Residence. I’ve been kind of working and developing my career for the past seven years and it feels like a full circle moment. My work itself is written in Afrofuturism, in uplifting black voices and black people in the entire dynamic of who we are in the diaspora, so I love the idea of using Black History Month as a platform to make a forward leap.”

AT&T believes that access opens the door to opportunities that help create equality for all. The Black Future Makers campaign is just one of many ways the company continues to invest in programs that honor and elevate Black leaders of tomorrow to support them in reaching their fullest potential.

We asked Georgie how is she uplifting the various communities, through her art?

“Well, my work is all about providing representation. I feel like being an artist from the south, I feel like we are battling our cultural identity. I feel like, more often than not, our stories are being to for us, and when it’s not from our own voices, there’s a misinterpretation. So, my work is really all about creating uplifting images where we see ourselves as holy and divine, in whole and that it’s not only fixed on our trauma, which deserves to be studied, but we can’t only stop and start there. So, I’m really passionate about creating… images of black people and ethnic groups. It’s so important and that’s where I see my work growing.”

Let us support Georgie, in her representing 2022 Black Future Makers Campaign and AT&T Dream in Black, along with many other Black Future Makers, as she continues her journey in uplifting voices and championing equity through her colorful and restorative imagery.

In keeping with AT&T’s commitment to champion the ideals of economic empowerment and access to opportunity, Nakima’s commissioned work consists of original portraits capturing the campaign’s Black Future Makers in her organic, afro-futuristic style. The solo exhibition, Georgie Nakima: “To the Constellations of Ancestors in Our Bones, Thank You,” presents recent works by the artist in mixed media. It will be on display until March 31, 2022.

“The gravity of collaborating with AT&T as a Black Future Maker has been deeply humbling and empowering,” said Nakima. “As an artist, I've committed my career to championing and uplifting voices of the diaspora with colorful and restorative imagery. I'm incredibly grateful to AT&T for using its platform to continue bringing this work to light. It is an honor and dream to host this retrospective exhibit of my life’s work while celebrating the beauty and growth of our community and generation.”

Visit att.com/dreaminblack to learn more about the AT&T Dream In Black program or for details on entering the AT&T Black Future Maker contest. (Photo Credit/Content: Courtesy of Ariana Drummond/AT&T/Leslie Gay PR)