Hold Your Head Up

"Like all of my pieces, ‘Hold Your Head Up’ served as a celebration of the beauty that is present within blackness. I feel as though I am incredibly lucky to be living in an era where the black community’s calls to be represented and heard are actually having some effect on what we see in mainstream media on a global scale. In spite of the many disheartening and regressive things we have come to encounter in the fight against supremacism and anti-blackness, the community continues to persevere. There is a real sense of pride and defiance in embracing all that comes with occupying a body that is black. I wanted to create a piece that practically exuded that sense of pride, capturing the momentum of the pro-black movement that has swept the globe so thoroughly in 2020. I hope the piece inspires people across the various diasporas to take genuine pride in who they are and hold their heads up high."