Nia Love

I am a woman, sister, daughter, wife, grandmother, dancing activist, conceptual artist/anarchist. I also belong to the snake totem and the daughter of a blacksmith and the great-great granddaughter of a tea leaf reader. I am the daughter from metal and ocean respectfully- Ogun and Yemanjah, not because it was read to me but because I remember.

I live in Harlem and am completely informed and affected by genocidal effects of gentrification first hand. I am a product of institutionalized learning, a graduate from Howard University and Florida State University two completely different experiences placing me in the hold again and again. Most recently I am recovering from 25 years of addiction with applying for tenure-track positions and just now got off the gravy train and I didn't have to do the 12-step program... It feels great.

I am a 2016-17 Movement Research Artist-in-Residence and asst. professor adjunct at Queens and Hunter colleges. I will be teaching at the New School this fall 2017-18.