Nina Liburd

Black Sheep

@ninaliburd

Location

london / United Kingdom

University

ArtEZ University of the Arts Arnhem

Graduation year

2019

Main Manufacturing Countries

United Kingdom

The Netherlands

Contact

Nina Liburd is a graduate from ArtEZ University of the Arts, class of 2019. This is a BA course in The Netherlands that mostly covers design, technical drawing, textiles and tailoring.

Her work mainly is rooted in the past and looking to a future of common cause and common connection beyond the imposed definitions we live with.

On a personal level, this resonates with Nina’s own heritage that covers Guyana, the UK, Holland and an intergenerational involvement with East Africa.

Latest Collection

The Darker Side of black

I called my collection the darker side of black, which is an Arthur Jafa reference. My inspiration however came from Grenadian Jab Jab. To me these two speak to going beyond blackness. With Jafa The Darker Side of Black is a kind of otherness and with Jab Jab it is a carnival tradition looking at the past and the future, it is the same with my collection. I wanted something that was rooted but also looking to a newness. Something that could reflect who I was and who I am becoming.