Tiona Nekkia McClodden (July 2, 1981, Blytheville, Arkansas) is an
interdisciplinary research-based conceptual artist, filmmaker and
curator based in Philadelphia, PA.McClodden was born in Blytheville,
Arkansas in 1981. She went to Clark Atlanta University, majoring in
film and psychology then continued her education in film at Spelman
College.McClodden's work explores concepts of gender, sexuality and
race, centering a black, queer lineage. She produces her work through
her film and media company Harriet's Gun, which she has said is a
reference to Harriet Tubman.She has created bodies of work in
dedication to underrepresented African American writers and musicians
like Langston Hughes and Florence B. Price or Essex Hemphill, Brad
Johnson and Julius Eastman, who made work in the 1980s during the AIDS
crisis in the US.
interdisciplinary research-based conceptual artist, filmmaker and
curator based in Philadelphia, PA.McClodden was born in Blytheville,
Arkansas in 1981. She went to Clark Atlanta University, majoring in
film and psychology then continued her education in film at Spelman
College.McClodden's work explores concepts of gender, sexuality and
race, centering a black, queer lineage. She produces her work through
her film and media company Harriet's Gun, which she has said is a
reference to Harriet Tubman.She has created bodies of work in
dedication to underrepresented African American writers and musicians
like Langston Hughes and Florence B. Price or Essex Hemphill, Brad
Johnson and Julius Eastman, who made work in the 1980s during the AIDS
crisis in the US.
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