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Embodied Knowledge


  • Ely Center of Contemporary Art 51 Trumbull Street New Haven, CT 06510 USA (map)

Opening Reception: June 11, 3-5pm
Closing Reception: July 30, 1-3pm

Featuring artists selected from ECOCA’s 2023 Open Call.


This far-reaching exhibition explores the concept of embodied knowing, or that knowledge both resides in and can be conducted through the body. With a focus on art’s role in documenting complex processes of embodied knowing, the show celebrates the power of individual insights to deliver us to mass liberation. The artists featured in Embodied Knowledge each uniquely consider: how ritual, performance and labor cultivate a deeper sense of self in relation to society; how radical intimacy subverts prescribed social roles and formations, welcoming more instinctual ways of knowing; and how direct observation and introspection catalyze the transfer of wisdom across time, space, and constructed borders.

Artists: Faustin Adeniran, Lexi Arrietta, Constance Brady, James Leonard Buxton, Lauren Cardenas, Julia Cella, gwen charles, Stanwyck Cromwell, Andrew Demirjian, Sophia DeJesus-Sabella, Lisa DiDonato, Vincent Dion, Thompson Ekong (TSE), Julianna Foster, Andrae Green, Jonathan Virginia Green, Margaret Hart, Homosocial, Ali Hval, Margaret Jacobs, Samantha Jensen, Katelyn Kopenhaver, Ryan Lewis, Rosemary Meza-Desplas, Steven Montinar, Desiree Morales, Claudia Mullaney, Clara Nartey, Catherine Nelson, Mesoma Onyeagba, Chiara Baima Poma, Kate Rusek, Danyang Song, Remy Sosa, Ariana Stoll, Esmeilyn Tejeda, Yige Tong, Zella Vanié, Qiaosen Yang

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