Ruby Onyinyechi Amanze Quotes

We aim to speak to the art world in their language, much of the time,

From the minute I sit down to the minute I wrap up for the day, I stay with my headphones on, even if no one is around. It's always music, but today it was Quadron's album, Avalanche

Our love embraces and sets free the best that is in us now and in the future

I think and know that religion is not race-specific,

In every studio, I always cover the table with brown kraft paper. It's partly to protect the drawing but also so I can have somewhere to scribble down words (which i love almost as much as I love drawings)

Together we are our better selves

And yet, we also exist to reach those not in the art world, the tourists and passersby who might be intrigued by the playfulness and color. We're trying to draw them in.

This is a period of their lives filled with awkwardness and bodily insecurity. In engaging with them, we can explore resistance and resolution through those bodies.

Ink and graphite. Photo transfers and glitter. For the most part, my material notices are very analogue. Drawing can be many things, but for me still incorporates a pencil on paper. All of my supplies can fit in my tote bag.