"What I understand to be true about myself and where I come from, at any given moment, shapes the voice I can rely on to carve out space.'"

Marcelline Mandeng Nken is a video and performance installation artist born in Yaoundé, Cameroon, who moved to the US at age 11. Her work is a powerful exploration of the experiences of Black women living in the margins of society, set against cinematic and mythic landscapes.

Drawing from a matrilineal lineage of caretakers, including medical service practitioners and holistic root workers, Marcelline is invested in economies of care as systems of value within the home, taught and inherited genetically as a birthright. She's exhibited at Macao Milano in Milan, Trinity Square Video in Toronto, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, the Santa Fe Institute, and MoMA PS1 in New York.

Hometown
Yaoundé, Cameroon