Flags of Unsung Countries,
a photo installation series that explores what it meant to grow up and live as a Black person in the Prairies. The act of making this series was an act of finding belonging and identity for myself, she said.
Liz Ikiriko s Anchored, a 2018 colour photograph, was also included in the 2019 Dunlop Art Gallery exhibition Flags of Unsung Countries.(Submitted by Liz Ikiriko)
The series is an exploration of how to better understand her father, who spent 40 years in Saskatchewan as a Nigerian immigrant, contending with racism and other challenges.
The Morning Edition - Sask6:53 Flags of Unsung Countries by Regina-born artist Liz IkirikoIt’s Black History Month, which also coincides with the first time the Regina Public Library has acquired artwork by a Black artist. Flags of Unsung Countries is a photo installation series by Liz Ikiriko that explores what it meant to grow up and live as a Black person in the prairies. Ikiriko was born and raised in