Samora Pinderhughes

Lives and works in New York City, NY, USA

Artist statement

Samora Pinderhughes is a multidisciplinary artist, composer, and filmmaker who uses his art to examine sociopolitical issues and fight for change. His practice broadly encompasses sound, performance, installation, sculpture, and social practice. His artwork is renowned for its emotionality, honesty about difficult and complex topics, and careful deployment of word, image, and sound. Pinderhughes is also the Artistic & Executive Director of The Healing Project, a community arts organization that creates narrative change and collective healing in partnership with individuals impacted by structural violence to build a world based around healing rather than punishment. Pinderhughes is the 2025 MoMA Adobe Creative Resident. He was also the first-ever Art for Justice + Soros Justice Fellow and a recipient of Chamber Music America’s 2020 Visionary Award. He has also been designated as a United States Artist awardee, a Creative Capital awardee, and a Sundance Composers Lab Fellow. Pinderhughes has collaborated with many artists across boundaries and scenes including Herbie Hancock, Glenn Ligon, Common, Titus Kaphar, Sara Bareilles, Simone Leigh, Daveed Diggs, Kyle Abraham, Branford Marsalis, Chief Adjuah, and Robert Glasper. He has been commissioned by Carnegie Hall, the Sundance Film Festival, and the Apollo Theater, and has had exhibitions and artwork at The Kitchen, San Jose Art Museum, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, and the Brooklyn Museum. Pinderhughes also scored the...

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