Jesse

Freeman

Jesse Freeman seamlessly blends archive images of African-American life with American cultural and political artifacts. Similar to the work of Romare Bearden, both artists create narrative-based collages that analyze historical and current positions of African Americans in society. Freeman says of his artwork, "Collage is just innate with the black experience...I’m constantly making something out of nothing. It is hip-hop on paper; sampling, chopping, rearranging, remixing and freestyling on top of it all for something meaningful and relevant."

"After falling in love with literature, Jesse developed four artistic mediums: photography, filmmaking, ikebana and collage. Having lived in Japan for many years, Jesse has a unique outside perspective on socio-political topics that affect the Black community in America. He found that collaging provided a more direct form of expression to address these topics."

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Jesse Freeman was born in 1985 in Lakenheath, England. He currently lives and works in Tokyo, Japan.