Community engagement and social justice
Sculptural art
Site-specific and integrated art
Pittsburgh Creative Corps Artist Directory
Naomi Chambers
Primary Discipline
Artistic Practice
Assemblage, including found objects, multimedia
Murals
Painting/works on paper/printmaking
About the Artist
Naomi Chambers remains a visual artist discovering her capability. She creates art under the moniker and brand, BirthdayGirl, SugarFoot, andGG. She has learned to stay open and flexible, but also remain conscientious at all stages of making. She creates art that documents specific and nonspecific events, places, and people in her life. She enjoys dealing with patterns, idea conception, and narrative. Art has become a personal vent, mental exercise, and entertainment to her. Her work is usually layered with multiple concepts because it is reflective of her desire to manage the complexities of her life while connecting to others. She enjoys most when others make a connection to her work. She uses bright colors and borrowing kawaii language to further convey explicit messages of love and adoration of black and brown people. Dealing with her nature to nurture and provide abundance for herself and loved ones her work centers greatly on those themes. She hopes for future opportunities to continue her exploration, and looks forward to fulfilling her call in the arts and social entrepreneurship.
“I want my work to fill people up with love, hope, and wonder like my favorite artists do for me. It’s about the creation of possibilities…new worlds we create for ourselves not solely the one we were born to.”
Photo by Naomi Chambers
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Accreditations, Certifications, and/or Awards
- Carol R Brown Nominee, 2018;
- Investing In Professional Artist Grant, 2017
Provides Fabrication Services to Other Artists
Yes
Teaching Artist
Yes, all ages
Joined the Directory
March 2022
Related
PROJECT
Sibyls Shrine
This artist residency program created by artist Alisha B. Wormsley supports Black creative mothers in Pittsburgh, PA.
“Doing public art is important to me. It has been a gift to me, given throughout my life by artists and agencies. These gifts have nurtured me. Before I knew what art was I can remember its effect on me. I want to give gifts that facilitate growth to others.”
Naomi Chambers
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Related
PROJECT
Pittsburgh Creative Corps
Designed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Pittsburgh Creative Corps initiative engages artists and creative workers to activate the public realm while providing economic opportunity.