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Biography, CV, Bylines, and Ceramics from writer and visual artist Gabrielle Ione Hickmon. | Bio & CV — Gabrielle Ione Hickmon Gabrielle Ione Hickmon (b. 1994) is a Black woman from a middle place—Ypsilanti, MI. Her lab is a place where clay, textiles, and film photography meet. She is interested in body memory,¹ ² waiting rooms, placekeeping, circles, the African American Midwest, ecomemory,³ jazz, and ocular proof.⁴ Gabrielle’s work is engaged in a series of calls and responses to the world around her, especially the worlds of the upper Midwest, where she is from and where her family has lived since 1870. Gabrielle’s personal history in the region animates her visual art and research practice as she is currently a second-year doctoral student in History at the University of Michig

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