PHYLICIA GHEE
LIMINALITY: A STORY OF REMEMBRANCE

NOVEMBER 6, 2022 - JANUARY 28, 2023

The Nicholson Project is proud to present Liminality: A Story of Remembrance, a solo exhibition by Phylicia Ghee. An immersive installation created during Ghee’s time in residence at The Nicholson Project, Liminality: A Story of Remembrance is an ode to the self-taught herbalists, midwives, and root women whose stories are shrouded in the mysteries of Ghee’s personal family history and the history of this country. Incorporating sound, texture, and an apothecary cabinet that “feels like walking into the living space of a Grandmother, Great Aunt, or family matriarch,” Ghee has transformed The Nicholson Project’s gallery into a place that feels sacred, where herbs are hanging and herbal remedies are cultivated, where recipes are handwritten on napkins and torn pieces of paper and found objects are woven together with story. On view from November 6, 2022 through January 28, 2023, the visitors can meet the artist at the public opening on November 6th from 4-6pm.

About Phylicia Ghee: 
Phylicia Ghee is an interdisciplinary artist working in photography, performance, video, textiles, mixed media, installation, and painting. Her artwork documents transition, and explores healing, ritual, ceremony, and personal rites of passage. Taught by her Grandfather at an early age, Ghee is interested in the intersection between the physical and the spiritual. She has exhibited widely including exhibitions at the Baltimore Museum of Art, The Margulies Collection at the Warehouse (Miami), Studio Arts College International (Florence, Italy), and The Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture, amongst others. Most recently, Ghee exhibited and performed at Art on the Vine (Martha’s Vineyard), at Young Collectors Contemporary (Memphis, TN), The Walters Art Museum, and The African American Museum (Philadelphia, PA). She was a 2019 and 2020 Finalist for the Janet & Walter Sondheim Artscape Prize, and in 2020, she was named a Baker Artist Award Finalist, and a Pratt>FORWARD Fellow. Ghee received recognition from Maryland’s First Lady Yumi Hogan and the Maryland Behavioral Health Administration for her art and activism in raising awareness on issues surrounding mental health, behavioral health, and substance use disorder. Phylicia was an artist-in-residence at The Nicholson Project from August 24 - November 14, 2022.