Sheherazade Thénard is an artist, curator, and educator based in Miami. Their work traces the layered histories of their family’s migration from Martinique to the U.S., weaving together Afro-Caribbean symbolism, Black feminist media, and the lived experience of a Black queer artist in the American South. With vibrant yet brooding palettes, Sheherazade transforms autobiographical memory into reimagined geographies—textured, luminous spaces that speak to belonging, protection, and ancestral presence. They hold a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Central Florida (2022) and have exhibited widely, including the two-person show Rootwork with Chili Arts Project in London (2023). Their work has appeared in the traveling group exhibition Easy Like a Sunday Morning, curated by Mashonda Tifrere(2024), and most recently in has been selected into Unveiling Power: Examining Influence in Greenspace’s annual open call (2025). Sheherazade’s practice is rooted in care, community-building, and the preservation of diasporic memory.

Coco Villa is a Jamaican-Colombian-American dancer, interdisciplinary artist, and educator from Queens, NY. They studied Photography and Holistic Health at Lesley College of Art and Design then continued studies in dance and somatic movement at Tanzfabrik Berlin, American Dance Therapy Association, and Casa Cultural Cartagena. Villa has participated in residencies with Pocoapoco, KinoSaito, Atlantic Center for the Arts, and Township10. They’ve performed at MOMA (2024), Performance Space New York (2024), Marigny Opera House (2024), The Brooklyn Museum (2023), and Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias (2019). While Villa primarily works with analog photography and dance, they lead an interdisciplinary practice investigating relations between body, object, and landscape.