Nanci Amaka is an interdisciplinary artist and writer exploring ideas surrounding trauma, ancestry, memory, and West African animism. Born in Nigeria, Amaka spent her formative years immersed in indigenous Igbo culture in rural southeastern Nigeria. Working from the theory that traumatic events challenge perceptions of power, autonomy, and identity; her work explores the liminal space between these experiences and language. Amaka received a BA in Visual Critical Studies from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and an MFA from California College of the Arts. She now lives and works in Honolulu.