Mz. Icar "Marsha Knew"

Poms and Ink, on Canvas with Hand-sewn finishes with Hand-sewn finishes
Dimensions: 11.5 x 17.5 in
Unique
Signed on Verso, includes Certificate of Authenticity

Mz. Icar is an anonymous art collective led predominantly by Black women, dedicated to transforming societal narratives through bold, innovative art. Our name, "racism" reversed, reflects our mission to challenge conventional ideas about race, gender, and identity. We specialize in storytelling across diverse mediums, from large-scale murals and analog collages to augmented reality installations and digital design. Our collaborations include projects with Doritos, BET, Xbox, and Ms. Lauryn Hill’s world tour. Notably, our award-winning short film Of Expansion was screened at the Chale Wote Street Art Festival in Ghana and earned Best Experimental Film at the Imagine This Women’s International Film Festival. Mz. Icar’s work spans public spaces from Philadelphia to Ghana, including city collections in Boston, Brooklyn, and Green Bay. Our creative practices blend tactile and digital techniques such as screen printing, sewing, spray painting, and stop-motion animation, always infused with bold color, layered composition, and expansive narratives.

“Our work is rooted in deep dives—immersive explorations of cultural narratives, histories, and lived experiences—where research, community engagement, and material experimentation converge. We remix archival imagery, contemporary iconography, and tactile processes to build layered compositions that interrogate and celebrate the Black experience across time and geography. We believe that art creativity and love have the ability to reach spaces that other things can’t. We will use those tools to create our new structure and experiment with alternative exchange systems.We believe that all great ideas and evolutions are on the backs of other ideas concepts and thoughts. We believe that we determine the value and relevance of things we create. We set the platform for what is a commodity and what isn’t. If we have this strength then we should also be able to set the terms in which these commodities are exchanged. We do not believe in a debt structured society. we do not believe in an interest structured society. We believe that connectivity is more valuable than capitalism. And we will be moving from the space… everything is negotiable.” - Mz Icar