D._Denenge_Duyst-Akpem
D. Denenge Duyst-Akpem
American conceptual artist
D. Denenge Duyst-Akpem is an afro-futurist artist, writer, and educator. She is an adjunct assistant professor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in the Department of Art History, Theory, and Criticism and Low-Residency MFA Program; and founder of Denenge Design.[1] Her work bridges the disciplines of design, ritual, and ecology.[2] Duyst-Akpem describes her work thus: "As a scholar and practitioner, I utilize the teaching of Afro-Futurism as a methodology of (Black) liberation. The foundation of this is exercising the visionary and imagination muscles in sculpting new futures that affirm the present and are rooted in the past."[3]