JITE AGBRO

ARTIST’S BIO

Jite Agbro is a Nigerian-American Artist who grew up in the United States. A native of Seattle’s Central District, her work is an account of identity and belonging in a constantly shifting socio-economic landscape. Jite finds her direct inspiration from everyday objects, especially wearable accoutrements like clothing, textiles, and jewelry. She describes the act of getting dressed as “something that makes us all actors in an ongoing drama between our projected narratives and our authentic selves.”

Jite uses a multitude of printing techniques including etching, monotype, callagraph and other types of printing to build up vibrant layers of color and texture. She uses the collage to add an additional layer of texture sewing small prints into larger figurative images that mimic the texture of fabric.