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Brief Bio
Chris Omni is an eco-spiritualist, two-timeTEDx speaker, three-time First Place 3-MT (3-Minute Thesis) Winner, Black womxn's health researcher, published author, documentary filmmaker, international presenter and nature writer, community mobilizer, and former health motivation columnist. Chris holds a bachelor’s degree in Human Services and two master’s degrees - Public Health and Liberal Arts. Chris is a doctoral candidate at Florida State University where she is researching Black Joy in Green Spaces through the methodologies of auto-ethnography, narrative inquiry, photo-elicitation, and nomadic inquiry. Most recently, Chris’s TEDx Talk, “Granny’s Garden: How to Grow Black Joy,” featured the first, public, poetic theorizing of Black Joy!
Chris deeply values the unapologetic use of her voice and agency to speak life, love, and Light to all people with a particular emphasis on Black people. She views her body as a vessel that has not only delivered life but receives life in the form of lessons and abilities from the ancestors. As others have stated, “Chris Omni is a whole vibe!”
Chris deeply values the unapologetic use of her voice and agency to speak life, love, and Light to all people with a particular emphasis on Black people. She views her body as a vessel that has not only delivered life but receives life in the form of lessons and abilities from the ancestors. As others have stated, “Chris Omni is a whole vibe!”
Chris Omni’s Creative Portfolio by Chris Omni
Artist Statement
I am a creation of the Creator.
I am a vessel that has brought forth life and breathes life to others.
I walk in a Divine anointing of the Ancestors.
Through this vessel, my work honors my Divine assignment -To create and hold spaces of healing and self-restoration.
All of my artistry and being is inspired by Mother Earth. It is through this energy that I honor the singularity of healing throughexpansive mediums such as performance, writing, photography, installations, films, and speaking.
My art represents my spiritual practice. Spirituality is Art !
I am a vessel that has brought forth life and breathes life to others.
I walk in a Divine anointing of the Ancestors.
Through this vessel, my work honors my Divine assignment -To create and hold spaces of healing and self-restoration.
All of my artistry and being is inspired by Mother Earth. It is through this energy that I honor the singularity of healing throughexpansive mediums such as performance, writing, photography, installations, films, and speaking.
My art represents my spiritual practice. Spirituality is Art !
Education
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Florida State University
Art Education Doctoral Candidate Fall 2020 - Spring 2023 |
My Vinyasa Practice
Mindfulness Coach TBD |
Community Involvement
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LeMoyne Art Museum
S.H.E.A. Workshop Facilitation (Slow Healing & Earth Awareness) Tallahassee, FL. June 2022 Florida State University Toni Morrison’s Sustaining Community Eco-literacy Training Tallahassee, FL. May 2022 The Grove Museum S.H.E.A. Walk Workshop Facilitation Tallahassee, FL. April 2022 Bailey’s Learning Academy and Art Collective Intention Stone Workshop Facilitation Gainesville, FL. April 2022 |
Elsewhere Museum
Breathwork Workshop Facilitation Greensboro, NC. September, 2021 Halisi Africa’s Joyteenth Celebration Intention Stone Workshop Facilitation Tallahassee, FL. June 2021 Mickee Faust Club F.L.Y. 101 (First Love Yourself) Workshop Facilitation Tallahassee, FL. December 2020 NIA Project Black Women Get Fit Pre-Conference Presenter and Workshop Facilitation Kansas City MO October 2020 & 2021 |
Publications
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Photosynthe-SIS: A Green Love Letter to Black Women
Urban Tree Festival London, United Kingdom Top 24 Nature Poets Nature as a Site of Radical Self-Restoration Walking Art Encounters Prespa, Greece In publication |
Divorcing the Dominant Black Baptist Narrative”
Mamas, Martyrs, and Jezebels Anthology Black Lawrence Press In publication Granny’s Garden: Growing Black Joy Deep Times Journal Special multi-cultural edition Soon to be released z(September 2022) |
Presentations
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#CapeBreak: Inviting Black Women to Drop the Metaphorical Cape Associated with Being the Strong Black Woman
Nature as a Site of Radical Self-Restoration
Black Butterflyz: A Physical Activity Intervention for Black Women
Black Joy is a Stride: How Movement Moves the Message
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Black Joy in Green Spaces
Blacktivate Joy
Florida State University
University of Arizona
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Podcasts |
Installations |
Films |
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Black Joy in Green Spaces
Nature Evolutionaries Divorcing the Dominant Black Baptist Narrative Coming Soon Susun Weed Show
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Isolation, Invitation, Inclusion
Elsewhere Museum Greensboro, N.C. Fall 2021 Being, Becoming, Growing Elsewhere Museum Greensboro, N.C. Fall 2021 Propagating Joy: The Three Wishes Series LeMoyne Art Museum Tallahassee, FL. June 2022 |
T.J. Collections: Collecting Stories of True Joy
Screened at the Denton Black Film Festival January 2022 Cinematography credit: Create Uplift Isolation, Invitation, Inclusion Florida State University’s WJB Gallery Fall 2021 Cinematography credit: Jordan | ||