A Time For Furious Dancing

September 5, 2025-January 4, 2026

Curator: Dexter Wimberly

Harvey B. Gantt Center

Charlotte, North Carolina

“A Time for Furious Dancing includes new and recent work by a’driane nieves, a self-taught, interdisciplinary artist whose practice explores the interior landscape of the self. Born in 1982 in San Antonio, Texas, nieves investigates the physical, epigenetic, psychological, and emotional effects of trauma—ancestral, inherited, historical, and personal—on identity and behavior. Drawing deeply from memory and emotion, her abstract compositions serve as a vessel for confronting pain and reclaiming joy, offering viewers an intimate visual language of transformation. The exhibition’s title is inspired by Hard Times Require Furious Dancing, a collection of poems by Alice Walker, published in 2010. The book explores themes of joy, sorrow, love, loss, and resilience in the face of personal and global challenges. A Time for Furious Dancing marks the artist’s first solo museum exhibition in the United States.

Generous support for this exhibition is provided by Mandy Hauschild Bowkett, Vorlea & Jerome Chaney, Sarah Frandson Dorfman, Kristina Linney, Gina Love & Steven Feldman (The Love-Feldman Collection), Julia Mallory, Whitney Valentine-Wafer, and Lori and Roger Weeks.” (source: Harvey B. Gantt Center website)