ZACHARY FABRI
MOURNING STUTTER

MAY 6 - AUGUST 12, 2023

The Nicholson Project presents Mourning Stutter, a solo exhibition by NY-based artist Zachary Fabri, informed by the successive murders of Black people by police officers in public space. In his first solo exhibition in Washington, DC, Fabri explores the ways in which trauma is stored in the body—how it is remembered or forgotten. Through video, photographs, sound, text, and sculpture, he reclaims the freedom to access and hold public space without fear, but also asserts the necessity to imagine, build, and experience joy freely in the public sphere. Initially conceived of as a site-specific performance commissioned for the Barnes Foundation, Mourning Stutter began with a series of actions throughout Philadelphia’s Center City. These actions, performed along a predetermined route, responded to and were choreographed by the architecture and urban design of each location, as Fabri explored unintentional spatial relationships between body and site. The performance is adapted by the artist into a nine-minute video (Mourning Stutter) presented as part of the exhibition, with a score that serves as an active call and response to Fabri’s movements within this architectural environment. In a series of black and white photographs (Duppy), Fabri plays with the spectacle of his body in these public spaces, accentuating his presence and absence for the camera and the passerby.

About Zachary Fabri: 
Zachary Fabri is a Brooklyn based interdisciplinary artist engaged in lens-based media and public space. He works across video, drawing, and installation, often complicating the boundaries of studio research and performance. He is the recipient of awards that include The Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Award, the Franklin Furnace Fund for Performance Art, the New York Foundation for the Arts fellowship, and the BRIC Colene Brown Art Prize. Fabri’s work has been exhibited at Art in General, The Studio Museum in Harlem, El Museo del Barrio, The Walker Art Center, The Brooklyn Museum, Performa, and the Ludwig Museum in Budapest, Hungary. Collaborative projects include the Museum of Modern Art, the Sharjah Biennial, and Pace Gallery. Recent solo exhibitions include CUE Art Foundation, The Korn Gallery at Drew University, and The Nicholson Project. Currently, Zachary Fabri is the recipient of the 2024 Nancy B. Negley Rome Prize at the American Academy in Rome. For more information, visit www.zacharyfabri.com.