Eleisha Faith McCorkle

DC born, Hyattsville raised, twins Eleisha Faith & Tonisha Hope McCorkle hold BFAs from New York University in studio art. Formerly enrolled in the Visual and Performing Arts program at the Jim Henson School of Arts, Media, and Communication, the two have been curating, studying, and creating art since they were thirteen. At age seventeen, the twins lost their mother to the rare lung condition of Sarcoidosis. Since then, the two have used their art as a space of healing, creating immersive experiences that engage with loss, grief, and identity. They have decided, after spending over a decade developing their crafts individually, to come together and form an interdisciplinary collaborative.

Depicting their experiences, their work speaks to the candid, yet uncanny truth of black life, while simultaneously severing from a cyclical narrative deeply rooted in pain and disenfranchisement. Collard greens, hair, and faith are some relics represented in their work. Deconstructing materials in their practice, the dynamic duo reconstructs narratives through veracious and symbolic imagery to communicate stories of black life, food, rituals, healing, spirituality, and magic.

Currently, the pair are expanding their practices individually and collectively in Baltimore, MD, at their artist residency with Creative Alliance.