Gabrielle Ione Hickmon (b. 1994) is a Black woman from a middle
place—Ypsilanti, MI. Her lab is a place where clay and words meet.
She is interested in body memory, waiting rooms, layovers, circles,
Black imaginaries, and ocular proof.
Her award-winning practice includes essays, ethnographic research,
and coil-built ceramics. Her writing has appeared in _Condé Nast
Traveler, The Baffler, The Pudding, Literary Hub,_ and elsewhere.
She attended Cornell University and the University of Pennsylvania.
She has been in residence at Pocoapoco. She works out of a studio in
Ann Arbor, MI.