Ricky Weaver is an image-based Artist from Ypsilanti, MI. Her object-oriented practice allows space for theorizing images in a way that extends beyond the photograph. Her practice interrogates how body, hymn, scripture, and the everyday appear as image and how that image functions as both archive and vessel. Weaver has exhibited her work in the US and abroad including fairs such as ParisPhoto, EXPO Chicago, and Art Miami, among others. Weaver received her MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art in 2018 and a BFA from Eastern Michigan University in 2014. She has been awarded opportunities such as The Independent Scholar Fellowship at The Carr Center Detroit and the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities exhibition and fellowship award. Her work has been acquired by institutions including the Black Studies Gallery at UT Austin, The Detroit Institute of Arts, and The Wedge Collection. Ricky currently serves as an Associate Professor at ArtCenter College of Design and Co-Director for The Institute for Black Girls in Film and Media.