Fatimah Tuggar

Fatimah Tuggar (born 15 August 1967) is an interdisciplinary artist born in Nigeria and based in the United States. Tuggar uses collage and digital technology to create works that investigates dominant and linear narratives of gender, race, and technology. She is currently an associate professor of AI in the Arts: Art & Global Equity at the University of Florida in the United States.

Quotes

• "I employ assemblage when working with objects."
  • "Fatimah Tuggar". Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society. 2012-10-11. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
• "I combine household implements with varying counterparts, but retaining the objects’ functionality so as not to render them mute. In these works, I address the implications of the juggling acts we perform as we adapt, modify, and are, in turn, modified by the devices and power systems that define our environments."
  • "Fatimah Tuggar". Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society. 2012-10-11. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
• " My goal is to explore the diverse effects of power dynamics on the realities and interdependencies of our lives. Assemblage, collage, and montage are central to my methods of exploration."
  • "Fatimah Tuggar". Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society. 2012-10-11. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
• "In my computer montages and video collages, I bring together a variety of images to examine cultural nuances; the work’s meaning lies in the space between these diverse elements. I focus on individuals’ internal relationships within the image, tempered by the surrounding power structures."
  • "Fatimah Tuggar". Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society. 2012-10-11. Retrieved 21 March 2025.