As Moor Mother she released her debut album Fetish Bones in 2016 on Don Giovanni records to critical acclaim. Named 3rd best album of the year by The Wire Magazine, number 1 by Jazz Right Now, she was named by Rolling Stone as one of the »10 Artists to Watch in 2016« and Bandcamp’s 2016 artist of the year. It was an auspicious start to her career.

As a durational performance artist, Ayewa has been commissioned by Moog Festival, Vox Populi Gallery, Icebox Gallery, and others. Her first book of poetry, also called Fetish Bones, was published in 2016 on The AfroFuturist Affair small press. A member of Black Quantum Futurism Collective (BQF), she has been a part of two literary works and several zines, and has been featured in exhibitions at the Schomburg Center, Rebuild Foundation, Temple Contemporary at Tyler School of Art, Serpentine Gallery, and more.

As a soundscape and visual artist, Ayewa’s work has been featured at Baltic Biennale, Samek Art Museum, Vox Populi, Metropolitan Museum of Art Chicago, ICA Philadelphia, Bergan Kunstall, The Kitchen NYC, to name a few. She is co-founder and curator of Rockers Philly Project, an event series and festival focused on marginalized musicians and artists spanning multiple genres of music.

• Black Encyclopedia of the Air, by Moor Mother

• Black Encyclopedia of the Air, by Moor Mother