Annikah Idovia Godard is a young artist based in Chicago, IL and Portland, OR. She attended the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), where she practiced painting and drawing and received her Bachelor of Arts in Visual and Critical Studies in 2026.
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Honoring her Haitian heritage, she embraces her ancestral name in the art world, grounding her practice in themes of identity, resilience, and transformation. Her work navigates the intersection of death and rebirth, uncovering beauty in what society often overlooks. She examines the societal constructs shaping her experience as a Caribbean and German-American woman in the 21st century through painting, mixed media, and critical inquiry. Integrating influences from her Haitian and Black American cultures, Idovia's practice embodies liberation, power, and the enduring strength of ancestral legacies.
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Awards.
Awards.
2026 | SAIC Student Leadership Award
2026 | Pulitzer Center Reporting Fellows at Campus Consortium
2026 | University of Chicago Dean’s Opportunity Award
2025 | Oxbow Artist Residency Merit Scholarship
2024 | Crowned Chicago Miss Woman in Peace
2024 | SAIC PBJ Awardee
2024 | SAIC Anna Louise Raymond Fellowship
2024 | “Mirrors & Mirages” Third Place
2024 | SAIC Travel Scholarship Awardee
2024 | Harold Washington Chicago Public Library’s Teen Winter Challenge
2024 | “Senior Achievement Award” Grand Prize Winner
2023 | Recipient of the Trevor Coopersmith Urban Scholarship
2021 | 2x Silver Key Scholastic Art Awardee
2021 | Scholastic Art Awards Honorable Mention
Women In Peace VOL. 1 | 2025
Albion Review: Undergraduate Literary Journal Issue | 2024
Cista Arts Expressions of Love: Artistic Interpretations | 2024
FNEWSMAGAZINE ARTICLES (2024-25)
“USA Fellowship Invests in the Strength of Black Women Artists in Illinois”
"Set Up to Fail: How lack of support hurts marginalized students’ graduation rates"
"Spread Too Thin: SAIC’s Disability Resource Center needs more to thrive"
"How to Host Your Own Solo Art Show: A step-by-step guide"
"Intimacy of The Touch Project: How Billie Hoffman Explores Relationships"
"Reimagining Jazz’s Funeral: Reflection on ‘The Cry of Jazz’"
2026 | Inaugural Cultural Oasis Student Show (CURATOR) —Chicago, IL
2026 | Malcolm X College Annual Black Student Summit (PANELIST) —Chicago, IL
2025 | Gene Siskel Film Center "Ancestral Harvest" (CURATOR) —Chicago, IL
2025 | SAIC Galleries "Here: A New Discovery Community Conversation" (MODERATOR) —Chicago, IL
2025 | Haitian American Museum of Chicago “Virtual Exhibit: Echoes of Lakay”—Chicago, IL
2024 | Haitian American Museum of Chicago "Kijan Fiti Mwen Ye?" (CURATOR) —Chicago, IL
2024 | Institut für Alles Mögliche "ZEITGEIST: and other objects..." —Berlin Mitte, Germany
2024 | “Echoes of Lakay” Solo Art Show Annual Black Student Summit —Chicago, IL
2024 | Jackson Junge Gallery “TEN by TEN Exhibit” —Chicago, IL
2024 | Siragusa Gallery “Skew the Scale” —Chicago, IL
2024 | Gallerium Art "Here and Now Exhibit"—Vancouver, Canada
2024 | Arts Council England "WE THE HUMAN: A QUIET BLUE WALL Exhibition"—Brighton, England
2024 | CISTA ARTS "Expressions of Love: Artistic Interpretations Exhibit" —London, UK
2024 | Sherwood Center of the Arts Artists of Color Exhibit —Portland, OR
2024 | Fox Yard Studio Art Gallery "Un/Familiar Exhibit" —London, UK
2023 | Woman Made Gallery "Mine, Yours Ours: Kitchen and Familial Stories" —Chicago, IL
2023 | Gene Siskel Black Harvest Film Festival —Chicago, IL
2023 | VibrantCast Gallery Featured Artist "Joyful Life Exhibit" —Chicago, IL
2023 | Siragusa Gallery "The Abject Exhibit" —Chicago, IL
2023 | Jackson Junge Gallery "TEN by TEN Exhibit" —Chicago, IL
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