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= Asia Armour = Asia Armour is a practicing artist who primarily works in photography and collage. She is a black woman who believes that the best times to learn and apply creativity come in unfamiliar spaces and tasks. Asia was born in Louisville, Kentucky and moved to Cleveland at a young age, where she has lived her whole life. Her art celebrates the glamour of Black women, vibrant color, and the wonder of flowers and plants. Her series titled "In Bloom" for her first solo show, used flowers as a layered collage effect creating a sort of bed of flowers for her subjects, a process she calls giving them their flowers. In her art, she also includes personal letters from men in her life that speak to the strength and value of women in her family. Asia Armour is the owner of Art Amour Studio and is one of the resident curators at Deep Roots Art Experience, which works exclusively with black and brown artists within the greater Cleveland community. Armour has shown is multiple galleries in Ohio, New York, and Atlanta, she also has published works and public installations at the Cleveland Botanical Garden, Riddall-Green Partenership, and the Cleveland Hopkins Airport. Armour has shown in galleries like Peter's Street Station 333, Worthington Yards, and her home gallery Deep Roots Experience.