Imparting the status of foreigner onto the members of the CTG Collective would not, at first, seem to be a stretch of the term. Coming from all different national backgrounds, most members of the collective either migrated from their home country as children; or are currently in migration. This foreigner identity could be further attached to the CTG Collective as a whole given its focus since its inception in 2015 on setting its members into far off contexts in Zimbabwe, Canada, Mali, Serbia, Nigeria, Finland, and even here, in the US of A.1

For the Grand Opening of CTG Harlem, Catinca Tabacaru Gallery brings together a meditation on the emotional layers of the status of foreigner reflected through the works of six CTG Collective members and their local collaborators.