Jesus Looks Like Me
Elsouljah Reme
Graphic Design
About this Item
- Title
- Jesus Looks Like Me
- Contributor Names
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Reme, Elsouljah (Creator, Designer)
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Vella, Vincenzo (Thesis advisor)
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Whitehead, Joshua (Thesis advisor)
- Date
- 2026
- Summary/Artist Statement
- Screen printed on a large constructed t shirt gown, with the statement "Jesus Looks Like Me". The story of the oversized Tee meets the story of christ, studying intersections and visual crossovers to close the gap between "minority" and iconography. A campaign to reclaim representation and restore proximity between black identity and sacred image.
- Genre: sculpture, logo design, collage, video art
- Medium
- Cotton, screen printing fabric ink, Adobe illustrator.
- Course/Degree Information
- Program/Degree: Graphic Design BFA
- Course: GD 492-602 Senior Thesis Project
- Semester: Spring 2026, Semester 8
- Professor: Vincenzo Vella; Joshua Whitehead
- In Exhibition
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2026 Graduating Student Exhibition - Graphic Design BFA
- Rights
- In Copyright
- The copyright for this work is held by its author/creator(s). Usage of this material beyond what is permitted by copyright law must first be cleared with the rights-holder(s). This work has been made available online by the Fashion Institute of Technology Gladys Marcus Library strictly for research and educational purposes. If you are the copyright holder for this work and have any objections to this work being made available online, please notify us immediately at [email protected].
- Identifier
- FIT Repository ID: gd_000229
Citation
Reme, E. (2026). Jesus Looks Like Me. FIT Institutional Repository. https://institutionalrepository.fitnyc.edu/item/673833
Reme, Elsouljah. Jesus Looks Like Me. 2026. FIT Institutional Repository, https://institutionalrepository.fitnyc.edu/item/673833
Reme, Elsouljah. "Jesus Looks Like Me." FIT Institutional Repository, 2026. https://institutionalrepository.fitnyc.edu/item/673833