Born and raised in Brooklyn, NY, Aminata Conteh is Metalsmith whose practice hybridizes the histories and traditions of Metalsmithing & Jewelry with basketry weaving. Her work draws inspiration from the collapsing histories that exist between her lived experience as a first generation American and her Sierra Leonan lineage.

Actively contributing to the field, Conteh received a BFA in Metalsmithing and Jewelry from Maine College of Art & Design and she is the recipient of a 2021 Wingate Lamar Fellowship from the Center for Craft in Asheville, North Carolina.

Sweet Mother, object, nickel, 2025

It’ll Be Alright Just Take My Hand, object, steel, 2025

Settle In, object, steel, 2025

Untitled Lap Song, object, nickel, 2025

In Her Eyes Like the Rising of the Sun, object, steel, nickel, 2021