Rashayla Marie Brown
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Rashayla Marie Brown is an American artist known for her work on Black feminism, spirituality, and the history of photography.[1][2][3]
She received the Chicago Artadia Award in 2017.[4]
Early Life & education
[edit]Brown was born in 1982 in Toledo, Ohio. In 2004, she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in African American Studies and Sociology from Yale University.[5][6] In 2015, she obtained a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Two years later, she received a Master of Arts in Performance Studies from Northwestern University, where she subsequently pursued a Ph.D. in Performance Studies.[7][8]
Career
[edit]Brown began her career as an artist in London, England, initially working as a radio DJ and poet. She founded the graphic design firm Selah Vibe, Inc. in Atlanta, Georgia, which is no longer active.[5] She later served as the inaugural Director of Diversity and Inclusion at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) and oversaw RMB Properties, a program focused on providing affordable housing solutions for traveling artists.
Notable Exhibitions
[edit]Brown presented a solo exhibition of "Single Black Femme" at Royal Academy in London and "The Moving Picture Association for Maintaining Personal Ambivalence" at Recess in Brooklyn.[1] In 2022, her work "Reality Is Not Good Enough NY Premiere" was presented at Metrograph in New York,[3] and "Tamara’s Repair: A Moving Image" was included in the Southern Survey Biennial at Project Row Houses in Houston.[9]
Grants and Fellowships
[edit]- Lucas Artists Fellow [4]
- Artadia and Franklin Furnace grantee [4]
- City of Chicago’s Artist Residency[10]
- Hyde Park Art Center Flex Residency[10]
- Roger Brown Residency [10]
- Yale Mellon Research Grant[10]
- Anna Louise Raymond Fellowship [5][11]
- Chicago Artist Coalition’s BOLT Residency [5]
- Propeller Fund [5]
- Yale Mellon Research Grant [5]
- residency support by the Republic and Canton of Geneva [12]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Rashayla Marie Brown (RMB) Single Black Femme (I Am My Own Institution)". royalacademy.org.uk. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
- ^ "Nomadic artist and scholar, Rashayla Marie Brown, gives lecture at KU - Keystone Newspaper Student Publishing Group". thekeystonenews.com. 2018-11-21. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
- ^ a b "Documentary or Reality TV? Pilsen Artist Blurs Lines for Family Story". Chicago-Magazine. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
- ^ a b c "Rashayla Marie Brown". Artadia. 2017-11-20. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
- ^ a b c d e f "3Arts | Rashayla Marie Brown". www.3arts.org. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
- ^ "Video Playlist: Rashayla Marie Brown – MoCP". www.mocp.org. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
- ^ "Rashayla Marie Brown". Performance Studies. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
- ^ Hazel, Tempestt (2020-06-30). "Rashayla Marie Brown, a testimony on (not) giving up". Sixty Inches From Center. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
- ^ "Round 54". Project Row Houses. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
- ^ a b c d "Rashayla Marie Brown • Montalvo Arts Center". Montalvo Arts Center. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
- ^ "Rashayla Brown | Shock | CreativeMornings/CHI". CreativeMornings. 2015-10-16. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
- ^ "Rashayla Marie Brown ART & CITIZENSHIP". eofa.ch. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
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