Seafan Figure Merge #9 - Detail - 2023
BIO
Danielle (Dede) Brown
(b.1984) Freeport, Grand Bahama, The Bahamas
Dede is an interdisciplinary artist who works in painting, photography, mixed media, sculpture and installation.
Dede was born in Freeport, Grand Bahama and grew up in Nassau, New Providence. She studied at SCAD in Savannah, Georgia and has a BFA in Interior Design, with a minor in Photography. For the past fourteen years she has practiced as a freelance artist, designer and photographer. She has completed three permanent sculptures, two in the Nassau Airport and one at Baha Mar Resorts. She has had three solo exhibitions, participated in several group exhibitions in The Bahamas, The USA, France, as well as two international residencies abroad.
Through social experiences and observation, she investigates themes surrounding her role and the roles of others, including their complex histories and identities in society, in The Bahamas and more broadly, throughout The Caribbean. She attempts to produce works that delve into the complexities of femininity and personal identity, while exploring the multilayers of human nature and the transformative, healing power of the artistic process.
Inspiration comes from her many facets of interest and curiosity including colour trends, graphic design, film, music, fashion, pop and drag culture, editorial and portrait photography, as well as the surrounding, seaside environment of her home in Eleuthera. This plethora of stimuli inclines her to produce works that are visually bold, detailed and stylized.
Dede currently resides in Spanish Wells, Eleuthera, where she works from a home-based studio.
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EDUCATION
BFA in Interior Design, Minor in Photography, SCAD - The Savannah College of Art & Design (2006)
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Freelance Artist & Photographer (2010 - Present)
Interior Designer, Alexiou & Associates Architects, Nassau, Bahamas (2007 - 2010)
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SOLO EXHIBITIONS
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UPCOMING
Solo Exhibition - The Current: Baha Mar Gallery & Art Center, Nassau, Bahamas, Dec 20
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2023
Nocturne - Solo Exhibition - CAB Gallery & Studio, Nassau, Bahamas, Nov 11 - 30
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2022
Bring Me A Dream - Solo Exhibition - CAB Gallery & Studio, Nassau, Bahamas, Jan 28 - Feb 9
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2021
Inner Voices - First Virtual Solo Exhibition - Black Pony Gallery hosted by Artsy.net
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GROUP EXHIBITIONS
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UPCOMING
Group Exhibition with artists Kendra Frorup, Angelika Wallace-Whitfield & Samantha Treco, CAB Gallery & Studio, Nassau, Bahamas, Nov 16 - 17
2024
Apollo's Decathalon - Group Exhibition - Château de Montsoreau-Museum of contemporary art, Loire Valley, Montsoreau, France, June 14 - August 11
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2023
Matrix - Printmaking Exhibition - The Current: ECCHO, Baha Mar Resorts, Nassau, Bahamas, Sept 8 - Oct 8
Unsovereign Elements - Geological Poetics and Epistemological Convergences in Caribbean Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Mar 30 - May 10
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2022
Beguile - Duo Exhibition with Artist Kachelle Knowles - The Current: ECCHO, Baha Mar Resorts, Nassau, Bahamas, Oct 20
The National Exhibition (NE10) MERCY - The National Art Gallery of the Bahamas, Nassau, Bahamas, Oct 6 - Jan 1
Defying Tropicality - 11 Strong Group Exhibition - The Current Gallery & Art Center, Baha Mar Resorts, Nassau, Bahamas, Mar 4 - 25
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2021
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2020
Small Works - Virtual Exhibition - Contemporary Art Bahamas
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2019
Refuge - The National Art Gallery of The Bahamas, Nassau, Bahamas
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2018
Fairwind Exhibition - Baha Mar, Nassau Bahamas
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2017
The Art of Losing - The D'Aguilar Art Foundation, Nassau, Bahamas
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2016
The National Exhibition (NE8) - The National Art Gallery of the Bahamas, Nassau, Bahamas
No Filter- John Watling’s Distillery - Nassau, Bahamas
Triple Double - Popopstudios ICVA Gallery, Nassau, Bahamas
2015
Shift - Liquid Courage Gallery, Nassau, Bahamas
The National Exhibition (NE7): ‘Antillean An Ecology’ - The National Art Gallery of the Bahamas, Nassau, Bahamas
2013
Tickle Me Pink - The Central Bank of the Bahamas, Nassau, Bahamas, Mar 2013
The National Exhibition (NE6): ‘Kingdom Come’ - The National Art Gallery of the Bahamas, Nassau, Bahamas,
Fiber- Popopstudios ICVA Gallery, Nassau, Bahamas
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2011
Bahama Mama - Public Treasury Building, Nassau, Bahamas,
Material Response - Colchester & Ipswich Museum Service, England, UK
Peep Show - Popopstudios ICVA Gallery, Nassau, Bahamas
2010
National Exhibition (NE5) - The National Art Gallery of the Bahamas, Nassau, Bahamas, June 2010
Dichotomy - Central Bank of the Bahamas, Nassau, Bahamas
Figure Ground - Popopstudios ICVA Gallery, Nassau, Bahamas
2009
Untitled - Central Bank of the Bahamas, Nassau, Bahamas
SCAD Alumni Art Show - Popopstudios ICVA Gallery, Nassau, Bahamas
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ART FAIRS
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UPCOMING
FUZE – 2nd Caribbean Art Fair - Black Pony Gallery Booth, Hosted by Baha Mar Resorts, Nassau, Bahamas, Oct 23 - 27
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2023
FUZE - First Caribbean Art Fair - Black Pony Gallery Booth, Hosted by Baha Mar Resorts, Nassau, Bahamas, Oct 26 - 29
Atlantic World Art Fair - Virtual Exhibition - Black Pony Gallery via Artsy, June 1 - 15
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2022
Atlantic World Art Fair - Virtual Booth - Black Pony Gallery hosted by Artsy, May
2021
Atlantic World Art Fair - Virtual Booth - Black Pony Gallery hosted by Artsy, June 1 - 21
CURATORIAL WORK
Community + Collaboration - The Towne Hotel, Nassau, Bahamas Apr 2016
Shift - Liquid Courage Gallery, Nassau, Bahamas Apr 2015
Submerged - The D’Aguilar Art Foundation, Nassau, Bahamas Apr 2014
MURALS + PERMANENT SCULPTURES
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Full Fathom Five, NAGB Mural Program - Gregory Town, North Eleuthera, Bahamas - April 2021
Ibis Bird Sculpture - Waterside Place, Baha Mar Resorts, Cable Beach Nassau, Bahamas - November 2019
The Way, Fish Sculpture - Arrivals Terminal - LPIA Nassau Airport, Nassau, Bahamas, September 2018
World Oceans Day, Mural - West Hill Street, Downtown Nassau - June 2017
Taking Flight, Flamingo Sculpture - Permanent Installation, Domestic & Int. Departure Terminal - LPIA Nassau Airport, Nassau, Bahamas, Mar - Sept 2013
ART COLLECTIVES + RESIDENCIES
UPCOMING – Artist in Residence at The Current: ECCHO, Baha Mar Resorts, Nassau, Bahamas, Nov 20 – Dec 20
Artist Sabbatical - Sion, Switzerland, June - September 2016
Material Response Exchange Program, Stories of the World - England, UK June - Sept 2011
Resident Artist - Popopstudios ICVA, Nassau, Bahamas - 2008 - 2015
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PUBLICATIONS + PRESS
Artist in the Spotlight, Cacique International, 2019
Bahamian Art & Culture shares ‘The Flamingo Project 2013 by Dede Brown’, ARC Magazine, 2013
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SELECT COLLECTIONS
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The Dawn Davies Art Collection, Nassau Bahamas
The D'Aguilar Art Foundation Art Collection, Nassau, Bahamas
The Central Bank of The Bahamas Collection, Nassau, Bahamas
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GALLERY AFFILIATIONS​
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Black Pony Gallery, Artsy Platform, Hamilton, Bermuda
Contemporary Art Bahamas Studio & Gallery, Nassau, Bahamas
The Current Gallery & Art Center, Baha Mar Resorts, Nassau, Bahamas
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TAKING FLIGHT
OIL ON ALUMINIUM
PERMANENT SCULPTURE / INSTALLATION
LOCATED IN THE DOMESTIC & INTERNATIONAL
DEPARTURE TERMINAL AT THE
SIR LYNDEN PINDLING INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
NASSAU, N.P., THE BAHAMAS
2013
THE WAY
OIL ON ALUMINIUM
PERMANENT SCULPTURE / INSTALLATION
LOCATED IN THE ARRIVALS TERMINAL AT
THE SIR LYNDEN PINDLING INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
NASSAU, N.P., THE BAHAMAS
2018
Dede Brown - Art Design Photography
dbrowntheartist@gmail.com | 242-359-0355
Spanish Wells, Eleuthera, Bahamas