mɪsˈprɪnt no. 1 - Mermaid Cups In her Hair
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.
She has formally trained and worked in the fields of Interior Design and Photography, which greatly inform her creative process.
Inspiration comes from observing 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 combination of elements inclines her to produce works that are visually bold, detailed and stylized.
Through social experiences and observation, she investigates themes surrounding her role and the roles of other women, including their gender, sexual and racial identities in society, in The Bahamas and more broadly, throughout The Caribbean. She begins by digitally composing her works, using a layering of imagery, subtly weaving in emotionally charged narratives. Final works are a combination of several techniques such as photography, screen printing, image transfers, painting and etching, layered with a variety of other materials and objects that she gathers and collects, such as beads, palm thatch, seed pods, threads, confetti and more - to create very detailed and intimate figurative works or portraits on paper, sailcloth, wood or metal.
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, 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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EXHIBITIONS
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2023
FUZE - First Caribbean Art Fair - Black Pony Gallery Booth, The Current: ECCHO, Baha Mar Resorts, Nassau, Bahamas, Oct 26 - 29
Matrix - Printmaking Exhibition - The Current: ECCHO, Baha Mar Resorts, Nassau, Bahamas, Sept 8 - Oct 8
Atlantic World Art Fair - Virtual Exhibition - Black Pony Gallery via Artsy, June 1 - 15
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 - 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
Atlantic World Art Fair - Virtual Exhibition - Black Pony Gallery via Artsy, May
Bring Me A Dream - Solo Exhibition - CAB Gallery & Studio, Nassau, Bahamas, Jan 28 - Feb 9
Defying Tropicality - 11 Strong Group Exhibition - The Current Gallery & Art Center, Baha Mar Resorts, Nassau, Bahamas, Mar 4 - 25
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2021
Atlantic World Art Fair - Virtual Exhibition - Black Pony Gallery via Artsy, June 1 - 21
Inner Voices - Virtual Exhibition - Black Pony Gallery
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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
2019
Alleviate Art Auction - 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
Re:Encounter- Double Dutch Exhibition - The National Art Gallery of The Bahamas, Nassau, Bahamas
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
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 Programme - 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
Artist Sabbatical - Sion, Switzerland, June - September 2016
Material Response Exchange Programme, 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
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