Floating Head #10 "My Body is holding salt water from the sea", detail, 2024
BIO
Danielle (Dede) Brown
(b. 1984, Freeport, Grand Bahama, The Bahamas)
Dede Brown is an interdisciplinary artist working across painting, photography, mixed media, sculpture, and installation.
Born in Freeport and raised in Nassau, she studied at SCAD in Savannah, Georgia, earning a BFA in Interior Design with a minor in Photography. For the past fifteen years, she has worked as a freelance artist, designer, and photographer. Her work includes three permanent sculptures—two at the Nassau Airport and one at Baha Mar Resorts. She has held three solo exhibitions, participated in numerous group exhibitions in The Bahamas, the U.S., and France, and attended three international artist residencies.
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Through social experiences and observation, Dede explores themes of identity, history, and femininity, particularly within The Bahamas and the broader Caribbean. Her work examines the complexities of human nature, often depicting bold portraits of ephemeral sea deities as a way of questioning and revealing the human experience. She views the artistic process as a transformative and healing force.
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Her inspirations span a wide range of influences, including colour trends, graphic design, film, music, fashion, pop and drag culture, editorial and portrait photography, and the seaside environment of her home in Eleuthera.
Dede currently resides in Spanish Wells, Eleuthera, where she works from her 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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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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2024
Her Story - with artists Kendra Frorup, Angelika Wallace-Whitfield, Samantha Treco & Khia Poitier, CAB Gallery & Studio, Nassau, Bahamas, Nov 16 - 17
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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2024
FUZE – 2nd Caribbean Art Fair - Black Pony Gallery, Booth F12, 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 Booth - 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
Artist in Residence at The Current: ECCHO, Baha Mar Resorts, Nassau, Bahamas, Nov 20 – Dec 20 2024
Artist Sabbatical - Sion, Switzerland, June - September 2016
Material Response Artist's 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
Love & Responsibility: The Dawn Davies Collection, Volume 2, Edited by Dr. Erica James, PhD, 2022
A Colorful Conversation with Danielle (Dede) Brown, written by Uzomah Ugwu, Arte Realizzata, June 2021
Artist in the Spotlight, Cacique International, 2019
Bahamian Art & Culture shares ‘The Flamingo Project 2013 by Dede Brown’, ARC Magazine, 2013
Love & Responsibility: The Dawn Davies Collection, Volume 1, Essays by Dawn Davies and Dr. Erica James, PhD, 2012
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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, Online 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