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Land of Blood and Dirt at California African American Museum

T he World Without End exhibition at the California African American Museum highlights how contemporary artists and thinkers engage...

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Oct 251 min read

Sheila Pree Bright’s Plastic Bodies Series Takes the Atlanta Inaugural Art Fair by Storm: A Coast-to-Coast Tour in 2025

I’m excited to announce that the 'Plastic Bodies Series' made a powerful impression during Atlanta Art Week, standing out at the...

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'breathe' Exhibition at Emory University

2020 Behold the land series, 45x30 chromogenic print. This is my first experimental installation at Emory University Library ,...

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Reckoning: Protest Defiance Resilience

I'm honored to be part of the exhibition and publication Reckoning: Protest, Defiance, Resilience at the Smithsonian's National Museum...

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We Are Here: Scenes from the Streets, on view at ICP New York

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Free As They Want To Be: Artist Committed to Memory

" Freedom is not something that anybody can be given: freedom is something people take and people are as free as they want to be." -...

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Aug 261 min read

Legacy in Motion: Black Women Leading the Charge for Kamala Harris in 2024

When VP Kamala Harris announced her 2024 presidential campaign on July 21, 2024, I was thrilled to receive a special email invite to join...

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INTO ACTION 2024 Chicago

I am excited to be part of INTO ACTION 2024 in Chicago, where my image, New Beginnings commission by Moss Art Center in 2021 will be...

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Jul 181 min read

Cultural Engagement Lab Commission

I was commissioned by the Cultural Engagement Lab, a non-profit organization, as a part of the Thread of Change Cultural Engagement Lab....

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David J Sencer CDC Museum

As our world has undergone a shift since COVID-19, my work is in spaces that intersect scienc and art to foster a deeper understanding of...

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Figge Art Museum

My eight years of photographing the Black Lives Matter Movement. My series #1960Now are featured in the exhibition, Reckonings and...

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Boca Museum

My Young American series is now featured at the Boca Museum, Secrets, Lies, and Truths thru October 13, 2025. Young American seres was...

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National Museum of African American History and Culture

Reclaiming My Time exhibition opened May 31 through the year 2025 at the Smithosonian National Museum of African Histroy and Culture...

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Riverside Art Museum

Plastic Bodies exhibition is currentlly showing at Riverside Art Museum until September 8, 2024. The series confronts society's ideals...

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Femme Noire Public Art Exhibition

I'm deeply honored to be a part of the 'Femme Noire' public art exhibition showcasing 'The Re-birth of Us,' a piece I poured my heart...

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Suburbia

Suburbia is featured in the exhibition, A Long Arc: Photography and the American South since 1845 at the High Museum of Art, Atlanta GA...

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Jul 31, 20232 min read

Plastic Bodies Series: A Captivating Reflection on Society's Perception of Beauty

2007 Self Portrait FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 31, 2023 Sheila Pree Bright's Plastic Bodies Series: A Captivating Reflection on Society's...

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Jul 28, 20231 min read

Barbie on the Brain ?

7 Artworks featuring the world's most famous doll as model and muse featuring my series Plastic Bodies. Sheila Pree Bright, Untitled 14...

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Apr 24, 20231 min read

Reclaiming Georgia’s Stone Mountain Through Haunting Landscape Images

Photographer Sheila Pree Bright wanted to find a new way of seeing the site and its connection to centuries of racism. BY LINE SIDONIE...

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Mar 27, 20231 min read

The Rebirth of Us

The Rebirth of Us is a selection of large-scale silver gelatin prints from three new series distilling the tensions of her earlier...

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