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SHEILA PREE BRIGHT
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From Preaching Souls to Suburbia: A Journey with Dr. Deborah Willis
I first met Dr. Deborah Willis in the 1990s when I was still finding my voice as an artist. From the very beginning, she saw my vision...
Aug 152 min read
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Sheila Pree Bright’s Suburbia reframes through a surreal lens at the High Museum of Art, Atlanta
My Suburbia series, featured in the High Museum's collection, is part of the exhibition Photography's New Vision: Experiments in Seeing, ...
Aug 62 min read
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Plastic Bodies San Francisco
Plastic Bodies at the San Francisco Art Fair. Plastic Bodies took the spotlight at the San Francisco Art Fair.
Jun 41 min read
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Free As they want to be: Artists Committed to Memory Opening at Harvard.
Henry Louis Gates viewing the image I took of my father's Bible on Stone Mountain. Photo by ...
Apr 71 min read
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Plastic Bodies: A Public Project in San Francisco
San Francisco ArtFair, CA April 17-20 at Fort Mason Center a public project curated by Plastic Bodies will be featured at the San...
Mar 131 min read
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Unveiling the Past: Photography, Memory, and Liberation
Sheila Pree Bright " Freedom is not something that anybody can be given: freedom is something people take and people are as free as they...
Feb 261 min read
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Rediscover Sheila Pree Bright Suburbia Series
Sheila Pree Brights's Suburbia: Where Nothing Is Ever Wanting republish January 22, 2025. This essay was originally published in ART...
Jan 271 min read
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Sheila Pree Bright Illuminates Overlooked Histories of Black Culture
I was deeply honored to collaborate with photo editor Jeff Campagna at the Smithsonian Magazine and historian Mellissa L Cooper author of...
Jan 71 min read
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Sheila Pree Bright's Young American series: A 2008 Vision Amplified for Today.
Throwback to 2008 to 2024: My Young Americans series has become part of Atlanta’s cultural legacy and is still sparking conversations...
Dec 9, 20241 min read
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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...
Nov 29, 20241 min read
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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...
Oct 25, 20241 min read
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'breathe' Exhibition at Emory University
2020 Behold the land series, 45x30 chromogenic print. Â Â Â Â This is my first experimental installation at Emory University Library ,...
Sep 12, 20241 min read
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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...
Sep 4, 20241 min read
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We Are Here: Scenes from the Streets, on view at ICP New York
© Sheila Pree Bright , #1960Now, 2020, Rayshard Brooks Rally at the burn down Wendys in Atlanta GA , 30x20 Gelatin Silver Print , 7...
Aug 31, 20241 min read
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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." -...
Aug 31, 20241 min read
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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...
Aug 26, 20241 min read
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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...
Aug 11, 20241 min read
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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....
Jul 18, 20241 min read
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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...
Jul 18, 20241 min read
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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...
Jul 18, 20241 min read
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