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Rashayla Marie Brown is an American artist known for her work on Black feminism, queer theory, and identity.
Early Life & education
[edit]Brown was born in 1982 in Toledo, Ohio. In 2004, she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in African American Studies and Sociology from Yale University. In 2016, she obtained both a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) and a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Studio and Art History. Two years later, she received a Master of Arts in Performance Studies from Northwestern University, where she subsequently pursued a Ph.D. in Performance Studies.
Career
[edit]Brown began her career as an artist in London, England, initially working as a radio DJ and poet. She founded the graphic design firm Selah Vibe, Inc. in Atlanta, Georgia, which is no longer active. She later served as the inaugural Director of Diversity and Inclusion at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) and oversaw RMB Properties, a program focused on providing affordable housing solutions for traveling artists.
Notable Exhibitions
[edit]Brown participated in the exhibition of "Supreme Being" at Tate Modern in London and "The Moving Picture Association for Maintaining Personal Ambivalence" at Recess in Brooklyn. In 2022, her work "Reality Is Not Good Enough NY Premiere" was presented at Metrograph in New York, and "Tamara’s Repair: A Moving Image" was included in the Southern Survey Biennial at Project Row Houses in Houston.