Dede Brown
Dede Brown was born in Freeport, Grand Bahama and grew up in Nassau. She studied at The Savannah College of Art & Design and has a BFA in Interior Design, with a minor in Photography. For the past ten years she has practiced as a freelance artist and photographer. Brown has permanent sculptures in the Nassau Airport and at BahaMar Resort, and she has participated in several group exhibitions in Nassau and in two international residencies.
Brown currently resides in Spanish Wells, Eleuthera, where she works from a home-based studio. Her work is very often figurative with a strong focus on female and androgynous forms.
Through social experiences and observation, her curiosity has taken her to investigate social stigmas surrounding gender roles, sexual and racial identity in The Bahamas and, more broadly, throughout The Caribbean. She uses several techniques such as screen printing, photo transfers and painting, often combined with other materials to create detailed, intimate portraits that reveal the tension between our emotional fragility and strength.
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