Akea BrionneThe Earth Kept Me Soft, 2026

image woven on jacquard, glitter, rhinestones, adhesive, cotton thread, poly-fil, oil pastel, wooden frame

96 x 96 in

About the artist

is an interdisciplinary researcher and artist, working at the intersection of lens and fiber based media, painting, and artificial intelligence. Her practice explores the relationship between colonial and imperialist history and their impact on identity politics, cultural storytelling, memory, and assimilation. Her work analyzes this primarily through observation within the African Diaspora, with a particular emphasis on Creole culture. Akea Brionne (b. 1996; New Orleans, LA) was named to Forbes' 30 Under 30 in 2024 in the Art & Culture category. She has forthcoming solo exhibitions at the Cranbrook Museum of Art, MI and the Mattress Factory, PA. Her work has recently been exhibited at the Brooklyn Museum of Art, NY; the Baltimore Museum of Art, MD; the California African American Museum, CA; Mississippi Museum of Art, MS; Wellin Museum of Art, NY; Cranbrook Museum of Art, MI; and Library Street Collective, MI, among others. Brionne’s work is in the collections of Mississippi Museum of Art, MS; the Cranbrook Museum of Art, MI; Wellin Museum of Art, NY; the Baltimore Museum of Art, MD; and Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, CA; among others. She was the youngest artist included in the California African American Museum group exhibition, A Movement in Every Direction:Legacies of the Great Migration , which was named by the New York Times as one of the best shows of 2022. She lives and works in Detroit, MI.

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