Contemporary and Afrofuturism Visual Artist Delgreta Brown is a graduate of Xavier University of Louisiana (2005). Since 2008, the emerging visual artist has exhibited her artwork throughout Northern California.
Delgreta participated in the curated art exhibit "Nightlight Multimedia Festival" in 2017. The festival hosted by SOMArts Cultural Center in San Francisco, debuted her experimental black-light installation titled "The Nightshade Series."
The dynamic artist accepted an Eco-art project from Sacramento First Festival in May 2018. The commissioned project was an art installation representing cultural diversity with the use of recyclable materials. At the music festival she displayed a unique interactive optical, sculptural and luminous installation titled, "The Ocularium."
The Sacramento-based artist was invited as a featured Visual Artist for the "Arts Equity Summit" in 2019 hosted by Arts Connect International (ACI) in Boston, MA. She is a 2019 Grant-recipient of the Center for Cultural Innovation (CCI).
The self-taught artist's recent solo exhibitions include "Immortal Hues" in (2018) and "Convergence" in (2019). She recently completed a five-month exhibition at Marysville City Hall in late 2019. The exhibitions introduced abstract works and mixed medium portraits. Delgreta's vibrant art often expresses themes of love, hope, music, prosperity, exploration, navigation, sensuality, evolution, cultural aesthetics and spirituality through an African American perspective.
Currently, she is a "Sower" Grantee of the Black Artists Fund (BAF). Delgreta continues to expand in her artistry.
Artist Statement
Collectively the submitted Afrofuturism works of art represent topics pertinent to the African Diaspora. The five paintings address divinity, matriarchy, celestial and terrestrial origins, autonomy, self-awareness, self-love, the attributes of natural states, navigation, coding, technology and evolution.
